Sima Zhao had not expected the old scoundrel Gao Rou to be so unyielding.
His words had already been very harsh.
If he went any further, the two of them would probably fall out completely.
They stared at each other, the atmosphere growing increasingly strained.
"Haha... the Minister over the Masses has a point."
Sima Zhao suddenly put away his fierce expression and broke into a broad smile.
Gao Rou's expression remained cold as he continued staring at the General Who Conquers the West before him. Sima Zhao felt no embarrassment and asked with utter sincerity, "Then what advice does the Minister over the Masses have for me?"
Even after knowing him for so long, Gao Rou was still shocked by Sima Zhao's shamelessness.
You were just thinking about how to remove me from office, and now you want me to give you ideas?
If you ask me, you might as well kill yourself and hand the post of General Who Conquers the West over to Guanqiu Jian!
Although Gao Rou was furious, he understood that falling out now would do neither of them any good.
The Sima Family held military power, with over a hundred thousand troops in and around Luoyang. That was the source of their confidence. Even one of the Three Excellencies with real authority could only bow before military power.
Of course, Gao Rou was not Cao Mao either. Although the earlier incident had cost him his ability to rally support, he was, after all, a veteran official who had served three reigns. His students and former subordinates occupied critical positions everywhere, and he was allied with many ministers at court. If the Sima Family moved against him by force, it would provoke a frenzied counterattack from the ministers, and the Imperial Court's administrative system would