In this chapter, we learn that Gui-yan has poisoned the princess, and that she has brought the corpses back to the yun city to be sent to Zichen-yan, where she hopes to find a cure for the poison. In the meantime, the emperor has committed suicide, and his son, mo-xie, has been demoted to the commoner status. This means that the emperor is dead and that the throne belongs to his elder brother, who is the rightful heir.