"Go and tell the king, if he doesn't see me for one day, I will fast for one day; if he doesn't see me for ten days, I will fast for ten days!"
There were footsteps approaching, hurriedly, and his heart sank, because it was not him.
"Your Majesty, are you here?" He still wanted to ask even though he knew it would be fruitless.
The attendant brought a bloody dagger and said tremblingly: "The king refuses to come. But the king sent word that if the doctor goes on a hunger strike for one day, he will stab himself once; if the doctor goes on a hunger strike for ten days, he will stab himself ten times!"
The blood on the dagger turned out to be???
Oh, have you decided that you are not cruel enough?
After a long silence, he slowly sat down and whispered: "I'm hungry."