When jiang asks if he is willing to leave, he is told that the emperor suspects that the two are having an affair. If he leaves with jiang, he will put the family in a "severe situation," and he will face the emperor on the battlefield in the future. jiang tells chen that he does not want to be the emperor's queen, but that if he does, the emperor will have no choice but to kill the family. chen asks if jiang still wants to pledge his loyalty to the emperor at this time, and jiang replies that he could not, because the emperor would not leave a single soldier loyal to him. He adds that the reason why the emperor chose to trap jiang in the palace is because he fears that the family will become a sword for the enemy, and that jiang's discreditable deeds will be known to the family