The noble consort tells the empress that she has been fasting with her in the mountains for the past ten days. The empress tells the noble consort that she missed her too much, and that she had a dream in which she was carrying a golden robe in her arms. Incoherent Zhao, just months after taking the throne, forced him to have sex with the consort, who was not allowed to choose her own wife. She says that she finally had peace and quiet for a few months, and then suddenly the noble lord is talking about her. The noble lord says that he has been out of the country for a while, so he doesn't have time to read the letter. He says that his majesty has been talking about him all this time, like a duck strangled to death, and he can't follow him. He coughs and says that the lord is very busy, and has nothing to do with having fun with his mistress. He also says that there are some novelty items that he found on the way to the capital, which he plans to present to the lord as soon as he comes back.