Jibei Kingdom.
"Great King, you mustn't! You absolutely mustn't!"
Several officials blocked Cao Zhi with all their might. Cao Zhi was exceptionally tall, with powerful arms, and even with three officials pressed against him, he kept advancing.
An old man sat before him, looking at Cao Zhi with undisguised contempt.
He did not even try to hide it.
Not even though the man standing before him belonged to the Imperial Clan of Great Wei.
"Prince of Jibei! You have only just taken office, yet you disregard the Imperial Court's laws, seize the common people's farmland, and plunder by force. How can you face your ancestors? How can you face His Majesty in Luoyang?!"
"Did His Majesty send you here from Hebei just so you could commit such evil deeds?!"
"You have been in office barely half a year, yet the local people's resentment toward you has already become impossible to contain!"
"You indulge your household slaves, letting them beat the common people and seize fertile fields. You have repeatedly overstepped your bounds!"
"I say you are clearly bringing disaster upon yourself!"
At these words, Cao Zhi's face flushed crimson. He roared and tried to lunge at him.
But the officials stood firmly between them, all holding Cao Zhi back, while not one of them tried to shut the old man up.
Cao Zhi was furious.
The Sima Family had bullied him in the past, keeping him penned inside his residence, forbidden to leave. After years of that, he had finally returned to his fief, only to be bullied by these people?!
Yet no matter how he struggled, he could not get close to the old man.
At last, he gave up, retreated a few steps, and glared at the officials before him.
"Are you ministers of Jibei, or lackeys of