After Cao Cao left Nanshu, he did not return to the cabinet's duty room. Seeing that it was getting late, he went home.

When she returned home, Mrs. Ding came up with anxiety.

"What's wrong with Zi Lian?"

Cao Cao sighed and shook his head.

"The situation is not good, and someone is manipulating it behind the scenes and secretly targeting Zi Lian. I think this is very strange."

Mrs. Ding frowned.

"Zi Lian's wife came. She hugged me and cried. She said that when Cheng Zhongde went to arrest the person, he was very fierce and rude. He didn't know if Zi Lian was going to be killed."

"kill?"

Cao Cao shook his head repeatedly: "No, Zi Lian is not guilty at all. Even if someone under him is confused and does something wrong, Zi Lian is still innocent. If Zi Lian has problems, the entire guard will be involved. Do you think the guard is still fine now? Zi Lian will not have any trouble."

"But isn't Zilian taken away by Cheng Zhongde now? Who is Cheng Zhongde? More than one person died under his command? No one in the capital dares to make things difficult for Cheng Zhongde."

Mrs. Ding said worriedly: "Or, let's ask someone to enter the palace, please Alan? I feel that only Alan can persuade His Majesty."

Cao Cao was quite moved, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was inappropriate.

"Before, Mi Zizhong broke the law. Mi was investigated and many people died. Many branches' property was confiscated. Mrs. Mi in the palace never came forward to participate in this matter from beginning to end. Now Mrs. Mi treats her as usual and has not heard of any problems. I think this is the right way."

Cao Cao shook his head.

"Your Majesty has always been concerned that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the wives of the harem have never participated in any government affairs. At most, they just write letters to comfort the clan members not to confront His Majesty. I think it was your Majesty's request. Now we rashly ask Alan to plead with you. If His Majesty is angry..."

Cao Cao did not continue to say it later, but Mrs. Ding basically understood what Cao Cao meant.

Compared with them, Cao Lan's status is the greatest guarantee of the Cao family.

At the beginning, the emperor was furious and Mi Zhu was almost killed. The pleaders said that for the sake of Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Mi, let Mi Zhu go and do not do anything that harms the relationship between her family.

Guo Peng did consider these things, so he did not attack Mi Zhu, but saved Mi Zhu's life.

The women in the harem could not do anything directly, but they could make Guo Peng worry because of their own existence.

Even Mrs. Mi is like this, and even more so is Cao Lan.

Doing nothing may be the best statement.

Cao Cao told Mrs. Ding about her thoughts. Mrs. Ding thought it made sense, so she returned and told Cao Hong's wife about this matter, telling her not to worry, that Cao Hong would not be in danger of his life.

Since Cao Hong had no worries about his life, Cao Hong's wife left Cao Cao's mansion crying. Cao Cao was about to have a meal to suppress his shock, but Cao Chun came over there.

"Brother, what's going on? How could Zi Lian... be there?"

Cao Chun and Cao Hong worked in the Guards together. They had previously followed the army to expedition to the Western Regions, and later came back with Guo Jin and were recuperating.

Now that he was recuperating, he suddenly learned that Cao Hong had not recuperated. In shock, he immediately came to Cao Cao's mansion to inquire about the news. Cao Ren had already returned to his hometown in Qiao County for vacation before, and even if Cao Ren was here, it was useless.

Cao Cao shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

"Have you had supper?"

"How can I still have the intention to eat? It's all this."

"Let's eat a little first, I have to eat."

Cao Cao kept Cao Chun for dinner and then told him about this.

Cao Chun was furious when he heard this.

"How could anyone be so stupid? The rebellion has been quelled, so why do you still keep letters for dating between the two parties? For fear that others will not know?"

Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile.

"I think so too, but this is just a guess, not a empirical evidence. The person who plotted against Zi Lian behind the scenes showed it. His Majesty was very angry, so he asked Cheng Zhongde to take Zi Lian away and assist in the investigation. As for what is happening with Zi Lian at the moment, I don't know."

"Who is calculating Zi Lian behind the scenes?"

Cao Chun frowned and thought bitterly: "Although Zi Lian is rich and stingy, he has never interfered in the government affairs. It is impossible to make grudges with others because of the government affairs. If you insist on making grudges with others, you can only say that you have disputes with others in terms of money, otherwise, it would be Man Boning."

There is a conflict between Man Chong and Cao Hong.

Back then, Cao Hong relied on his military achievements to do whatever he wanted, enclosing land, annexing land, infringing on the property of the military farm, and causing an incident. At that time, Man Chong was in charge of Puyang government affairs. After learning about this, he directly fought against Cao Hong.

Later, Man Chong gained a great reputation and was absorbed by Guo Peng into the kinship circle, married the Guo daughter as his wife, and became a success.

On the contrary, Cao Hong was beaten to the end and beaten up. Now Cao Hong's military achievements are not as good as those of the top generals in the first echelon, and it was probably at that time that he began to fall behind.

Therefore, it is impossible to say that there is a deep hatred between Cao Hong and Man Chong.

But Man Chong is far away in Yizhou now, so he can't come across thousands of mountains and rivers to frame Cao Hong, right?

And even if something happens, Man Chong will get the benefits. If you want to take revenge, Cao Hong will take revenge. How could Man Chong take the initiative to frame Cao Hong again?

The logic is not working.

Is that because I have an economic dispute with some people, I am framed?

Cao Chun raised his ideas. When Cao Cao thought about it, he thought it was really right.

Cao Hong's family is rich and has many industries and shops under his name. The commercial competition in Luoyang City is fierce, and every family has a backend. If you have a conflict with someone, it is very likely.

But I always feel that something is wrong.

After dinner, Cao Cao sent Cao Chun away. After reading the book for a while, he went to bed early. He decided to arrange someone to investigate the matter tomorrow and send someone to the Sili School Guard's Mansion to inquire about the news.

The cabinet is busy with official duties, so he has to distract himself from Cao Hong's affairs, which is quite exhausted.

A person in his fifties is not as energetic as before. He can no longer sleep for several days and nights, but he can also allocate food and grass for him to ensure logistics and help him fight Yuan Shao in a decisive battle.

At night, Cao Cao fell asleep tiredly under the care of Mrs. Ding.

Close my eyes and wanted to fall asleep as soon as possible, but I couldn't fall asleep well. There were always strange sounds in my head, including who said, who cried, and who laughed.

After working hard for a while, Cao Cao still couldn't fall asleep smoothly. He had no choice but to open his eyes and sigh slightly.

"What's wrong? Can't sleep?"

Mrs. Ding looked at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

"Everything is complicated, and my head is messy. Once you close your eyes, all of those things suddenly surge. How can you fall asleep peacefully..."

"No matter how much it comes up, these things can't be solved by lying in bed at night. Let's go to bed."

Mrs. Ding reached out and patted Cao Cao's chest gently.

Cao Cao was silent for a while.

"Yes, go to bed. No matter what you do, it is not something you can do in the late night."

With this emotion, Cao Cao closed his eyes again.

Suddenly, the scene of his conversation with Guo Peng during the day appeared before his eyes.

[That big manor is not well managed, and such a big thing happens, making people all over the world doubt your Cao family. Is this something I want to see? What is the problem? Why is Cao Hong? Go back and think about it seriously!]

Guo Peng's words rang like this in his ears.

With a sudden excitement, Cao Cao suddenly opened his eyes and sat up suddenly, which scared Mrs. Ding.

"Meng De, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Ding quickly sat up and looked at Cao Cao in surprise.
Chapter completed!