Three Kingdoms: A Tyrant's Rebel Son Seizes Power, Driving Cao Cao Mad!

After being reborn as Cao Cao's least-favored, sickly, rebellious son, Cao Shuo runs straight into Cao Cao's defeat at Wancheng. His father is badly wounded and fakes his death to test his sons. Cao Shuo gives a cold laugh. "Playing dead? Then die for real." He immediately stages a coup, seizes power, and rises to the top with the force of a tyrant, gripping the Cao family's legacy in his hands.

This rebellious son refuses to play by the rules. He takes Empress Fu as a concubine, has Sima Yi torn apart by chariots, and forces the people to rebuild Epang Palace. Every move crosses one of Cao Cao's most sensitive lines, and the old Cao, watching in secret, nearly throws off his coffin lid several times to come out and put his family in order. Yet behind every outrageous decree lies a calculation that sends chills down the spine: winning Empress Fu's loyalty brings the remnants of the Han court into his grasp; destroying the Sima clan leaves the aristocrats too afraid to form cliques and enrich themselves; and rebuilding Epang Palace means the foundations in Guanzhong are finally secure.

Years later, the million-strong army that marched west to conquer Rome returns home in triumph, and the whole realm lies beneath Cao Shuo's feet. Cao Cao can finally bear it no longer and appears to seize power, but the civil and military officials all kneel together: "We beg the Retired Emperor to move to the Mediterranean and enjoy his twilight years." Watching the splendid realm he built with his own hands transformed beyond recognition by his rebellious son, Cao Cao feels his blood surge with rage!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.