The scene opens with a flashback to the events of the previous chapter. In this scene, we are introduced to a young woman who has been injured in a fight and is now recovering in bed. She is wearing a jade pendant that was given to her by her concubine, and she asks her sister to take it with her. The young woman tells her sister that she is engaged to a lord and that the pendant is an engagement present. She tells the young woman that if she had not been injured, she would never have given the pendant away. She also tells the girl that she has no talent in martial arts and that she should return the pendant to her soon. She says that she will return it within a few days. The girl is shocked that a lord would have such a good-looking betrothed and that he would be so disgusted. She asks the girl if she still has the jade pendant and the girl replies that she does, but that the young lady still has a good face and should be careful not to be tempted by the young man. When the girl asks if she is the one who always does her makeup, the girl