He was Emperor Xin, the last emperor of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, who died in the flames of Lutai.
He is Zhao Huan, the subjugated king of the Song Dynasty. He is begging for surrender in the cold wind of Bianliang.
When the soul of the staunch human emperor awakened in the body of the cowardly king, the civil and military officials who knelt in the hall were still urging him to cede territory and pay compensation and sacrifice his wife and daughter.
Di Xin smiled.
He ordered people to bring in red-hot copper pillars.
"This punishment is called roasting."