When the princess returns to the palace, her grandmother scolds her for not letting the princess stay with her. She tells the princess that she has grown up and that she will not be able to find a suitable girl for her. The princess tells her that she grew up in a cold palace and has read strange books about ethics. She also tells her grandmother that she is her sister. She says that she wants to go to the city of hezhou, but her legs are sore from the two-day journey. She begs her grandmother to stop the carriage so that she can go shopping with her, but the grandmother tells her to wait for him beside the river ahead. When she learns that the princess has stopped the journey to celebrate her birthday, she tells him to make a wish toward the river god. He says that every year since the princess showed up, he has only had one wish. She gives him a cake for his birthday, and he says that he will do anything to make her happy