Lifa still remains unconscious. The imperial doctor checks the silver needles that Luo used to poison Ling-luo. The needles were dipped in a kind of herb medicine, not poison. Lifa wonders why the imperial doctor is silent when he said Luo is responsible for the murder. He also wonders if there is any evidence linking him to the crime. He points out that when a victim is attacked from the front, the attacker usually is someone he knows. The principle of the murder is Luo not me.