In the third year of Jingchu, in Luoyang.
Eight-year-old Cao Fang opens his eyes. The Wei Emperor Ming, lying on the dragon bed, has only one breath left. Outside the hall, Sima Yi is arriving through the snow and wind of Liaodong to receive the emperor's final edict.
Cao Fang knows what will happen ten years from now.
On the day of the Gaoping Tomb Incident, Cao Shuang will lay down his sword, Sima Yi will cross the Luo River, and the Cao Wei dynasty will become an empty shell. As for Cao Fang, at fifteen he will watch his realm change hands with his own eyes. At nineteen, he will be deposed, and he will spend the rest of his life confined to a prince's residence.
But he is just an ordinary theater student. He can't make gunpowder or smelt steel, and he has no System. The only thing he really knows how to do is act.
So, before Cao Shuang, he is a timid young ruler who relies on his clan. Before Sima Yi, he is an ignorant child who reveres his elders. In the eyes of the court officials, he is an average student with a meek disposition who never says more than he has to.
Everyone is waiting for him to grow up.
No one knows that he is waiting too.
Waiting for Cao Shuang to show a weakness, waiting for Sima Yi to step onto the floating bridge over the Luo River, waiting for the coup that was supposed to bury Cao Wei.
This time, it is up to me to decide who is buried at Gaoping Tomb.
Many people have misconceptions that after the Gao Pingling Incident, Cao Wei had no chance to make a comeback, but on the contrary, it was after Cao Fang was deposed that he had no chance.
Didn't the AI just come out without any repairs? It smells too strong.