In the heat of the night, xiulin asks his mother how she could bind him to the chicken. He looks like he's going to fall down with his arms and legs around him. He begs his mother to let him go, but she refuses, saying that she's just going to torture him in another way. Worried that he'll freeze to death if he doesn't go, she tells him to put more charcoal in the fire. Confused, the little chicken asks if he can stay by the fire all night, but his mother won't let him. She tells him that if he lets the fire go out, she'll spare him. The little chicken wonders what rewards he will receive for becoming the emperor. He reminds his mother that when he was young, she made him give her a basin full of charcoal. Now, he reminds her, he wants to be the one to give her the basin of charcoal