In this chapter, we learn that the prince of Yuheng wants to build a canal linking Yulan with the rest of the world. He wants to make sure that the people who pass through the canal will be able to trade freely. He also wants to know why the girl who works in the brothel is dressed up as a woman. The girl tells the prince that she has a unique birthmark that identifies her as the daughter of the prince. The prince asks the girl why she has dressed up in a girl's clothing, and the girl tells him that it is because of her birthmark. He then asks the woman why she disobeyed his father's orders for her to marry him. She says that she was the one who hurt him the most in his previous life, and that she will be the one to hurt him again in his new life. He tells her that he wants to establish commercial ties between the four countries