The Queen Mother presented two sets of mansions to Cao Yu and Xiahou respectively.

Because the two of them came here after a long journey, they needed to rest very much, so the Queen Mother did not stop them and let them go to rest.

When the two of them left with the edict in hand, Cao Chao said to the Queen Mother:

"Mother, I'm afraid these people won't let us see each other easily."

"I heard from the prince that the ministers of the court and China want me to live in the Xuanwu Pavilion."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's face suddenly darkened.

The Xuanwu Pavilion is definitely not a good memory for the Queen Mother.

Emperor Liezu Cao Rong often lived there.

This is because the ministers did not allow Cao Rong to start the renovation of the Taiji Palace, and they wrote to dissuade him, and Cao Rong did not dare to come against the Manchu Dynasty, so he built the Xuanwu Pavilion in the suburbs, where beautiful women and beautiful men were raised, well, Emperor Wen only inherited the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ming also inherited some incredible things.

The interior decoration of the Xuanwu Pavilion is even more luxurious than that of the Taiji Hall.

The ministers actually felt that the Taiji Hall was too extravagant, and they wanted to send themselves to the even more extravagant Xuanwu Pavilion?

It's a laugh when you say it.

Empress Dowager Guo frowned, "I don't have to worry about it, these people are really easy to bully?" With me here, I want to see who dares to take you away! ”

"If the emperor is gone, can this still be called a palace?"

Cao Chao was speechless for a long time, and Empress Dowager Guo was obviously a little confused about the current situation.

Qunchen is different from Sima Shi, Sima Shi needs to worry about a lot of things, but Qunchen doesn't need to care about these, Qunchen monopolizes knowledge, monopolizes the right to speak, and the entire public opinion is guided by them.

Even if they do such a thing as imprisoning the emperor, public opinion in the world will still say that the ministers are for the good of the emperor and are dedicated to teaching the emperor and the like.

To be an enemy of the ministers is to be an enemy of the whole world.

The edict of the Queen Mother depends on whether the ministers themselves recognize it, and it is only useful if they recognize it.

Cao Chao laughed, "Mother, it's okay, these traitors will come together in times of crisis, but everything will fight each other in hand."

"Shang Shutai is not single-minded, let's watch them do things."

"Isn't there a virtuous minister in this world?"

Cao Chao added: "Erchen is mainly worried about you, I heard that the ministers want to send someone to your side, probably to monitor your words and deeds."

"How dare they?!"

Empress Dowager Guo was furious.

"Mother, you can't help but be wary of this matter, if they really send someone to keep an eye on you, you can pretend not to know, and appease those ministers so that they will no longer be wary of you."

"Alas"

Empress Dowager Guo suddenly sighed.

"My son, we've been tossing and turning for so long, doing one thing after another, but now, why is the situation getting worse and worse?"

"What the hell have we done?"

"Wasted energy in vain, achieved nothing, and even Sima Shi died of illness by himself."

"When he was there, I could still meddle in the government, but now I have done so much, but I can't even interfere."

Empress Dowager Guo was very frustrated.

At the beginning, she was bewitched by Cao Chao's words, and gradually became ambitious, wanting to kill Sima Shi and become a real ruler.

However, after "paying" so much effort, Empress Dowager Guo found that her power was not as good as before, which would undoubtedly make her feel disappointed and even shake her faith.

What the hell am I doing?

What the hell did I do?

When Cao Chao heard this, his expression was also in a trance.

Cao Chao has experienced many setbacks, accumulated strength in Yuancheng, had nothing in a few days, accumulated henchmen after coming to the temple, and had nothing again after a few days.

Finally has his own cronies, can walk around the palace at will, and see that the ministers want to leave him with nothing.

Cao Chao suddenly laughed.

"Mother, in the past, Sima Shi, or the ministers, didn't bother to make a move on us, they disdained us, thinking that we were not worth mentioning, but now, they began to value us and began to want to make a move on us."

"That's what we've done."

"We're not as weak as you think."

"The entire temple, almost everywhere, has our people, but we haven't officially fought back, and we are still accumulating strength."

"When the time comes, you will be surprised to find that we have done too much, and you will become the most powerful empress dowager since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty."

"At least, if you issue an edict now, the ministers will not dare not come, and they will not dare not bow their heads."

"It's going to get better and better in the future."

"I promise you, that day will not be too far away, I will have them kneel outside the Zhaoyang Hall and ask you for their guilt."

Cao Chao's eyes were extremely determined.

Empress Dowager Guo looked at him and couldn't speak for a long time.

When Cao Chao walked out of the Zhaoyang Palace, Zhong Hui was waiting at the door.

Seeing Cao Chao, Zhong Hui hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Is the Queen Mother a little disappointed?" ”

Cao Chao was stunned for a moment, this guy is really powerful.

"It's okay, I've already persuaded her."

Zhong Hui followed behind Cao Chao, and the two walked towards the west hall together.

Cao Chao told Zhong Hui what Wang Xiang had told him.

