I Am Truly a Loyal Minister of Great Wei

Cao Cao hailed him as "my Wei Qing and Huo Qubing," and Cao Ang trusted him as a pillar of the state. He single-handedly withstood Zhuge Liang's relentless Northern Expeditions, shielding Great Wei from collapse, while quietly keeping the treacherous Sima clan in check. To the court, he was the paragon of loyalty; to the historians, he was destined to be recorded as "the foremost minister of Great Wei." But when the Sima family finally bared their fangs and moved to seize the throne, they found the seat already occupied. Turning to the stunned Sima Zhongda, the man who had been called the loyal minister spoke calmly: "You were right, Sima Yi—the world belongs to the capable. So tell me, how could it ever belong to you?"