The you of yesterday, I couldn't aspire to reach. The you of today... HEH HEH HEH.
Such is the magic of fate.
Zheng Fan knew that Emperor Jin had his own troubles. Still, no matter how difficult things were, during their many days marching together, Emperor Jin could surely have found an opportunity to meet him. But the man had simply looked down on him, likely feeling it unnecessary to 'waste' the Yan Emperor's display of magnanimity by meeting a minor military leader like Zheng Fan.
If Li Fusheng or Li Bao had been here, this Emperor Jin would surely have been drinking and making merry with those two unrefined men. Suspicions, apprehensions—all would be cast to the wind. He would have even perfectly blended in playing drinking games and gossiping about women with those two coarse northerners.
If an emperor lacked such audacity, how could he possibly have dared to do something as risky as opening the gates to let the enemy in?
