This was entirely unprovoked, a deliberate attempt to make trouble for the Wang Family!
Did he truly believe that after living so many years, he couldn’t see through the man’s petty schemes? The problem, however, was that Old Master Wang was truly helpless against him right now. If the other party insisted on using the "northern barbarians" as an excuse, then all his actions would be beyond reproach. Conversely, if he were to obstruct them, he might be suspected by the Imperial Court, condemned by the common people, and lose all the reputation he had built over the years—he might even implicate his own family!
He could not afford such a charge.
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