The scene dissolves around him. Yao Shen opens his eyes and finds Si Wang screaming in his face.
"You're such a fucking bleeding heart," he shouts, his eyes blazing as he looks down at the Crown Prince seated next to Yao Shen on a bed in a plain room. They must be in the Crown Prince's lodgings in Youdu.
The Crown Prince remains silent, but Si Wang has more to say, "What does it matter how I became a ghost king?"
"It matters to me," the Crown Prince says, between gritted teeth.
"Did that demon tell you about it?" he asks. "You're impossible, there isn't a lost cause you don't think about picking up."
That's right, Yao Shen thinks, Si Wang doesn't know about the Crown Prince's meeting with Xin Hulei in the forest, and what transpired between them.
He knows for a fact it won't remain like that for long.
"What did you do?" the Crown Prince insists, his voice steady.
