The emperor asks the young woman to come and help him look at the wound on the back of her neck. The young woman says that she doesn1t think she1s badly hurt, and that it is a poisonous insect. The emperor tells her that she can use his medicine to treat the wound, and she will apply it to the wound herself. She begs the emperor to let her go, but the emperor refuses, saying that she should stay and apply the medicine herself. He says that the news from the previous day has proved true, and he is going to kill her if she tells him the truth. She tells the emperor that she will be retreating to sleep in the emperor1s court that night.