Chapter 312

"Besides, the Empress and Imperial Prince Bian are still surrounded by Zhang Rang and the others;"

"What if we force an attack, and they are driven to desperation and threaten the lives of the Empress and Imperial Prince Bian? What should we do then?"

"And what if the Empress and Imperial Prince Bian are injured in the process?"

At the same time, Yuan Shao thought indignantly in his heart: "This Cao Mengde is getting bolder! He actually dares to glare at me, scold me, and sing a different tune from me!"

"Does he not know who is the master and who is the servant, and has he forgotten who helped him get this position of Commandant of the Dian Army?"

"It seems I will have to properly discipline him later;"

"How can a dog turn around and bite its master? It's simply unreasonable."

On the surface, Yuan Shao had indeed always treated Cao Cao as a good friend and good brother.

But in fact, this was just to win Cao Cao over, satisfy his own vanity, and have an extra helper!

After all, Cao Cao was very capable, and his background was actually not bad.

The Cao family had considerable power.

If it weren't for the identity of being a descendant of a eunuch limiting Cao Cao, he would be far more than just this.

Being able to make someone like Cao Cao his dog, and have him follow his lead in everything, Yuan Shao had always felt quite good about it.

But this didn't mean he truly viewed Cao Cao as a real friend.

Or viewed Cao Cao as his equal.

When he was happy, he could call Cao Cao his brother;

When he was unhappy, in his eyes, Cao Cao was always just a dog.

"You..."

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Cao Cao's expression froze, and he wanted to say something, but since Yuan Shao had already said it to this extent, what else could he say?

He didn't believe Yuan Shao didn't know the consequences of letting Zhang Rang and the other eunuchs go this time.

Afterward, once the eunuchs recovered, the Grand General and even they would definitely be counterattacked by the eunuchs.

Today, it seemed the eunuchs had suffered considerable losses, even Jian Shuo was dead, and military power was lost.

But as long as imperial power remained, they would soon be able to gain power again.

This was one of the reasons why eunuchs were difficult to eliminate completely.

"Something's wrong! Yuan Shao is very wrong today!"

"It's impossible for him not to know the consequences and hidden dangers of letting Zhang Rang and the others go at this time;"

"In other words, he knows, but he still did it, and persuaded the Grand General like that;"

"Given the relationship between the Yuan clan and the Grand General, it is absolutely impossible that he was truly thinking of He Jin;"

"And it's even less likely that he was worried about hurting the Empress and Imperial Prince Bian in the process;"

"Thus, it can only be for personal gain!"

"What does Yuan Shao want to do?"

"No! It should be said, what exactly does the Yuan clan want to do?"

He believed that such a thing was absolutely not done by Yuan Shao on impulse; it was likely that the Yuan clan had calculated it long in advance!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's forehead began to break out in cold sweat.

He felt he had vaguely guessed the truth.

The Yuan clan had a huge plan.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao didn't dare to continue to go against Yuan Shao, and immediately yielded: "Benchu, I was confused! My blood went to my head! I apologize!"

Yuan Shao was also slightly stunned by Cao Cao's sudden change, then swept away his previous gloom and said lightly: "It's okay! Mengde, you were just confused for a moment, it's good that you can wake up in time!"

As he spoke, he looked at He Jin: "Grand General, shall we withdraw?"

"Hmm!"

He Jin nodded and waved his hand: "Withdraw!"

Soon, the army, led by He Jin and the others, withdrew from the imperial city.

Afterward, He Jin led a small number of troops back into the imperial city alone and met Empress He.

He had a discussion with her and confirmed things.

He left the imperial city satisfied.

Because this discussion had confirmed that Zhang Rang and the others would support Imperial Prince Bian to become the new emperor, and the time was set for 2 days later.

Sure enough, 2 days later,

With the support of the eunuchs, Grand General He Jin, and Yuan Kui and others, Imperial Prince Bian successfully ascended the throne and became the new emperor.

For a time, Luoyang seemed to have returned to peace.

However, many people knew that this was just a surface phenomenon!

In reality, there were undercurrents surging in the dark.

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