Cao Chao came to the Zhaoyang Hall with a smile.

Guo's husband hurriedly bowed and greeted.

Cao Chao's attitude towards him is very gentle, and it stands to reason that in the face of this person's active leakage, Cao Chao should give a reward, reward money or something.

But Cao Chao didn't do that.

Because he knows that Guo's husband is different from the rest of the eunuchs, strictly speaking, this person is a eunuch's body and carries the soul of a scholar.

If you are from a large family, or have a heart to a large family, and are forced to become eunuchs because of punishment or other reasons, and are physically disabled, but you have contempt for the rest of the eunuchs in your heart, if you give money to buy such a person as you do with other eunuchs, it will be regarded as some kind of humiliation.

In the late Han Dynasty, this type of eunuch was not uncommon, and there were many eunuchs who were close to the family and were deeply admired by scholars.

Well, Cao Chao's ancestor, Cao Teng, the first servant of Emperor Gao of the Great Wei Dynasty, is one of them.

Cao Chao did not despise these people in the palace, in other words, their appearance was a tragedy caused by the feudal imperial power, castration caused great damage to their bodies and minds, and in this era, even if they are just doing their own work, they will be blamed by resentment for no reason.

The scholars blamed all the faults of the late Han Dynasty on the eunuchs.

The faint king, who should have borne all the responsibility, was only bewitched by the eunuchs in the mouth of the scholars, and the mistakes he made were only close to these eunuchs.

Eunuchs as an accessory of the imperial power, their actions completely depend on the level of the ruler, if the ruler is strong, they can open up the sea route, make great contributions, if the ruler is mediocre, then they can also do wine pond meat forest for the emperor, the sky is dark.

How ridiculous is it to put all the fault on the eunuch?

"Husband Guo, I bother you to go and tell me, and I will say that I am here."

"Thank you, husband."

Cao Chao bowed.

Guo's husband's face turned red, and for a person like him, saluting was obviously more important than giving money.

When Cao Chao walked into the Zhaoyang Palace, Gao Rou had already left, and the Queen Mother was still smiling, but her eyes were erratic.

Cao Chao was very helpless in his heart.

I said that the Guo family was stupid before, but I was too anxious under this conclusion, it was my own fault, and it should be the Guo family's four stupid.

The attitude of the Queen Mother depends entirely on the attitude of the last person to talk to her.

This is similar to Nexperia!

"My son is coming? I'm looking for you! Sit down. ”

Empress Dowager Guo said, Cao Chao sat next to her, and Cao Chao looked very serious at the moment.

"Mother, something is wrong."

Empress Dowager Guo was about to say what Gao Rou had ordered, but when she heard Cao Chao say this, all the words were blocked in her throat.

She was surprised and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Chao frowned and said angrily: "I heard from the people in the palace that the prince came to teach me a lesson, but he was blocked by the high birth and was not allowed to enter. ”

Empress Dowager Guo suddenly realized, "This matter is actually"

"Mother! What do you think Gao Rou wants to do? Why did he arrange for his son to enter the Zhaoyang Palace? If it's just to protect us, why don't you let the prince in? ”

"Isn't it all because of the prince's merits this time?"

"How long has it been since you saw the teacher and Chen Gong and other ministers since he entered the palace?"

Empress Dowager Guo frowned, and her expression became hesitant.

Cao Chao sneered and said: "This Gao Rou clearly wants to be a Sima Master, he wants to cut off our contact with the ministers, and Gao Dan is monitoring us!" I originally thought that he Gao Rou was an important minister of the temple, but I didn't expect it to be so hateful! ”

Empress Dowager Guo was stunned, and she was shaken again and again.

Of course, if Gao Rou saw her later and said different things to her, maybe she would still be shaken.

Cao Chao said seriously: "Mother is in chaos in the temple today, I heard that Sima Zhao sent soldiers to surround Luoyang. ”

"What?!"

Empress Dowager Guo stood up suddenly, this time she was really frightened.

"Mother, Gao Rou knew about this, but she didn't tell you?"

"Really??"

"If you don't believe it, you can summon any minister to inquire, this is what my Yellow Gate official told me, there will be no fake!"

Empress Dowager Guo finally reacted, she was very angry, "Why didn't anyone tell me about such a thing?" ”

"Mother, I said a long time ago, in the whole world, only our mother and son are united, those ministers, all have their own ideas and interests, like Gao Rou, just want to use you, when you were suffering, did he ever come to solve it for you?"

"The most important thing at the moment is to know what Sima Shi wants to do, whether they want to enter the palace with a large army"

Empress Dowager Guo's eyes were full of panic, and her hands trembled.

"What can I do about it?"

"Mother."

Cao Chao gritted his teeth, as if he had made some decision, and he said, "I'm going to take the queen to the General's Mansion." ”

Empress Dowager Guo looked at him, "You're going"

"Go and see the truth, the words of these people are not credible, and the words of Sima Shi are even more untrustworthy, I want to go and see for myself for my mother to see what their family wants to do."

