In this short scene, ling tries on the new clothes made from the fabric of the palace. She asks Z-ziqi why it feels so prickly on her back. He tells her that the floods in the south of the country affected farmers' lives, so they hurriedly packed up their clothes. He also tells her about how the palace sends money every year to repair the dams. ling wonders why she doesn't care about the disaster. There's a lot of flooding every three to four years, she says. She needs to speak to her father and persuade him not to do illegal things. She's worried that he's on his way to find her, so she runs off to get some sleep. When she gets back, she finds out that she hasn't seen ziqi for days. She wants to know what's wrong with her strange behavior. He says he'll talk to her after he finishes his work. He asks if she wants to talk to him, and she says she's busy. She tells him to ask her what she wants, and he says he just wants to chat with her. He then tells her to make herself clear that she isn't two