In this chapter, we learn that Cai Ming-liang, the highness of the mansion, is trying to stop Gu Yu from killing herself. He wants her to be given a suspended sentence so that she will not be able to kill herself again. He also wants to make sure that Gu Yu's soul is expelled from the mansion and reduced to a "flicker" . He tells the couple that he will go back to the senate to ask for a reprieve for Gu Yu. He then tells them to go to the bathroom and find jiu-tao, who can save them both. They rush off to find him.