Traveling through an ancient military camp: Bao'er's survival song

After Peng Zizheng entered, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, refusing to rise even when told to. The emperor, still smiling, said, "It seems today's troubles are quite significant. Tell me, what has caused General Peng to come to see me injured?"

Peng Zizheng said with a mournful expression, "Your Majesty, I must first apologize. The Qiang spies in the imperial prison were stolen by my men."

Upon hearing this, the emperor's face darkened, and he directly asked the chief eunuch, Rui'an, "Who is on duty in the imperial prison?"

Ryan replied, "This servant will go and summon Prison Warden Zhao immediately." Then he retreated with small steps.

Peng Zizheng saw the emperor turn around and continued his accusation: "But I don't think this is my fault! It was His Majesty's bunch of useless people who did it!"

The emperor was taken aback and blurted out, "Shi Miao?"

"That's the kid! I was finally getting a good night's sleep, and he showed up at my bedside dragging that half-dead dwarf, brazenly claiming the people in the imperial prison were useless and couldn't get anything out of me. I thought he was some kind of interrogation genius, but he told me he can't! Damn it! Your Majesty, look at the kind of people you've given me! Aren't they just causing trouble? If that Qiang spy dies in my residence, you can't blame me!"

Peng Zizheng rattled off a long string of words, each one brimming with resentment.

The emperor rubbed his forehead, first instructing a young eunuch to call Ruian back, then said to Peng Zizheng, "Get up first, don't play these tricks on me. Who was it a few days ago who said they could handle these five brats? How long has it been and they've already admitted defeat?"

Peng Zizheng stood up and retorted, "This is not admitting defeat! Bringing those hooligans over would only cause trouble, and I don't want to waste my energy on them!"

Enraged, the emperor resorted to his usual rogue tactics with Peng Zizheng: "No way! You must deal with those five bastards for me, this is an imperial decree! If you think you can't handle it, I'll have Grand Tutor Wu do it!"

But the emperor's provocation didn't work this time, and Peng Zizheng once again resorted to his usual antics, saying, "Then give it to him! He's so cunning, he'll definitely be a master at taking on five people! My arm hurts, I'm so anxious, I must take my leave!"

After saying that, Peng Zizheng bowed and turned to leave.

The emperor, left standing there, was furious but laughed. This Brother Luo was still so fond of playing tricks. Did he think he wouldn't do anything to him? The other palace maids and eunuchs present were on tenterhooks. They had never seen anyone so stubborn as to act like a rogue against His Majesty. Would His Majesty silence them?

To everyone's surprise, the emperor merely uttered the four words "bastard," and with a delighted expression, summoned Grand Tutor Wu Peng'en from Ruian to the palace.

The palace maids and eunuchs present became uneasy again. What was going on? His Majesty still seemed quite pleased? Did His Majesty have such a taste? Had they discovered some secret? Were they about to be sentenced to death?

When Wu Peng'en entered, the emperor was humming a tune happily. Upon seeing Wu Peng'en, he immediately excused him from the formalities and said, "I have heard that your eldest daughter is respectful and dignified, and exceptionally intelligent..."

Unexpectedly, the usually composed and dignified Grand Tutor Wu interrupted the emperor, kneeling down in a state of panic: "Your Majesty, these are all words of flattery circulating among the people. My daughter is actually quite dull-witted. I have always been worried that she will have difficulty finding a husband after marriage, so I have been planning to find her a husband..."

The Emperor continued with a smile, "Grand Tutor is being modest. If Wu Suining can be considered dull-witted, then the entire capital is probably full of idiots, so I..."

"Your Majesty!" Wu Peng'en, kneeling there, kowtowed to the ground, interrupting the emperor once again. He absolutely could not allow the emperor to utter the words to summon Sui Ning to the palace; otherwise, once the emperor's words were spoken, it would be considered incest between brother and sister, and everything would be over.

The emperor, seated on the throne, darkened his face, and with a cold laugh, smashed down an inkstone, mocking, "Even the brilliant but almost demonic Grand Tutor Wu has moments of panic? Am I really going to be disliked by your Wu family like this?"

"Sir, die!"

The people inside the hall knelt down again with a clatter.