"What?"
"He didn't come?"
The smile on Lu Yu's face suddenly solidified.
There were many ministers sitting in Lu Yu's mansion. In order to welcome Hua Biao, he personally held a banquet.
Although Lu Yu didn't care about Huabiao, he paid great attention to Hua Gong. He believed that this person would be an important minister when his son took over the Shangshutai in the future. He could even take over the Shangshutai after his son Lu Qin, striving to make his family a prosperous one for three generations. He is the leader of the family.
Hua Yao's face looked a little embarrassed, and he said helplessly: "My father insists on going to the palace, but I really can't stop him."
Lu Yu smiled and said, "No problem, Changjun, your father has always been a direct minister of the temple and is unwilling to make friends with other ministers. You should imitate his behavior!"
"only!!"
After Lu Yu finished speaking, he looked at the many ministers under his command again.
These ministers completed the alliance ceremony during these days, and now they have formed countless small groups among themselves. Even Lu Yu can't see clearly who is with whom now, and the temple is completely in chaos.
But none of this matters.
Everyone has the same goal.
Everyone is waiting for the same thing.
They were waiting for Master Sima to die.
As long as Master Sima is still alive, they will not be able to fully implement those policies, let alone take control of the temple.
They all knew more or less about Master Sima's condition. They heard that he could no longer stand up, could not even eat or relieve himself, and needed help from others.
Such a Sima Master could no longer be feared by them, so they just waited quietly for him to die.
As long as Sima Shi dies, they can divide the power of the Sima family, they can control the temple, and they can implement all policies.
Not only Lu Yu, but Gao Rou was also waiting for the general to die.
He was more direct. As soon as the general died, he would ask the Queen Mother to issue an edict to make him the general.
Lu Yu felt that the time was almost ripe. He sighed and said in a low voice: "I have heard a lot of rumors today."
"Today Mr. Hua came to the city, but he didn't want to see me. Isn't it because of these rumors?!"
As soon as Lu Yu spoke, someone immediately asked cooperatively: "Is Mr. Lu's rumor true? Everyone already knows about your private meeting with Sima Fu."
Lu Yu was furious, "In these days, the general is seriously ill, and the queen mother is isolated by villains!"
"No one cares about the major events in the world! The ministers only think about their own affairs. Those who are supposed to govern the world are plotting against each other all day long, using villainous methods for the sake of official title and wealth!"
"Have I ever thought about myself?"
"I was the first to bring up this matter. Have you ever given in before Master Sima?"
"In the following days, I was at the Chancellor's Desk every day, trying my best to handle the important affairs of the temple. Was there ever a day when I neglected it?"
"In the several appointments I have made, have I appointed my own sons or relatives? Aren't they always choosing the most suitable person?"
Lu Yu pointed to the son-in-law beside him and said loudly: "This man is my son-in-law, but I sent him to the city gate to take charge of the most dangerous things!"
"Some ministers sent people to occupy the palace and prevented our memorial from reaching the Queen Mother. For this reason, I went to see Sima Fu several times and asked him to stand up and restrain the ministers. He closed the door three times and I didn't see him. Never give up!"
"I knew clearly that there would be villains who would come to make trouble because of this, but I never backed down!"
"This is all for the sake of justice!"
Lu Yu became more and more excited as he spoke. His face turned red and his whole body was trembling, as if blood would spurt out at the next moment. He said tremblingly: "Now, I have become a villain who colluded with Master Sima?"
"Okay, good old man resigns. From today on, the affairs of the temple have nothing to do with me anymore!"
"Everyone, please go back!"
Lu Yu waved his hand, turned around and left.
At this moment, there was an uproar in the house, and the ministers were talking about it. The noise almost broke the roof.
Wang Xiang sat among the ministers, his eyes very calm.
Taking retreat as a way to advance, it seems that this guy has laid a lot of lies at the Chancellor's desk.
Lu Yu entered the inner room, locked the door, and ordered not to see anyone.
This made the officials a little confused. They had no idea why Lu Yu suddenly quit. And without this leader, everyone's eyes slowly focused on Xun Yi.
Xun Yi's face turned dark.
What a good old man!
Of course, he can also figure out things that Wang Xiang can figure out.
If you take over the Shangshutai now, there will definitely be big problems, but if you refuse now, you will lose the qualification to compete for it later.
Xun Yi really wanted to scold this old thief, how shameless he was! !
But when he met the gazes of the ministers, he couldn't help but react. He stood up and said, "This matter is all to blame on those villains who spread rumors! Don't worry, everyone, Mr. Lu has the world in his heart and will never remain indifferent. , I will personally persuade him to let him come out to deal with temple government affairs again!"
Lu Yu has already started his own plan.
After the ministers left, the matter quickly reached Gao Rou.
