李浩坐在皇宫的凉亭里，Peer out at the distant palace walls. The lazy afternoon sun cast long shadows across the yard. He sighed deeply. That fool, Zhao Dehai, had really embarrassed him yesterday. The so-called "Grand Tutor" had dragged him into a lecture on aristocratic etiquette, and now the entire palace knew he didn't even know how to bow properly. How humiliating.

"You idiot Zhao Dehai," Lǐ Hào muttered to himself, tapping his foot on the wooden floor. "How could you possible afflict me with such a task?"

He was just thinking about it when two eunuchs hurriedly approached him, their faces agitated. "Your Highness, please forgive me for interrupting, but His Majesty is calling for you immediately!"

Lǐ Hào's eyes narrowed slightly. This was unexpected. Usually, the emperor wouldn't summon him unless it was for some state affairs. Now? He glanced at the eunuchs, but they looked just as bewildered as he felt. "Very well," he said, pushing himself off the bench. "Lead the way."