In this scene, Bixuan tells the audience that he will not leave the palace even after he is dead. He tells Cai that he has no idea when Cai will take action against him, but he will leave as soon as he can. Cai asks him where he is, and he tells him to go to the kitchen to get some plum juice. Cai tells him that if he leaves the palace, he will lose favor with the people of the two countries, and they will become enemies. Cai says that he is not the same person he was before he met Cai, and that Cai is a tool of Cai's vengeance