Jiang Wang replied: "I saw the common people under the rule of the Son of Heaven."
The Son of Heaven waved his hand again: "Go."
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Upon leaving the Donghua Pavilion, there was an overwhelming sense of seeing the daylight again.
Although the Son of Heaven's demeanor wasn't harsh, and could even be considered good, Jiang Wang's back was still drenched in sweat.
What does it mean to accompany a ruler like accompanying a tiger?
Those layabouts and street thugs often boast about how they'd behave in front of the Son of Heaven. Those who talk idle gossip always disdainful of those ministers who tremble with fear, thinking it wouldn't be that hard.
But if they were to stand themselves before the Son of Heaven, they would likely be unable to speak.
Rank, wealth, dismissal, appointment, killing, life, giving, and taking, all these eight powers are at the discretion of another, dependent on a single thought, who wouldn't be uneasy?
