Back at the palace, the doctor tells the prince that he's been waiting two days for him to apply the patch on his wounds. The prince doesn't seem to care that his father was overthrown, so he wants to keep the prince out of the mess. The doctor also tells him that the emperor gave him the title of general, but that it's all just a bunch of "grooming" . He's not really a doctor, he says, but he knows what's going on in the palace. He says that if the prince wants anything from him, he'll give it to him. But if he wants money, power, or anything else, he can't ask for