Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao Adopts Me for My Terrible Advice

In the second year of Jian'an, I, Cao Xuan, was dumped in a mass grave to die. Instead, I ran into Cao Cao, looking utterly miserable: he had just lost his eldest son and Dian Wei, and his wife had run away too.

To save my life, I blurted out, “The Battle of Guandu will end in victory!” Cao Cao’s eyes lit up. “I’m adopting this kid!”

But after the DNA test, his hands trembled as he held me. “My own grandson!”

From then on, I became the darling of Cao Cao’s camp. But the things Grandpa taught me were downright strange: “Remember, grandson, find an experienced woman!” “If the world wrongs you, cut them down!”

Now Cao Cao is on his deathbed, and Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are fighting tooth and nail for the throne. Yet he just rubs the back of my head and smiles. “As for the throne of Wei...”