The opera singer complains to the emperor that he is not being taken seriously. The emperor scolds him, saying that he does not take peoples hearts seriously. He tells the opera singer that it was wrong for him to even be in the palace and that he was wrong to think that he would be able to return home. He asks the emperor to forgive him for his ignorance, and the emperor says that he will gladly comply. He then says that the emperor who is not interested in the women and the lust is chongzhen, and that since he stained his memorial, he cannot read it like that. He says he is going to give the emperor a sort of punishment, and he will give him the choice of being spanked ten times or being hit by a heavy staff. The