Cao Mao continued, "Lord Wang said that if these people come here, making a show of apologizing and admitting their mistakes, asking for your forgiveness, you must not trust them, much less tell them what is happening now. They will have come on Sima Shi's orders!"
Empress Dowager Guo drew a deep breath. "I understand... Go back and tell Lord Wang that I will drive them away. I will never trust that pack of traitors again."
Overjoyed, Cao Mao hurriedly assented.
Just then, Eunuch Guo suddenly entered and reported, "Empress Dowager, General Xuande has come to pay his respects."
Cao Mao froze.
They actually came??
At this news, Empress Dowager Guo flew into a rage. "Just as Lord Wang said! They have come to probe our situation!! So they can claim credit with their new master!!"
"Send someone to drive them away!! Never let them come any-"
"Mother! Wait!"
Cao Mao suddenly spoke, cutting the Empress Dowager off.
A trace of displeasure flashed through Empress Dowager Guo's eyes at his interruption. "What is it?"
Cao Mao hurriedly said, "Mother, they must have been sent by Sima Shi. Why not first see what Sima Shi is planning? As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy, and you will face a hundred battles without peril..."
Cao Mao was not certain why these people had come. He, too, wanted to find out their purpose.
Empress Dowager Guo considered it and felt that Cao Mao had a point, so she changed her instructions and told Eunuch Guo to invite them inside.
Soon, Guo Li and Guo Zhi appeared in the hall.
When he saw Cao Mao, Guo Li's eyes filled with resentment, though he quickly concealed it.
*Let a brat like you swagger about a little longer. Sooner or later, you will regret