Colluding with the enemy, betraying one's country—these are tactics even more despicable than the vilest actions.
For a dignified ruler of a nation to actually employ such methods... if word of this spread, he would be saddled with an eternal mark of disgrace!
General Xiao could almost predict Arubasi's expression, like that of a man who had swallowed a fly. Admit it? Wouldn't that be tantamount to telling the entire world, 'My son has colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country!'? Wouldn't his second son then become the laughingstock of the world? The shame would extend even beyond the seas. Don't admit it? His son remains in the enemy's hands, his life hanging by a thread. Between reputation and life, only one can be chosen. How to choose?! Oh, wait, even if he did admit it, the Emperor of Great Chu might not necessarily let his son go! This path... who even knows if it leads to death or survival!
HISS!
