In this chapter, we learn that Ching-ying is planning to move to the south to take up a position as a tax collector in the new city. She is worried that she will not be able to find a good administrator to take care of the tax collection, because people are uncertain about the government's position in the current economic crisis. She tells him that he needs to be loyal to his position and convince all the tax authorities in the south that he is the best administrator in the country. She also tells him to use what he already has in the capital to raise the tax for the new year. She says that many of the internal tax supervisors are from the rites department, so he can use their knowledge to help him raise taxes. She adds that she is the sister of a chaplain, so she is grateful to him for his kind words. She asks him why he brought her with him, and he tells her that she may not be a good person, but he thinks it is good that she has died. He says that he has fallen in love with many officials in the city, and that they have all fallen to buff his career. He adds that he will go to Longhu mountain to express his gratitude, and if he dares to speak nonsense again, he will beat him. Ching-ing says that she does not have relatives to move with her, but she still wants to leave the city because it is prosperous and no one recognizes her there. She plans to take a few servants to prepare her luggage, and she will change her name to cheng-ying.