This time, Cao Mao finally lost his composure.
They want to marry Guo De's widow to me?!
How dare that old scoundrel?!
Cao Mao intended to inherit the legacy of the Emperor of the Filial and Enlightened Ancestor. What did that legacy include? To name the most obvious example, Guanqiu Jian.
Cao Mao knew just how loyal Guanqiu Jian had been to the Emperor of the Filial and Enlightened Ancestor.
With the Empress Dowager as his mother and the Emperor of the Filial and Enlightened Ancestor as his father, he could fully inherit the political legacy the late emperor had left behind.
Compared with Cao Fang, that successor whose origins were a mystery, he was the son of Cao Rui's most beloved younger brother, and had more right to carry on Cao Rui's work.
But if he married Guo De's wife...
Could he still legitimately regard the Empress Dowager as his mother??
Marrying his own maternal uncle's widow??
Was that even human?
Cao Mao narrowed his eyes. It was not as though there were no solution. Guo De had, after all, been adopted into another family. As long as he was still Zhen De rather than Guo De, it would not be a major problem.
But after Zhen De's failed rebellion, Sima Shi had turned him back into Guo De.
Could Sima Shi have had this idea from the very day Guo De was killed??
Had he already been planning to control him through his daughter back then??
Sima Yan looked at the emperor before him in surprise. "Your Majesty??"
Cao Mao quickly calmed down. Smiling at Sima Yan, he scratched his head. "I'm still young. I really haven't thought about starting a family..."
"Haha, Your Maj... elder brother, there's no need to be shy!"
"My elder sister is gentle