Sima Yi, who once again defected to Cao Cao, was not only not as stupid as outsiders regarded him as a foolish act, but instead, he survived the way to enter Hanzhong in a desperate situation and was once again valued by Cao Cao. He walked out of the gate of Tingweisi without any harm.

The news spread throughout Xudu again. The first person to learn about this good news was Cao Pi. Only then did he realize that everything had been under Sima Yi's calculations. He praised Jia Kui beside him and said:

"This Sima Yi can even understand his father's temperament. It's so amazing."

However, Jia Kui, who has always seen people's eyes very accurately, expressed his concerns vaguely:

"Precisely because Sima Yi has extraordinary talents, I think he will not be willing to stay under others over time. If the young master wants to use him, he still needs to keep a hand, so as not to be used by him without knowing it."

However, at this time, Cao Pi was in need of a capable person like Sima Yi who had a broad strategic vision. Although he knew that Sima Yi was not so easy to control, he needed talents at the moment, so he couldn't care about so much:

"I don't need to doubt people, but I don't doubt people. To be precise, I am also a mutually utilizing relationship with Sima Yi now. I use him to help me stabilize my strength and then win the throne of the crown prince. As for Sima Yi... I know that his promise to assist me is not as simple as he said, but if I don't use him, then he will go to Zijian or Ziwen, and I will be even more difficult."

After hearing Cao Pi's words, Jia Kui thought there was some truth:

"Indeed, since Sima Yi has been determined to return to the Prime Minister's strategist class, it is inevitable that he will have a tacit understanding with a certain young man who is most likely to become the prince. So instead of leaving such a dangerous person to the third or fourth sons, it is better to keep Sima Yi by his side."

At the same time, Fu Ruoxin, who was filial at the same time, was very happy to hear the good news. She smiled for the first time since Fu Wan passed away. She said to Cheng Wu who came to notify him:

"That's great, I knew Sima Yi must have the ability."

When Fu Shou happened to pass by, he heard the conversation with Fu Ruoxin and Cheng Wu, and learned that Sima Yi was not only not dead, but also returned to Xu Du to become an official under Cao Cao again. This shocked her.

After returning to the palace, Fu Shou told Liu Xie about this matter. Although Liu Xie had regained his freedom at that time, he was completely isolated from external news. Therefore, he studied medical pharmacology in Deyang Palace all day long. When he heard the news that Sima Yi was still alive in the world, he almost believed his ears. He hurriedly stood up and walked quickly to Fu Shou without even caring about wearing shoes:

"What you said is true? Zhongda is still alive in the world?"

After being confirmed, Liu Xie initially showed a very happy smile, but he quickly recalled Sima Yi's true identity and the sword he had stabbed Sima Yi hard behind his back...

Thinking of this, Liu Xie's excitement calmed down again, and he bent his knees and sat cross-legged on the ground:

"He came back to seek revenge on me, right? That's right, after all, I did such a cruel thing to him, he should do this."

Fu Shou squatted down and stroked Liu Xie's shoulder and comforted him:

"Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself so much. You have made such a determination after a great psychological struggle. I think anyone else would do this. Now that Sima Yi comes back, we must make corresponding psychological preparations."

As early as after conspiring with the man in the hat and planning for his failure, Liu Xie, who was found by Cao Pi and sent back to Xu Du by Jia Kui, had lost his ambition to compete with Cao Cao. He clearly realized that his ability was far from enough to control this country, so he was already very different from Fu Shou in terms of mentality.

Faced with Fu Shou's idea of ​​still persuading himself to find the opportunity to overthrow Cao Cao, Liu Xie seemed very cold:

"Forget it, maybe it's really like Cao Pi said. If I settled on the status quo, maybe my ending would be better."

After discussing with Xun Yu and other advisers, Cao Cao decided to temporarily shelve the plan to advance south according to the strategy deployed by Sima Yi, and ordered Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian to guard the East centered on Hefei in order to resist the invasion of Sun Quan from Jiangdong. Cao Ren and Xu Huang, who were familiar with the terrain of Jingzhou, stayed in Xiangyang to defend Liu Bei's possible invasion of north.

