Chapter 1 The Young Marquis is a Bit Willful

Beijing

In the palace,

Pei An pointed at himself in disbelief, "What? You want me to lead troops to suppress bandits?"

"Your Majesty, I know nothing!"

"What do you want me to do?"

Shen Yu (Emperor): "........."

Does he really know nothing?

He is clearly skilled in both literature and martial arts, but he is just incredibly lazy.

He makes excuses whenever you ask him to do something.

Shen Yu (Emperor): "Since you can't do anything, then you can be a mascot."

Anyway, he has no choice but to go.

Pei An: "........."

Alas! It seems the Emperor is determined to send him.

Pei An's eyes darted around. "Could General Song go too?"

With General Song around, he could slack off.

Shen Yu (Emperor): "No, General Song has other things to do."

"Furthermore, if I were to send General Song, would I need you to be the one to hindrance him?"

Pei An: "........."

Really? Does General Song really have other things to do?

Could the Emperor be lying to him?

Shen Yu (the Emperor) immediately noticed the suspicion in Pei An's eyes.

"Why would I need to lie to you?"

Pei An: "No."

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid I'll mess this up?"

Shen Yu (the Emperor) stared at Pei An and said, word by word, "If you mess this up, you can forget about being a young marquis."

Pei An: "........."

Sigh! Why is it so hard for him to be a spoiled brat?

Finally, he left the palace listlessly and dejectedly.

The next morning, Pei An led his men to Tiger Mountain to suppress the bandits.

Whether we suppress them sooner or later, it's all the same, so we might as well suppress them sooner.

He only took a dozen or so people with him.

Those dozen or so men were the Emperor's men; the Emperor only allowed him to bring that many people.

He said a dozen or so would be enough...

Is that enough?

There were dozens of bandits in those mountains.

A dozen or so versus dozens?

Could it be that the Emperor has a problem with him? Is he planning to get rid of him secretly?

That can't be right, can it? He didn't do anything.

Two days later, Pei An and his group arrived near Tiger Mountain.

The bandits of Tiger Mountain arrived upon hearing the news, and they were all extremely arrogant.

The bandit leader said, "Is this all the men you've brought? Are you looking down on us?"

Pei An said softly, "Yes."

The leader was short-tempered, and when he heard Pei An's words, he felt that Pei An didn't take them seriously.

He picked up his knife and ordered his men to follow him into battle.

Pei An vented his anger on the bandits, killing them one by one with a knife.

One knife for every one that comes, two knives for every two that come.

One bandit after another fell...

The bandits: "!!!"

How come this person's martial arts skills are so high?

Besides, they didn't provoke him, so why is he taking his anger out on them?

The guards: "........."

They felt like they were somewhat superfluous.

Because they thought the young marquis could handle these bandits all by himself.

No wonder the Emperor sent more than a dozen of them along.

It turns out that the Emperor already knew the young marquis was highly skilled.

Soon, all the bandits were dead...

On his way back, Pei An saw a girl in green. He told the dozen or so guards to go back and report, as he had something to do and would be back later.

Two days later,

Royal Palace

Shen Yu: "Where is he?"

The guard knew the emperor was asking about the young marquis. "Your Majesty," he replied, "the young marquis said he has something to attend to and will be back later."

Shen Yu: "........."