Why had the Court Consultant stayed behind alone? Was there something he wanted to say?
Was there more to this case?
Or had the Son of Heaven given him some private instructions?
Jiang Wang's thoughts ran wild, and for a moment he said nothing.
"I heard..." Xie Huaian looked at him and said mildly, "Green Sheep Viscount and my good-for-nothing nephew have had a little misunderstanding?"
Jiang Wang immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
You scoundrel, Xie Baoshu. You're a grown man, and you're still running to tattle to your elders?
Absolutely despicable. Detestable.
Shameless!
"More or less..." Jiang Wang watched Xie Huaian's expression and replied cautiously. "There was a little something."
Xie Huaian waved a hand. "I only heard a little about it from the servants. I won't ask what exactly happened between you. Young people are impulsive. It's perfectly normal for them to have a disagreement when they don't see eye to eye."
He smiled. "If there's been some misunderstanding, just talk it through. You have a long road ahead of you. What's a little friction when you're young? Ten or twenty years from now, you'll look back on it as a funny story and laugh it off! There's a saying: 'You don't know someone until you've fought them.' Perhaps you'll even become friends!"
People said Xie Huaian treated Xie Baoshu like his own son. Seeing him today, Jiang Wang found it was true. For a man of his lofty standing as a Court Consultant to personally settle his nephew's private disputes—he truly cared for the boy.
So I blamed Xiao Bao Xie unfairly. He didn't tattle to his elders after all, Jiang Wang thought.
Of course, he didn't dare put on airs before a Court Consultant. He hurried to agree. "You're right. It's better to resolve