"Say whatever you like, just treat it as casual chat. As an emperor, I don't even have people to chat with." Gao Zhijian expressed his displeasure to Li Huowang.
"Heh, do you think I came to chit-chat with you?" Li Huowang casually threw away a stone and clapped the dust off his hands.
"I didn't think so, but before we get to business, just accompany me for a talk. Even what I say in the palace has to be regulated."
"You're the emperor, who can regulate you?"
"I'm the emperor, so naturally there are imperial regulations to control how I eat, speak, and behave."
As they were talking, the concubines from the harem came running to Gao Zhijian to complain.
Gao Zhijian dismissed them with a few impatient words. Pointing disdainfully at the women with his thick fingers, he said, "They annoy me. All they want is to sleep with me! Just looking at them makes me want to vomit."
"Heh, what you said would enrage all men under the heavens."