After making all the arrangements and deployments, Cao Cao decided to return to his base camp Yecheng. In addition to Xun Yu who stayed in Xu Du and Xun You who was seriously ill, the remaining advisers such as Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Sima Yi and Jiang Ji followed Cao Cao's large group of troops to Yecheng. Cao Cao only left a few officials to assist Xun Yu in governing Xu Du.

Before leaving, Sima Yi went to Fu Wan's house to say goodbye to Fu Ruoxin on the grounds of mourning. Fu Ruoxin originally wanted to go to Yecheng with him, but when he thought that he was still filial and was inconvenient, he had to endure the pain of separation from Sima Yi and said to him:

"You have just recovered from serious injury. Don't force yourself. You must take good care of your body."

Sima Yi, who has always regarded Fu Ruoxin as his sister, felt that her affectionate and reluctant look was unusual, but he was still slow in his feelings and only thought that Fu Ruoxin had the same feelings as him.

Sima Yi, who had just arrived in Yecheng and survived many hardships, thought that he could finally go home to see his wife and son, so he went to Cao Cao's residence to apply to him to return to Tangyang to visit his wife and children. However, before he could see Cao Cao, he met Jiang Ji, a member of Western Cao in the courtyard. Jiang Ji asked Sima Yi about his hurrying purpose and said with a smile:

"The Prime Minister knows that Zhongda, you will definitely miss your relatives for a long time. He has already appointed his brother Sima Lang as the chief clerk of the Prime Minister's Office and moved all the Sima family into Yecheng. You don't have to travel across mountains and rivers to Tangyang."

After hearing Jiang Ji's words, Sima Yi immediately realized that Cao Cao's behavior seemed to be sympathetic to him, but in fact he detained all his relatives in Yecheng as hostages. After all, he had been an enemy of him and betrayed him, and Cao Cao's behavior was completely predicted by Sima Yi, so Sima Yi did not feel any surprise.

After asking about the Sima family's place, Sima Yi hurried to the mansion that Cao Cao personally bought for the Sima family, because he couldn't wait to see his son who had not seen himself since he became an official.

After entering the door, he saw Sima Fang and Hu Zhao pushing the wooden shaking bed left and right in the courtyard. At this moment, the two old men in their fifties were facing the baby laughing in the bed. They no longer had the serious and rigid expressions of the past. Instead, they shook the wooden turtle and wood carving in their hands to make Sima happy. They were not the father and master they knew at all.

At this time, Sima Fang noticed Sima Yi standing at the door, so he waved the wooden turtle and couldn't help but stop. Then Hu Zhao also noticed Sima Yi returning, and all the smiles on both of them instantly became stiff.

Sima Yi, who was walking slowly walked to the wooden shaking bed and saw Sima Shi who was smiling with his eyes wide open inside the bed.

"This is your son..."

Hu Zhao and Sima Fang both put the things in their hands back into the wooden bed, and Sima Fang said to Sima Yi:

"According to your original intention, the boy's name is Sima Shi."

Sima Yi slowly stretched out his hand to carry Sima Shi who was waving his limbs randomly. As a father, he was not fully prepared for this mentality, so he didn't know what kind of emotions he should use to face this matter now. However, from the moment he saw his own son, Sima Yi truly understood how precious life is.

Sima Lang walked out of the door and saw Sima Yi in the courtyard. He had previously told Sima Fang that Sima Yi was seriously injured and cultivated in Jingzhou, so he was always very worried about Sima Yi's safety.

"Zhongda!"

Sima Lang quickly walked to Sima Yi, held his shoulders tightly, and looked at them carefully:

"Are you okay? How are you injured?"

Sima Yi smiled as honestly as before when facing his brother's concern:

"It's nothing serious, I'll worry you, brother."

