On the sixth month of the reign, the emperor leaves the gate of the city and heads for Shuzhong. The prime minister is waiting beside the emperor's carriage. He tells the emperor not to burn the imperial treasury because the traitors will steal it and terrorize the people. The carriages pass a temporary bridge over the river, and the prime minister orders the carriages to burn it down to hinder the pursuit of the lushan. The emperor and his entourage arrive at the palace in the middle of the night. They are hungry and thirsty. The horses that the emperor has ordered to be killed are all of "pristine breed" and cost thousands of pieces of gold. The royal couple eats only a flat of bread and a bowl of soup.