The palace mistress explains that although Linghe is guilty, he does not deserve the death sentence. He has met the saintess before she entered the palace, and the nature of his heart is pure and altruistic. With the emperor of the empire now, the army needs to gather all its forces to fight him. She says that she will spare the lives of two ladies who have offered their lives for Linghe, but that he must suffer the full punishment. She tells him that if he does return alive, she will put him under house arrest, and he may go wherever he likes. She also says that if Linghe does not return, they will all be held in the palace during the time he goes to the fifth story of the heaven-reaching tower. If he dies, the three will be free, but if he lives, he will be punished. The palace is about to be invaded by the emperor's army, and Linghe swears that he will destroy it.