"Guo Ze is ordered to proceed to Luoyang at once, seek an audience with the emperor, and beg forgiveness!!!"
As Liu Lu read the edict aloud, Guo Ze knelt before him, his eyes brimming with hot tears.
He had waited far, far too long for this day.
Ever since Sima Shi had forcibly taken their emperor away, he had been waiting for this day to come.
He had desperately wanted to save the emperor and had done many things toward that end. As it turned out, he was unsuited to such things as rebellion. Without Wang Yuan, he would long since have died at Sima Shi's hands.
Throughout these days, Guo Ze had been blaming himself.
He felt he had failed to fulfill his duties as a subject.
He had been among the first to serve at the emperor's side, yet he had been unable to help him in the slightest.
He had even needed the emperor to send people to help him during this time.
Whenever he thought of these things, tears streamed uncontrollably down Guo Ze's face.
After reading the edict, Liu Lu helped Guo Ze up and said helplessly, "Lord Guo, don't be like this... Back then, you were the first to raise troops to rescue His Majesty. It was because of you that men of resolve throughout the realm rose in resistance, preventing Sima Shi from carrying out his plans..."
"His Majesty has often spoken of you lately..."
Guo Ze said nothing, but Liu Lu felt somewhat worried.
Guo Ze still did not understand the situation at the imperial court very well.
Liu Lu knew Guo Ze's character extremely well: a typical Later Han scholar, with a strong moral code but insufficient practicality...
On this visit to Luoyang, Guo Ze would certainly learn a great deal.