At this moment, in the capital of Xuchang:
Sima Yi's residence:
Cao Pi paced back and forth in the courtyard, his expression extremely unsightly.
Sima Yi stood to the side, his eyes narrowed in silence.
"Teacher, why aren't you worried?"
Seeing this, Cao Pi asked anxiously.
Sima Yi slowly opened his eyes.
"What does Young Master mean? Why should this subject be worried? "
Cao Pi furrowed his brows.
"Teacher, don't feign ignorance!"
"I'm talking about the matter of Bai Feng being made an official by Father!"
"A primary third-rank prefect! That's not a small position! "
Sima Yi smiled faintly.
"This matter? Why is Young Master making such a fuss over this matter? "
"Wei Emperor had the idea of making Bai Feng an official for a long time, but it never came to fruition.
"The conquest of Bashu and Hanzhong is all thanks to Bai Feng, so it's only right that he be made an official."
Cao Pi froze on the spot.
What's wrong with Sima Yi today?
Why would he have such thoughts?
Although Bai Feng couldn't be considered an enemy, he wasn't an ally either.
Even if Bai Feng was currently at odds with Cao Zhi, in reality, Bai Feng's enemies were the landowning households.
Sima Yi's Sima clan was one of the larger landowning households in Xuchang, so why did he seem to trust Bai Feng so much?
Sima Yi looked at Cao Pi and smiled.
"Is Young Master wondering why this subject, a landowning household, would speak up for Bai Feng?"
Cao Pi didn't answer. Instead, he narrowed his eyes at Sima Yi, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
Sima Yi smiled faintly.
"Young Master, don't forget what Young Master's ultimate goal is.
"This subject is assisting Young Master for Young Master's goal.
"Although Bai Feng is dealing with landowning households, what does landowning households matter compared to Young Master's goal?
"Besides, once Young Master achieves his goal, he will have to deal with the landowning households.
"Moreover, Bai Feng's current enemy is Cao Zhi.
"As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Moreover, Wei Emperor trusts Bai Feng so much.
"This person can't be dealt with. We can only get close to him, or else there's no benefit to us."
Hearing Sima Yi say so, Cao Pi finally understood a little.
Bai Feng was now at the peak of his power, and his father's most trusted person.
Even the majority of the Cao Clan's generals had great faith in Bai Feng.
What could he gain by going against Bai Feng in such a situation?
That was what Cao Zhi was doing now. But from then on, how could Cao Zhi's life be smooth?
Although it was Cao Zhi's fault for barging into the White Horse Gate at night, in the past, his father would definitely have harshly reprimanded him, but he would never have locked Cao Zhi in the Imperial Prison.
Who dared to say that Bai Feng had nothing to do with this?
Besides, Cao Jie had already been betrothed to Bai Feng. They were just not married yet.
Once they were married, Bai Feng would have the title of a member of the Cao Clan added to his status.
At that time, no one would be able to shake his position.
Moreover, Bai Feng didn't display any ambitions. Everything he did was for the sake of Dawei's development.
If Cao Zhi continued to oppose Bai Feng, he wouldn't have a good ending.
Even if his father did not implicate Cao Zhi, he would definitely put the blame on Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu's Yang Clan was a landowning household. If he wanted to deal with a landowning household, it wasn't impossible for him to start with the Yang Clan!
The more Cao Pi thought about it, the more terrified he became.
He almost didn't understand!
Bai Feng was now the greatest help to eliminate his greatest enemy, Cao Zhi!
Why did he want to deal with him?
Now that he had followed Bai Feng, wouldn't it be smoother?
No matter how outstanding Bai Feng was, his surname was Bai. Whether it was the throne or the throne, it was destined to belong to the Cao Clan, not Bai Feng.
After all, he was still a subject.
If he could successfully inherit the throne, he would have plenty of ways to deal with Bai Feng!
"Thank you for teaching me. I understand."
"This Bai Feng should be our greatest help now. Why do I have to think about how to deal with him?"
Thinking of this, Cao Pi smiled faintly.
Sima Yi shook his head and said,
"I don't think Young Master understands."
"Bai Feng is indeed our greatest help now, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future."
"If Young Master's goal is achieved in the future, Bai Feng will have a high position and power. At that time, whether or not he will listen to Young Master's orders will be a problem."
"What I mean is that we can feign civility now, but we must definitely be wary of Bai Feng. We must set up a trap."
"At that time, if Bai Feng has any disloyalty or disobeys orders because of his high position and power, we should deal with him as soon as possible."
After saying this, Cao Pi immediately nodded and said, "Young Master is right.
"You're right, sir. That's the safest way."
"Although Bai Feng has some ability, compared to Young Master, it's still not enough."
Sima Yi just smiled and didn't continue.
In fact, Sima Yi could have directly avoided this topic and let Cao Pi think about it himself.
No matter what Cao Pi chose, it had little to do with him. It didn't even have much to do with the path he was going to take in the future.
If he said more, it would be bad if it aroused the suspicion of the shrewd Cao Pi.
But Sima Yi had to say these words.
If he didn't use Bai Feng as his biggest shield, he would inevitably be suspected in the future.
As the saying goes, once the rabbit is dead, the dog is cooked; once the birds are gone, the bow is put away.
Sima Yi didn't think that Cao Pi would put him in an important position after inheriting the great empire.
At that time, it would be fine as long as he didn't touch the Sima clan.
Right now, Sima Yi was only thinking about how to protect the Sima clan's assets and had no other thoughts.
Now that he had such a good shield, why not make good use of it?
After Cao Pi left, Sima Yi called out Sima Zhao and Sima Shi.
"The two of you, immediately send people to prepare some generous gifts and send them to the Bai Residence."
"Just say, 'Congratulations to Governor Bai for taking office, this is a small gift.'"
Sima Yi calmly instructed.
Sima Zhao couldn't help but frown.
"Father, why are you doing this?"
"If Young Master Cao Zhi or Young Master Cao Pi were to find out, wouldn't our Sima clan be exposed to the eyes of all the landowning clans?"
Sima Yi didn't say anything, only quietly looking at Sima Zhao and Sima Shi.
Sima Zhao didn't dare to say anything else. He hurriedly accepted the order and led Sima Shi and Sima Shi to prepare.
As for Sima Yi, he only quietly looked at the cloudless sky, but the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.
Bai Feng's ability to show off was his greatest concealment and protection.
As long as Bai Feng became the target of public criticism, he wouldn't be the center of attention.
At this time, whether or not Bai Feng could rise to this position, he had to lend him a hand.
At the very least, he had to let Cao Cao know that he was just a landowning clansman who went with the flow.
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