Earlier, Shen Hao was left waiting when he visited, ignored for a whole day. Now, the situation is reversed—and even worse. Xue Gui spent more than half a day sitting in the tea room at the Jingxi Governor's Office, only to be told in the end, "Lord Shen may not return today. Lord Xue, please head back."
If he wasn't coming back, couldn't you have said so earlier? Why wait until the afternoon, just before the lower emissaries are sent out, to mention it?!
It's obvious, the Xuanqing Guard is deliberately making Xue Gui look bad. Or rather, they're refusing dialogue with the Ministry of Justice. Because today, not only did Xue Gui fail to find Shen Hao, he couldn't find Jiang Cheng either, and the other Thousand Households and Deputy Thousand Households at the Jingxi Governor's Office don't have any authority to get involved in this matter.
But compared to Shen Hao's previous eagerness to seek an audience, Xue Gui is even more anxious now.
