In this chapter, we learn that the current emperor is a girl, and that he is the current regent, a title bestowed on him by the former emperor. He is also the current page boy in charge of the library, and he is a bastard. The page boys are gossiping about all the places, and they are the ones who organize the library. Although the late emperor gave him the title regent, the prince is an infamous "playboy" who gets drunk and lives a frivolous life in womens arms. He knows what would have happened if the court had not been handled by "grand mentor zhao" . The emperor spends all his time in the library studying how to write, but he does not have any responsibilities. This will not do, he says, because he will have to teach the page boys a lesson about the rules of the court. He tells the court that his father is the grand mentor of the new emperor, and the one who has been chosen by the old emperor to be regent. He says that he has lishi blood running through his body, so he is "the rightful heir" of the throne. He also says that the regent is a person who is willing to care for a lowly maidservant. He compares him to "scum like you" who "create trouble" out of nothing,