Guo Li kept a stony face and said nothing.
No matter how much sense Cao Mao made, he would not listen.
Cao Mao felt equally helpless. With fools like this, even if they understood that someone else made more sense, they would never admit it.
They believed only in their own views. Words could never persuade them.
Seeing Guo Li's expression, Cao Mao abandoned the idea of persuading him.
He shook his head and said helplessly, "Very well. I had wanted the family to prepare to face the jackals. I never imagined you would think this way... fine, then do as you see fit."
With that, Cao Mao sat down beside the Empress Dowager again.
Zhaoyang Hall suddenly fell silent.
No one spoke. Guo Jian wanted to say something, but at the sight of his father's dark expression, he lowered his head.
Cao Mao no longer wanted anything to do with these people.
He had never been one to give up lightly, but he truly had nothing left to say to those seated here.
Although not everything Cao Mao had just told the Empress Dowager was true, he had not lied about many of the crucial points. The Sima Family clearly intended to use the Guo Family as a blade and discard it afterward. They wanted to throw both him and the Guo Family away.
Even that blockhead Cheng Ji had figured it out by now.
Yet this General Xuande before him had no desire to understand at all.
He knew full well what lay in Sima Zhao's heart, yet lacked the courage to strike back. He was not even Cheng Ji's equal.
Cao Mao did not think having these people as allies was a good thing. Talents like these were best left for Sima Zhao to employ.
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