The chapter opens with a flashback to the time before the fall of the cliff. In the old days, the emperor gave the young man the jade pendant as a gift. The young man had lost the pendant when he fell from the cliff, but he had been able to explain it to the emperor. The emperor was delighted to see him, and he wanted to spend New Year's Eve with him. He also wanted to know why the emperor did not allow him to use the items in the study, and if he allowed him to sleep with him that night. He was nervous, and trembled slightly because he was such a beautiful and beautiful man. He asks the emperor if he has recovered from his illness, and the emperor says that he has. He then asks if he still thinks of the black ink as a treasure, or if he does not regard it as such. The narrator tells us that the emperor has found four new men to serve him and that he plans to weaken the northern commander's military power and take back the emperor's seal