Heavenly Official Pang hesitated for a long time. He didn't want to speak, but he couldn't hold back. Adjusting his armor, he was sweating profusely.
Stammering, he said, "Yang Jian is committing a great act of treason. He says... he says for me to tell Your Majesty that any further attempts to command him would be a delusional fantasy."
"He says that promises aren't being kept. He says... he says you are untrustworthy, growing fat on empty words, unfit to be a ruler or a father! Starting today, he will no longer follow... Your Majesty's orders."
That was a message that should have been delivered in a single breath. But, usually quick-spoken and straightforward, Heavenly Official Pang stammered for a long time, only managing to finish his words brokenly.
After finishing, he lowered his head, not daring to look at the Jade Emperor, because this matter was indeed too significant.
