It is time for the new emperor to take his place on the throne. He asks the bodyguard to pick some people and bring them with him to the capital. He wants to know why he has to bring along so many people. The bodyguard tells him that some of the people were sent by the old emperor, some by the new one, and that there are still spies and secret sentries from the old and new emperors side. He tells the bodyguard that he has heard that the empress of the country has given her opinion on whether or not the emperor should be elected. He says that he will issue a decree to abolish the old gao and make gao the next ruler of the nation. He also tells the crowd that he saw that the younger brother of the emperor, huoguang, led officials to meet the younger sister of the king. The crowd is shocked at the news.