Shen Yi pondered for a long time before he could figure out the intricate relationship. His heart went cold. He took two steps forward, pressed down his voice and said to Master Shen, "Dad, one truly becomes wiser with age. Luckily you were here to give some advice. Just after Marshal Gu and Yan Wang left, the Lu family would do something like this, what are they thinking?"

Master Shen knocked his cane on the ground and hummed, "I only know how to walk my bird, I don't understand anything. Aren't you already grown up? What do you need advice for!"

Shen Yi was oppressed by Gu Yun every day. He had already developed a resilient temperament. He couldn't hear the cool words poured into his ears. He frowned for a moment and asked in a low voice, "He's only a small officer, how could he dare…"

"Small officer?" Master Shen looked up at him and said with a sneer, "General, the Fang family is the teacher of half the court, and the Lu family with their broad in-laws and relatives, it is very easy for them to crush one soldier in the countryside in a remote area. Do you believe it? Do you think your position as a ‘Southwest governor’ is anything grand?"

Shen Yi: "I don't believe it, there have been so many A Dou* Emperors since ancient times, yet nobody spent all day long trying to rebel, going against the Principle** like this..."

*A Dou is the son of Liu Bei, and an incompetent Emperor.

**纲常, [gāng cháng] the three cardinal guides (ruler-subject, father-child, wife-husband) and the five constant virtues as specified in the feudal ethical code.

"Yan Wang has already left for the South, the Lu family will definitely make a move, would they be holding onto the Principle and waiting for their entire family to be executed? Is the current Emperor an A Dou? Will he let anyone force him to abdicate?" As Master Shen said this, he hit Shen Yi's left leg with his cane. "Go this way, it's a dead end!"

Shen Yi instinctively shunned to the right side, Master Shen lifted his crane again, and firmly hit his right leg from the other side: "Go this way. As long as you dare to think and dare to do it, after a path to survival has been made, you can have immense authority — which step would you take?"

Shen Yi frowned: "They want to make use of Yan Wang..."

This thought was somewhat frightening. The Imperial Guard had always been the Emperor's heart and soul. If the heart and soul of the Emperor turned against him, without any precautions, it would be too late to summon the Northern Camp to the rescue.

And once Yan Wang compromised, being pushed onto the throne by them, what would Gu Yun do?