"What face did such an incompetent, immoral, shameless, witless ruler have to remain in this world? What face did he have to sit upon the dragon throne!"
"Why had Qing Capital become an empty city? Why had the Qing Kingdom been forbidden from the sea for so many years? Why had Xiang Prefecture returned to the Jing Kingdom? Why had the number of Provincial Graduates and Metropolitan Graduates in the Qing Kingdom over these past two years been surpassed by the smaller, less populous Jing Kingdom? As the ruler of a nation, it would have been one thing if you did not strive to advance, yet you even tried to shirk responsibility, babbling about being forced into it! When you wallowed in wine and women, why did you not say you were forced into it? When you drowned in music and revelry night after night, why did you not say you were forced into it? When you toyed with power and promoted only your own favorites, why did you not say you were forced into it?"
"The moment you spoke the words 'forced into it' while seated on the dragon throne, you were destined for nothing but the execution ground, where the ring-pommeled saber would drink deep of your sinful blood!"
As Fang Yun spoke, he swept his gaze over the members of the Miscellaneous School below.
"If someone said that Fang Yun was to be killed in Jing Capital on the first day of the month, then within days, every yard of the city walls, every street, every rooftop in Jing Capital would be filled with Jing Kingdom citizens! They might not know how to save me, but they would be willing to die alongside me, Fang Yun! Because my blood has flowed from Ji County to Jade Sea