"The Empress Dowager wishes to see His Majesty."
When Guo Li appeared, Li Sheng no longer amounted to much.
Facing a eunuch of equal rank, he could still invoke the names of Jia Chong and Sima Shi, but facing this General Xuande, how could he dare utter so much as a word of refusal?
Li Sheng hurriedly bowed to him, then rushed into the hall.
Soon, Cao Mao appeared before Guo Li.
Cao Mao hurriedly bowed in greeting.
Guo Li gestured for him to follow, then swaggered away.
Li Sheng and the others hurried after them.
Perhaps because outsiders were still present, Guo Li said little, and his manner remained haughty.
When they entered Zhaoyang Hall, the Empress Dowager and Guo Jian were waiting for them.
Seeing Cao Mao arrive, Guo Jian immediately rose and said, "Some nerve! The Empress Dowager summoned you! How dare you refuse to come? Are you trying to defy her?!"
If it was a matter of words rather than blows, this uncle was probably a fierce general on the same level as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, his temper blazing like fire, his whole body brimming with courage.
Guo Li was even angrier than Guo Jian.
"Sit down!!"
The moment he spoke, Guo Jian obediently sat back down.
Wang Su had already barged into their territory, and they had known nothing about any of it. At a time like this, he still wanted to push the emperor toward the other side? Had he fathered an idiot?
Guo Li frowned at Cao Mao. Hopefully, this brat would not be angry...
Of course Cao Mao was not angry.
Seeing this utterly stupid, hotheaded, and incompetent uncle of his, he was delighted.
The people he usually faced were cunning, calculating scoundrels like Jia Chong, Wang Su,