This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the eldest daughter of the eldest princess, Su zizhan. She tells us that her childhood love ended up marrying the second son of the Marquis of valor. Su is a pretty girl, but she's not a good match for the Marquis's daughter-in-law, who is married to the father of another princess. The Marquis' daughter is also the daughter of a man who killed his own father with a sword. Su says she doesn't blame the Marquis for being unkind to her, because she killed her father and her husband with swords. She says she'll make the Marquis suffer later, especially for being so low-class. She compares the Marquis to a "gay god" and says that she'd rather die than marry a "pretty face" like the Marquis. She's also worried that the Marquis will be jealous of her because she married her father, who didn't have to carry her all the way to the capital. She also worries that she won't be able to marry the Marquis because he's a "low-class" man. She thinks