The eunuch tells the empress that he wants to kill her. The empress says that if the emperor were to marry her, he would not be able to escape the marriage. He also tells her that she is her only niece and that if she married the emperor, she would be spared her husband's life. She tells him that she will go to the emperor's palace the next day to find out more about her. She also wants to know about the emspress's intentions regarding the sacrificial ceremony