"If I don't come back this time, please take care of my mother."

Cao Chao stood up and saluted her.

Empress Dowager Guo hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, how can I let you put yourself in danger?" You can send your henchmen and cronies there, but you don't want to go. ”

"Mother, what henchmen do you have now?"

"Do you want the prince to go to Sima Shi's mansion? If it were me, Sima Shi would have a lot of scruples, and maybe he wouldn't dare to do it, if it was the prince, he would ruin Sima Shi's business, Sima Shi directly said that he was going to assassinate and kill him, wouldn't it be a bad thing? ”

Empress Dowager Guo's face was very hesitant, she was silent for a long time, and then said helplessly: "Then you must pay attention to safety, don't argue with Sima Shi, let alone provoke him, everything is based on ensuring your own safety." ”

Cao Chao's face was very resolute, "Please rest assured, mother." ”

Cao Chao easily got the Queen Mother, and then left the Zhaoyang Palace.

When Cao Chao left, Empress Dowager Guo lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time, and she didn't even have the interest to go to the palace to show her majesty.

Since Sima Yu came to the palace, she hasn't been back for a while.

At this moment, she also changed a set of clothes according to Cao Chao's instructions, took care of herself a little, and then walked out.

Cao Chao didn't care about this, he ordered the eunuch to prepare the carriage and horses.

looked at Zhang Hua and Wei Shu again.

"Don't go in with me, stay outside, and decide for yourself what happens to you."

Zhang Hua was a little surprised, "Your Majesty, but you are alone"

"It's okay, with you outside, I'm not afraid of anything, if something happens and we are trapped in the General's Mansion together, then no one will come to save me."

Cao Chao said it very casually, but the meaning of his words was to entrust his net worth and life to the two people in front of him.

Since Zhang Hua and Wei Shu arrived at the palace, Cao Chao has no reservations about them, and has special trust, telling them all his affairs and secrets, and now he regards them as his own retreat.

Zhang Hua and Wei Shu glanced at each other, and then bowed to the shrine.

"I will live up to His Majesty's high hopes!"

Soon, the eunuch prepared a carriage and horse for Cao Chao, Cao Chao got into the carriage with the queen, and the carriage drove slowly from the Taiji Hall to the outside.

Gao Dan stared at the carriage and slowly left, but did not speak.

Cao Chao pulled up the curtain and stared out.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside."

Sima Yu said.

"After I came to Luoyang, I haven't seen anything outside the palace, and this is the first time I've left the palace."

Hearing Cao Chao's words, Sima Yu was speechless for a moment.

It is not a trivial matter for the emperor to travel, and the General's Mansion is not far from the palace, and on this road, there have been armor soldiers who have cleared the road in advance, and no one is allowed to approach, all the entrances and exits are guarded, and before and after Cao Chao's carriage, the number of knights and armor is countless.

Of course, the person in charge of all this is Yanghu, and Yanghu is still very serious and completely follows the etiquette.

Although Cao Chao left the palace, he did not see the prosperity of Luoyang, all he could see when he rolled up the curtain was the knights who passed by in a hurry, and the armor soldiers standing guard in the distance, all the houses along the road were locked, such as restaurants and the like were emptied early, and Cao Chao came all the way to the general's mansion.

And the General's Mansion has already received the knight's message and is ready to receive it.

Sima Zhao personally stood at the door of the General's Mansion, and there were many subordinate officials standing beside him, Du Pre, Xun Xun and others were all there, and even Sima Yan was here, standing behind his father.

The doors of the mansion were completely open, and it was also the highest standard to welcome the emperor.

Cao Chao and Sima Yu stepped out of the carriage one after the other.

Then he looked at the Sima family standing in the distance.

Sima Zhao looked a lot thinner, and seemed to be a little calmer than before, and his eyes were very complicated when he looked at Cao Chao, but after Cao Chao got out of the car, he took the lead in saluting without thinking.

"Minister Sima Zhao! Meet His Majesty the Emperor!! ”

The rest of the crowd followed him and worshipped together, chanting in unison.

Cao Chao laughed, walked forward quickly, and personally helped Sima Zhao up.

"Middle father, they are all a family, why are they so polite? Get up quickly. ”

Sima Zhao's heart was extremely complicated at the moment, and he stood up, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The surrounding henchmen were a little shocked when they saw the emperor and Sima Zhao so close, but Sima Yan's eyes were full of anticipation and eager to try, just wanting to talk to Cao Chao.

"I heard that General Zhengxi has a large number of talents, are these your subordinate officers?"

Sima Zhao hurriedly called everyone over and asked them to tell their names.

"Chendu pays a visit to Your Majesty!"

Cao Chao's eyes lit up, looking for you!