The narrator tells the audience that it is a good time to settle the marriage of Cai Ming and his sister. Cai Ming is now eighteen years old, and all of his older brothers have already gotten married. He tells Cai Ming that he will have to marry and have children sooner or later, and that it will take him two years to get his sister back to health. He says that he has tried to resist his feelings for his sister, but that he failed. He explains that he wants to marry a noblewoman to gain power, and only by gaining that power can he speed up his ascent to the emperor's position. He adds that he hopes that gong yimo will not forget that there is still time for him to marry her