The Governess is walking in circles when she realizes what she has done: she has left the palace to go play. She tells her sister that she is the Empress, but that her mother is more like her. She says that she has no freedom as the Emperor, and that she would welcome the Governess as an Empress herself. She also says that her brother is at the border with China, and she is in the Imperial harem. She asks why he does not want to become the Emperor himself. He says that he has no intention of becoming emperor, but he is the only one in the world who believes in him. He tells her that his sister was always scolding him, but she was trying to protect him. She asked him to grant her the position of Empress, and he says that it was only a last resort, and now that he is grown up, he should find a lady he truly likes.