Pei Jun: Your Highness, your glory now... is it true glory, or a false splendor propped up by this servant? You know the answer better than anyone. In this palace, I'm the only one loyal to you and devoted to you, the only one who can cover up your shame, handle your affairs, and shoulder all those dirty deeds for you. If you dare abandon me, I guarantee that everything you have today will be gone tomorrow. By then, it will be too late to beg me to protect you.
Pei Jun, later: I am... a chess piece? I'm a pawn you've thrown away?!!! But Your Highness, you are my heaven, my life, the only light in this wretched life of mine! You're going to snuff out even this tiny hope of mine?!
