The so-called accompanying the monarch is akin to accompanying a tiger.
This saying, whether it applies to Prime Minister Xie or Duke Han Song, is considered an "ultimate truth."
Yet, having accompanied the monarch for several decades, each has developed their own way of dealing with it, strictly adhering to the roles they play in front of Emperor Wei.
Like Prime Minister Xie.
Since he entered the court as an official, he has always been portrayed as cunning and outspoken, and such is the impression that Emperor Wei has of him.
Whereas Han Song, despite his scholarly and beardless appearance, actually speaks very little in front of Emperor Wei.
But when he must speak, he generally goes along with what Emperor Wei says.
Just as before.
"It's so late, aren't you in a hurry to go back and accompany your daughter?" Xie Jing asked in a tone of an old friend:
"She and Chen Yi just came back to Capital City, she must be missing you."
