The emperor tells the monk that the astronomer has told him that the emperor can suppress the prince in a pagoda. The monk says that he has done all he can for the emperor. He has buried the prince, set up mourning hall, and invited monks to chant for him. The emperor asks the monk how he will deal with him, and the monk replies that he will offer the emperor his hand. He tells the emperor that the pagoda was completed in ten days, and that all the people believed that everything would be well after the evil star was locked in it. He says that if he wants to leave, he has to take advantage of the fact that the northern army has reached the palace. He explains that he was just trying to reclaim the throne from the prince. He had sent his men to the palace to spy on the monk, and he had stored records of where the mausoleum was located. The king says that the monk is as despicable as himself, and now he hates him to the core.