“You said you had no ministers to back you, so I sold my charms, moving among those greasy ministers to win over the powerful officials for you;
You said you had no troops, so I gave you my grandfather, General Mu’s tiger tally, letting you command half the forces in the capital;
You said the Empress Dowager and the Emperor disapproved of you, so I studied music, chess, calligraphy, and painting just to make them smile;
You said no one would defend the border for you, so I begged my brother to travel far away and guard it for you, holding off Yun Cang’s invasions dozens of times.”
“But you cut off my legs and locked me in a dungeon;
My grandfather’s family had been loyal to Southern Qi for decades, yet all 107 of them were beheaded. You didn’t even spare a three-year-old child;
My brother, Xie Huaijin, a brilliant young general, was tricked by you and pierced through by countless arrows.”
Reborn into this life, I will make you pay for every drop of blood you spilled.
