The next morning, zhiling tells the old man that the royal highness has asked him to bring him some poisoned wine to help him relax. The old man says that he doesn't think he can convince the king to drink the poisoned wine. . He tells the man that he is the one who gave him the nerve to kill , and that he was trained to fight by his mother. He says that shuyu is just the right person for a dress, and he's going to advise yun chi to let him wear a girl's dress next time he goes to the rebel camp. He's got a message for the soldiers: assassins are coming to kill the king. They're going to follow him to rebel camp, and they're also going to send a messenger to tell him that xiangming has been trapped in the palace's secret passage. The messenger tells him to take a seat, and then he asks if he has feelings for cauqing. He asks about the bug of "almighty poison" that he'd been passing by every time he passed by the palace, and says that it's not surprising that the king would give him the bug. He adds that he didn't object to the king as a person, but now that they've come to this, he can't blame the king for his choice. He goes on to say that zinghan is smart enough to know that s/he'll understand, so he'll talk to him.