"Why are you involved with him again?" Jiang Wang asked curiously.
Chongxuan Sheng lowered the sedan curtain and drawled, "That man just now is Xie Baoshu, nephew of Court Consultant Xie Huaian. Xie Huaian has no sons, and this is the only nephew of his with any promise, so he thinks highly of him."
"Any promise" hardly covered it. Anyone eligible to compete for a place at the Yellow River Assembly couldn't be weak. Though he didn't seem to have much of a brain...
"And then?" Jiang Wang asked.
Chongxuan Sheng suddenly grinned slyly. "Don't you think the name Xie Baoshu goes rather well with another name? Hmm?"
That "hmm" was especially meaningful.
Went well with another name?
Xie Baoshu...
Jiang Wang's thoughts raced, and suddenly a name came to him. "Uh. Wen Tinglan?"
Chongxuan Sheng burst out laughing. "Xie Baoshu thinks so too!"
Only then did Jiang Wang piece it together. "Xie Baoshu has feelings for Miss Wen, but she's in love with that dog... our worthy brother Yan, and they're already engaged. So Xie Baoshu's turned love into hate and taken it out on me?"
"You got onto the list for the Inner Palace Realm through Yan Fu. Others might not know, but his uncle is a Court Consultant. He certainly does." Chongxuan Sheng looked gleeful. "Who else would he pick on?"
To dismiss this as a simple case of jealousy and a hotheaded fit would be to underestimate the Xie family's upbringing.
Did Xie Baoshu really think Jiang Wang was all show, and had only made the list through connections? Of course not. His own uncle was a Court Consultant, so he knew perfectly well how serious this was. If Jiang Wang hadn't already defeated Wang Yiwu at the same realm, and then gone on to crush