Pyojin was unabashed by the statement, not removing his eyes from Lee Xin's vindictive ones.
"You have shaved off your head,"Pyojin stated. "It's a decree punishable by death."
But Lee Xin only laughed. It was a haunting laughter, echoing through the lonely palace walls, making everyone's blood go chill.
"Your Emperor can never put me to death," he claimed. "He does not have the guts to do so! He is a weakling who is only concerned with the war between his wife and mistress. The man has no morals nor could he ever punish me. Perhaps you have forgotten who my family members are?"
"I remember very well," Pyojin said coolly. "Your father, the former Minister of Warfare, is a thoroughly debauched man with no qualms in kidnapping women for his sick pleasures! The only reason your family is alive due to the favors the former Emperor owes you-"