Gao Rou, who was thinking about how to continue to improve the Queen Mother's favorability, almost spit out the tea in his mouth when he learned the situation from his son.
"Lu Yu quit??"
Gao Rou's face was full of astonishment. He was practicing with Lu Yu as his enemy, so why did he quit?
I haven't come up with my backup plan yet.
Gao Guang nodded and said: "This must be Lu Yu's strategy of retreating in order to advance!"
Gao Rou laughed, "This is a good thing."
"These people in the temple actually used some dangerous tricks. They looked down on my plan and thought it was too simple and crude. But they didn't know that the simpler this method is, the more practical it is."
"How can someone like Lu Yu, who thinks he is smart and wants to gain power through conspiracy, succeed?"
"Okay, okay, he wants to quit, right?"
"Prepare a carriage for me. I'm going to the Queen Mother now. I want to make his false retreat become a real retreat! I want to take a look and let Lu Yu return to his hometown when the Queen Mother's order is in his hands. When cultivating, Lu Yu will obey or not!"
Gao Rou was smiling happily at the moment, not looking like an eighty-year-old man at all.
Gao Guang didn't dare to refute and quickly prepared the carriage.
Gao Rou drove towards the palace again.
Old Man Gao looked down on Lu Yu's behavior. With many years of experience, Old Man Gao believed that if you want to accomplish anything, you must use the simplest and most direct method.
If you want to be a general, just ask the Queen Mother to issue an edict to make you a general.
If you mess around like Lu Yu, you are bound to have bad results!
But when Gao Rou came to Zhaoyang Palace in a fierce manner, Gao Dan's face was very ugly.
"Father"
"What's wrong?"
"Sima Fu just entered, I didn't dare to stop him."
At this moment, Gao Rou's face suddenly darkened, and he finally understood why Lu Yu went to find Sima Fu.
It was brought to deal with him!
However, he did not retreat and directly reported it.
When Gao Rou walked into Zhaoyang Hall, Sima Fu was kneeling next to the Queen Mother with a sincere expression. The Queen Mother's face was full of joy and she was smiling so much that she couldn't even close her mouth.
"I pay my respects to the Queen Mother!"
"Hahaha, it's Mr. Gao who's here. Please sit down. Please sit down."
As the Queen Mother spoke, she pointed to Sima Fu beside her and said, "Today the Taifu and Situ came together. This has not happened for many years!"
Sima Fu looked at Gao Rou, but his expression suddenly became serious.
"I know why Gao Situ came so quickly. I just entered the Zhaoyang Palace, and Situ came right after me!"
"Are you so afraid of the ministers contacting the Queen Mother?!"
"Does being a Situ of the court mean that one can be lawless?!"
"What are the public desires for?!"
Sima Fu questioned Gao Rou.
Gao Rou snorted coldly, "Don't you stay with your son to take care of him? Why are you talking so nonsense here?!"
Sima Fu shook his head, "Not all members of the Sima family are like Master Sima!"
Queen Mother Guo nodded and said to Gao Rou with some displeasure: "Mr. Situ, please don't talk about Tai Tu like that."
"The Taifu is different from Master Sima and others. Over the years, the Taifu has taken great care of me. Whenever I encountered anything in the past, I would always send someone to find him. The Taifu has always been outspoken and never partial. When I wanted to support the emperor, the Grand Tutor also stood by my side and was the first minister to speak up for me. How can you say that about him?"
Gao Rou was furious.
You stupid woman, can't you see that he is a back-up left by the Sima family? He did this on purpose! !
"Queen Mother, I was not rude to the Tutor, he was rude to the minister first!"
Sima Fu stood up and yelled loudly: "You asked your son to guard outside the palace gate! All the memorials handed over to the Queen Mother by the ministers were stopped by people sent by Qin! Watching the Queen Mother and Your Majesty all day long, whenever ministers come Bye, you’re going to come and say bad things about them!”
"What's the difference between your behavior and Master Sima's?!"
"As a member of the Sima family, I should not be involved in temple affairs, but when I heard the courtiers telling me about your affairs, I came here."
"I cannot tolerate anyone insulting the Queen Mother like this!"
The way Queen Mother Guo looked at Gao Rou became more and more wrong.
Gao Rou shook her head, "Why did you frame me like this?"
"I asked my son to protect the Queen Mother so that they would not be affected by the chaos in the temple. As for the memorial, the memorial is a matter for the Chancellor. How can I stop it?! I want to cut off the Queen Mother from the public. The person I contacted is the person from Shangshutai!"
"He's from your Sima family!"
"Why did you come to the Queen Mother and bite me back?"
"I often send people to ask if any ministers are coming, just because I am afraid that some villain will come to confuse the Queen Mother and do something to intimidate the Queen Mother!!"
The two fought again, refusing to give in to each other.
