Chen Dingye said, "It is precisely because of temptation that I must burn these things that tempt me completely while I still have self-control."
His eyes were dark, reflecting the flames consuming the burning parchment scroll.
As if his eyes mirrored the flames, then watched them extinguish.
The Great Khan said, "How foolish."
Chen Dingye said, "Foolish? No matter good or evil, the bottom line is here."
The Great Khan looked at Chen Dingye and said, "I once thought that Emperor Chen, who sacrificed his wife, killed his former friends, and imprisoned the pillars of the state for his ambitions, was a man who would stop at nothing for great matters."
"I didn't expect he was just a fool bound by the teachings of pedantic scholars!"
Chen Dingye held his wine, smiled faintly, and said, "You say I'm foolish, I can't refute that. But if you say I'm bound by so-called rules and conscience, then, Great Khan, you have underestimated me."
"What?!"
