Chapter 100 Section 7 The tacit understanding between Lu Buwei and Lao Ai

Empress Dowager Xia's question was unexpected for Lu Buwei and Lao Ai.The two of them were enjoying themselves fighting for the military power, they thought it was either one or the other, suddenly a scorpion came out from a diagonal stab, and there was no news beforehand.Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Xia, who had been honest and responsible all her life, would make such a ruthless move when she was about to die.At a special moment, in a special place, such a special temporary meeting was held to force the two to submit hastily.Lu Buwei and Lai Ai didn't have much time to think about and plan countermeasures. The Empress Dowager Xia was watching them with dim eyes, and Jiuqing was watching with bated breath.They must respond quickly and appropriately.

Lu Buwei didn't want to express his opinion first, he looked at Lao Ai with a smile, and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Lao?" Without the empress dowager by her side, Lao Ai somewhat lacked confidence.He knew that Queen Mother Xia's proposal was very unfavorable to him, but he didn't have the courage to directly refute Queen Mother Xia.He blushed, faltering incomprehensibly. Lu Buwei then turned to Empress Dowager Xia, and said calmly: "I think that what you mean is that it is impossible." Before Empress Dowager Xia could reply, Lai Ai hastily argued: "Xiangguo, you don't want to talk nonsense. Lai has no such intention."

"Then what is your intention?" Lai Ai shirked responsibility and said: "Xiangguo is a veteran minister of the third generation, and his meritorious service is highly respected. Since the Queen Mother asked him, it is natural that Xiangguo made the first decision. Lai, only Xiangguo is the leader." So the two pushed each other, and neither of them was willing to answer the Queen Mother Xia's question directly.Although they have been enemies for many years, they cooperated very tacitly at this time.The two of them shared the same hatred and used the strategy of delaying time, waiting for the Empress Dowager Xia to die. As soon as the Empress Dowager Xia died, the question would naturally be answered without answering.Their tongues began to race against time, and if they could delay for a while, the odds of winning would be higher, so the two raced against time to talk nonsense, becoming more and more irrelevant.

Empress Dowager Xia saw the two flirting and swearing, and the glances were changing, so she interrupted sharply: "Your lord thinks I'm dead?" With Empress Dowager Xia's important position, and being seriously ill, and saying such harsh words, both Lai and Lu were terrified and did not dare to play the double reed.You can't say it and you can't hide it, you have to come out with a clear attitude. Lu Buwei thought to himself, military power is no child's play, easy to let go but hard to take back, if you don't fight now, don't even think about fighting again in the future.But Lao Ai, the son of a bitch, didn't help me either, she just stood there like a rotten tree.Cheng Yu became a general, and I was not the only one who suffered.

In fact, Lu Buwei wrongly blamed Lao Ai.It's not that Lao Ai doesn't fight, it's that she doesn't know how to fight.His wisdom is really limited.Although Lao Ai's lower body is longer, her upper body is shorter, which is in line with the psychological compensation reaction.The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking.Therefore, the blind are good at hearing, and the deaf are good at seeing.There is no perfect person, and neither does a perfect life. Lai Ai was already resigned to fate, Lu Buwei had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied: "In my opinion. Soldiers, the major events of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be observed. The general who knows the soldiers is the people. Commander of command and master of national security, one cannot be careless. In the past, Zhao Kuo was young and energetic, seldom learned the art of war, and talked about military affairs. He was unworthy of the world. But Zhao Wang listened to him with the three armies, and he was defeated in Changping. The country will not be able to recover from now on. The lessons learned from the past are the guides for the future. The Lord Chang'an is still young, it is better to wait for him to grow up, experience more training, and then award the three armies. The old minister is stupid, dare to ask the Queen Mother to think twice."

Empress Dowager Xia didn't know where she got the strength to sit up suddenly, her white hair stood on end, she glared at Lu Buwei like an angry lioness, wanting to choose someone and devour her.Even if Lu Buwei went through the storm, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and his momentum had already weakened by three points.