Soon, it was learned that Sima's brothers who had returned were gathered in the courtyard from the inner hall and other places. Everyone was very worried about his body and asked nonsense. Sima Yi finally felt a long-lost warmth in his heart as he saw his brothers who were related to him and had a close relative.

After seeing all the relatives standing in front of him, Sima Yi always felt that there was one person missing. He gently put Sima Shi back into the wooden rocking bed and asked Sima Lang: "Where is Chunhua? Why didn't you see her?"

Sima Lang was thinking about how to tell him about this, because Sima Fang and Zhong Yu deliberately concealed the fact that Chunhua was in a critical stage before, so Sima Yi was completely unaware of this.

But Sima Yi had already read a bad premonition from the eyes of his brothers, and he quickly asked:

"Brother, what's wrong with Chunhua?"

At this time, Sima Fang said, "Cao Hong's wife Zhao came to visit Chunhua under the order of Cao Cao. Shortly after Mrs. Cao Hong left, I don't know why Chunhua's mental state was extremely unstable. Fortunately, Ji Da arrived in time and found Wenpo and the doctor, which made the mother and son not in danger of their lives. However, Chunhua did not wake up after giving birth to the teacher."

After pushing open the door, Sima Yi saw Zhang Chunhua lying on the bed without moving, as well as Zhen Mi and Zhang Ning sitting beside the bed. Sima Yi knew Zhang He's sister Zhang Ning, but he felt very jealous of the wife who was wearing a simple but noble side. For this reason, Sima Lang introduced:

"This is Mrs. Zhen, the wife of the second son Cao Pi. During this period, Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Guo often come to visit Chunhua's condition, but every time they come, they bring a lot of medicines and supplements that will help Chunhua recover."

Although Sima Yi put all his attention on Chunhua, whose eyes were closed, when he learned that Zhen Mi was Cao Pi's wife, he still bowed instinctively to him:

"I have met Mrs. Zhen, thank you for your concern."

Zhen Mi and Zhang Ning stood up and gave a gift: "Mr. Zhongda, you are polite. Chunhua and us are like sisters. Now that she has such a serious illness, we are here to visit and do our best."

In fact, after hearing about Zhang Chunhua's condition, Zhen Mi and Zhang Ning came to visit him immediately because they were worried, but as for the continuous stream of medicines and supplements, it was Cao Pi's deliberate arrangement.

Sitting on the side of the bed, looking at Zhang Chunhua's pale cheeks, Sima Yi felt very distressed. He gently stretched out his hand and held Zhang Chunhua's hand and said to her softly: "I'm back, sorry for letting you bear these pains alone."

Sima Kui, who was standing behind him, recalled to Sima Yi:

"Before, my second sister-in-law kept asking our door to notify you quickly, but before she could ask us to inform you, she lost consciousness."

This sentence aroused Sima Yi's alertness, and he turned around and asked:

"His father had Cao Hong's wife Zhao visited her before Chunhua fell into a coma?"

Sima Kui nodded: "Well, my brother was in the county government at that time. I was the only one at home because Mrs. Zhao and second sister-in-law were both female fans. I was inconvenient to be there, but I heard a quarrel in the lobby in the backyard, so I went to see the situation. But when I arrived, Mrs. Zhao was gone, and second sister-in-law was also slumped on the ground."

Now Sima Yi fully understood that the key to all the problems lies in Cao Hong’s wife Zhao...

Sima Yi stayed beside Zhang Chunhua all night. He held a towel in his hand and wet it in the basin and wrung it out, wiping Zhang Chunhua's hand. It was obvious from his eyes that the harm Zhang Chunhua suffered had violated his bottom line.

Sima Yi said to Cheng Wu, who had been hiding in the dark outside the window to protect him:

"I remember Zhong Yu told me before, would you obey me, right?"

Cheng Wu, standing outside the paper window, leaned against the wall with his hands in his chest and asked Sima Yi:

"What do you want me to do for you?"
Chapter completed!