Zhong Hui suddenly sneered, "Your Majesty, don't think that Wang Xiang is a good thing, this matter must be caused by him, he wants to use you to get rid of the third prince and replace him himself." ”

"If he sits in the position of the third duke, he will definitely be more terrifying and more difficult to deal with than those ministers today."

Cao Chao suddenly realized, "I see." ”

Zhong Hui said again: "You don't have to be afraid of the ministers, the ministers don't dare to force you to do things, and the most important thing now is that you have to subdue the general to use it for yourself." ”

The general of the town protector is Yanghu.

Cao Chao shook his head, Yanghu is very capable and has good personal virtues, but he does not have the courage of Zhang Hua and others, in the past he was afraid of the Sima family, and now he will be afraid of the ministers.

Moreover, he is the number one big family in the world, and he is a natural profiteer, with the same interests as his ministers.

He is different from Zhong Hui, he is a person who cares about his family and will not betray the clan for his own sake.

As for the marriage relationship with the Sima family, there are many big families in the world, who is not married to the Sima family?

Xun Yi's eldest brother is Sima Yi's son-in-law, and now he is still leading the resistance.

"I'm afraid this person won't be of use to me"

Zhonghui laughed, "He'll be of use to you." ”

Cao Chao hurriedly looked at him, "Shiji, Yang Jun is my uncle, and he himself is extremely intelligent, don't ask for it"

"Your Majesty don't worry, I'm not trying to force him with a conspiracy."

Zhong Hui raised his head and said seriously: "The ministers can't tolerate him." ”

"He is completely different from the ministers, although he is a cowardly person, he can be regarded as upright, and the ministers are incompatible with the ministers, the ministers will be very jealous of people like him, if he can't be in the same league with the ministers, the ministers will reject him, and all he can go to is His Majesty."

"From today onwards, Your Majesty will summon many free riders to come to the Taiji Hall and summon them every day."

"The minister promises that the sheep will soon be owned by His Majesty."

Cao Chao suddenly understood Zhong Hui's thoughts, and he nodded.

The two returned to the West Hall, and Zhong Hui talked about the affairs of the clan, "The ministers are ready, taking advantage of the turmoil in Hebei, I will send someone to send the clans in Hebei back to their fiefdoms, this matter cannot be docked with the ministers, but directly with He Zeng." ”

"He Zeng is a person who is extremely selfish, he only cares about his clan, greedy for life and afraid of death."

"There are already clans in Hebei that have died at the hands of traitors, as long as this matter is used to ask for guilt, let him send many clans in Hebei back to the feudal country, how can he not dare to disobey."

"By the time the ministers react, the clans have already returned to their fiefdoms, and if the ministers propose to send them back again, it won't be so easy."

Zhong Hui said faintly: "The old thief of Gao Rou thinks very highly of himself, thinking that he is firmly seated, but he forgets the enemy outside. ”

"When General Wei of Shu launched an attack, Yongliang was in a hurry, and he knew how difficult it was to govern the Great Wei River."

"Such a thing happened in the temple, General Che Cai is seriously ill, can Chen Tai and Sima Wang stop General Wei of Shu State?"

Cao Chao was shocked, "You mean Jiang Wei will break through our defense?" ”

Zhong Hui analyzed: "In the past, when Jiang Wei went on the Northern Expedition, because of Fei Yi and others, he could not go all out, this time their Shangshu Ling was close to the eunuchs, but they were very supportive of the Northern Expedition, Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition this time, the scale will be huge, go all out, and Sima Wang has just arrived in Yongliang, and he doesn't have much combat experience." ”

"Although Chen Tai has experience, he is also responsible for internal government affairs, and he can't fight the enemy with peace of mind."

"If they want to resist, it must be extremely difficult, and when they are defeated by Jiang Wei and ask the temple for help, you say, can Gao Rou, the old thief, still laugh?"

"Who else in the DPRK can lead troops to fight?"

"Gao Rou? Zheng Chong? Xun Yi? Which of them can do it? ”

As soon as Zhong Hui said this, Cao Chao suddenly had more ideas, he really ignored this matter, the northwest of Great Wei was still messing with Jiang Wei!

If Jiang Wei really tore through the defense line of Da Wei, Gao Rou and the others would really be scared out, and those who could go to the front line to resist Jiang Wei were basically people from the Sima family, so these high-ranking bigwigs in the court wanted to fight Jiang Wei?

Oh, let's wash and sleep.

Cao Chao listened to Zhong Hui's mouth and guessed the speed of the enemy's attack this time, and his expression became more and more strange.

"Eshiji, listening to your words, why do I seem to respect this Wei general of Shu very much?"

Zhonghui hurriedly stopped and smiled.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, this person can be called a famous general in the world, he has repeatedly won more with less, Yongliang is guarded by heavy soldiers, he is still talking about the tiger color change He is a general, and he can do such a thing in Shu as a general, which is really admirable."

"If Your Majesty can get the help of this person, why are you afraid of these old dogs in the court?"

Cao Chao pondered for a moment and asked, "Then in the future, is it possible for me to subdue this person?" ”

Zhong Hui fell silent.

"Your Majesty can send him away very decently."

"Of course, who can say what the future holds?"