Everyone knows that the concubine has not been visited by the emperor since she gave birth to the first princess. Bixuan asks the empress where the little princess is. The empress tells him that it is raining heavily and that it would be bad for her to get wet. He tells her that he is the one who is at fault for the delay. He says that he knows all the sorrow and bitterness that she has suffered. He apologizes for all the years that he has spent in the palace, but he knows that she is still the queen. He gives her the hairpin that the emperor gave her when she entered the palace. She says that she will take it and never give up.