The guard asks why the emperor is wearing the mask in his sleep. The guard says that the emperor must be tired because he looks like a man who enjoys his position in the emperor's palace. He says that if the emperor were a vicious man, he wouldn't be a guard. He asks the guard if he can take a look at the emperor without his permission. The man says that he thought someone was going to attack him, but when he sees the man's mask, he realizes that it is the emperor. He is glad that the man isn't angry at him, because he doesn't want him to get mad at him. He tells the man to drink the bitter medicine that he gives the emperor to help him sleep