"I have come to pay my respects to Mother!"
"Go announce me at once."
Cao Mao spoke gravely.
Once again, he had been stopped outside Zhaoyang Hall. The man barring his way was still Eunuch Guo, who stood before the hall with an expressionless face and said listlessly, "The Empress Dowager has ordered that Your Majesty may pay your respects from outside."
A surge of anger suddenly rose in Cao Mao's heart.
These sons of bitches really did change with the wind. Compared with these later men, even Lü Bu was a paragon of virtue, an honest gentleman!
Just a few days earlier, Guo Jian had swaggered over to see him, spouted a load of bullshit, told him not to be afraid, and flaunted his achievement in defeating Sima Shi.
Only a few days had passed, and these rats were once again too frightened to leave their homes. They did not even have the courage to see him.
Sima Shi's actions made Cao Mao angry, but the Guo Family's actions only disgusted him.
These dogs were worse than the Sima Family. Well, the earlier members of the Sima Family.
In the past, faced with such a situation, Cao Mao would certainly have chosen to back down. He would not have let a eunuch's barking go to his head, nor would he have rushed to bare his fangs. Fangs were meant to be shown only when delivering a fatal strike.
This time, however, Cao Mao did not choose to retreat.
It was not because he had sufficient confidence, but simply because he could not let this opportunity slip away.
He felt obliged to save the fools before him.
This had nothing to do with General Xuande or that uncle of his. It was entirely because of the Imperial Palace guards under