Chapter 297: The Emperor Did His Job
Led by Xu Chu to leave the Cao family, Lu Su came to the Xudu Palace.
The so-called imperial palace is just a slightly larger mansion than the Cao family.
There were several guards at the main gate of the palace, and when they saw that it was Xu Chu, the guards did not interrogate at all, but bowed down and let them in.
"When you come to the palace, don't you check it?" Lu Su asked.
Xu Chu glanced back at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't say anything.
Only then did Lu Su realize that he had asked the wrong question.
Xu is Cao Cao's territory, and Xu Chu is the one who follows him all day long.
Which of the guards guarding the palace was not sent by the Cao family?
The guards sent by Cao Cao were of course impossible to stop Xu Chu.
Walking into the palace, Xu Chu took Lu Su directly to the back garden.
When I arrived at Liu Xie's residence, two permanent attendants ran over.
The attendants are all people around the emperor, taking care of the emperor all day long, although they are internal officials, ordinary foreign officials have to salute them when they see them.
Xu Chu is just a miscellaneous general beside Cao Cao, and when it comes to official rank, he should salute the regular attendant.
But he didn't, but asked the two permanent attendants with a grin, what is Your Majesty doing?
"Your Majesty is talking to Empress Fu in the room." One of the attendants responded.
"Report to Your Majesty, just say that General Zuo Lu Bu ordered Lu Su to come to Xu Capital to meet you." Xu Chu commanded in a condescending tone.
The attendants agreed, and one of them ran to report it, while the other respectfully led the way.
Judging from the attitude of the Chang servant towards Xu Chu, Lu Su has already seen that Liu Xie is not doing well in Xu Capital.
They came to the door of Liu Xie's residence, and the regular attendant who reported also walked out.
"General Xu, Your Majesty invites Duke Lu to come and meet you." The attendant said to the two of them.
"General Xu, I want to meet Your Majesty, do you have to follow as well?" Lu Su was about to enter the house, and Xu Chu was about to follow, when he stopped and asked.
"I am escorting Duke Lu to see Your Majesty, and the lord wants me to protect Duke Lu to be thorough, how dare I take half a step away?" Xu Chu replied.
"Since it's protection, then ask the general to wait for me outside the door." Lu Su replied: "With the general here, I always feel as if I am being stared at, and I feel uncomfortable." ”
"How could Lu Gong feel uncomfortable?" Xu Chu smiled coldly: "Is it intended to be unfavorable to my lord?" ”
"I don't even have a foundation in Xudu, and I don't have a heavy army like Dong Cheng and others back then, is Cao Gong still afraid of me?" Lu Su laughed: "If that's the case, General Xu will be fine." ”
With that, he turned around and went into the room,
Xu Chu was said that he was not going to enter, nor was he not entering.
If you go in, you will obviously lose Cao Cao's momentum, and admit that Cao Cao is afraid of him Lu Su.
If he didn't go in, when Cao Cao asked, he didn't know what Lu Su and Liu Xie said, so it would be difficult to report it......
With confusion in his heart, Xu Chu did not follow up in the end.
What Lu Su said was right, he had no foundation in Xudu, and he was not like Dong Cheng and others who had heavy troops, even if Liu Xie wanted him to do something, he was powerless.
If you want to understand this layer and save Cao Cao's face, of course Xu Chu is not good to follow up.
He stood outside the door and waited, while the regular attendant led Lu Su into the room.
After entering the room, Lu Su saw that there was only one person in the room, and it was obvious that Empress Fu had already left through the back door.
The person standing in the room was dressed in a black robe, not very old, but the wrinkles on his forehead were very deep.
In particular, the wrinkles in the shape of "Chuan" on the eyebrows are so deep that people feel shocking when they look at them.
Just by looking at his face, Lu Su knew that Liu Xie was doing very badly, otherwise there would never be such a shocking wrinkle on his forehead.
He bowed down and made a big salute to Liu Xie: "Chen Lu Su came to meet Your Majesty on the order of Marquis Wen. ”
"How is Wen Hou now?" Lu Su mentioned Lu Bu, and Liu Xie said: "Back then, he killed Dong Zhuo Kuang to help the Han family, if it weren't for Li Dao and Guo Yan to make a rebellion, I wouldn't have fallen into today's field." ”
Liu Xie's words were desolate, and Lu Su listened to it, and he felt very uncomfortable.
He asked Liu Xie, "Your Majesty is alright?" ”
Liu Xie sighed and walked to the window.
He pushed the window open and said to Lu Su, "You come here." ”
Lu Su came behind Liu Xie, Liu Xie pointed outside and said: "The guards here are all Cao Cao's people, and they are monitored by them every day, where can I live a stable life?" Back in Chang'an, although I was scared, I was still the king of a country after all. Now that I have arrived in Xudu, what use do I have besides issuing edicts? ”
"Your Majesty has suffered." Lu Su is not an old minister of the Han court, and he is not so loyal to the Han Dynasty, but when he sees the king of a country mixed up to what he is now, he can't help but sigh in his heart.
"You came to see me on my behest of the order, do you have anything to say?" Liu Xie asked Lu Su.
Lu Su replied: "Wen Hou asked me to come to Xudu, in fact, there are two things. One is to come to see His Majesty and see if His Majesty is doing well or not. The second is to ask Cao Cao for a knighthood. ”
"Asking for a knight?" Liu Xie asked, "What knighthood does he want?" ”
"A few days ago, Wen Hou led the army to defeat Huainan Yuanshu, and then took Lujiang, and now the Jiangdong Sun family has been attached to him." Lu Su replied: "He just wants to ask Cao Cao for the title of Marquis of Chu." ”
"The so-called Marquis Wen is just a hypocrisy, and the world will not recognize his status." Liu Xie nodded: "With so much credit, it is not an exaggeration to ask for the title of Marquis of Chu." ”
"Your Majesty also thinks that it is not an exaggeration, then it must be an exaggeration." Lu Su replied, and then asked Liu Xie, "I don't know if Your Majesty has anything to say to Wen Hou?" ”
"What else do I dare to say to Feng Xian?" Liu Xie said: "Now I am like a caged bird here, and Feng Xian is in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao is also eyeing him. He can't protect himself, can I still expect him to do anything? ”
"Although Wen Hou may not be able to do anything, if His Majesty has something to say, he will definitely be ruined." Lu Su replied: "Marquis Wen is loyal to the Han Dynasty, Your Majesty should know something. ”
"Of course I do." Liu Xie nodded.
Back then, for the sake of his future, Lu Bu once invested in Dong Zhuo's account.
Later, Wang Yun rebelled against him, so he killed Dong Zhuo, and switched from the side of coercing the royal family to the side of protecting Liu Xie.
Guarding Chang'an, Lu Bu also fought hard, but it was a pity that Li Dao and Guo Yan had too many soldiers and horses, and the defenders of Chang'an City were too few, so they finally had to abandon Liu Xie and escape from the city.
Thinking of those back then, Liu Xie's heart was even more sad.
Ever since Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Wei and put him on the throne of the emperor, he has been a puppet of others.
first Dong Zhuo, then Li Dao, Guo Yan, and now they have been reduced to everything at the mercy of Cao Cao.
The emperor did his part, and it was actually no different from dying......
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