This chapter opens with the arrival of the grandson, who has just returned from Hong Kong. He is greeted by the wife of the minister, who asks him to let her in. The woman tells him that she has secretly entered the palace and that her husband is very indifferent to her lately. She also reveals that the man who seems to be the minister's wife is not her husband. The man is actually the assistant to the emperor, who is known as "xie chen." The woman also tells the emperor that the portrait she has painted of minister shi is of a traitor who has replaced his husband. She says that she is sure that the grandson is lying to her. The royal grandson tells the woman that he cares more about his reputation than his reputation, but he does not want to surrender the throne to his grandfather.