The Empress Dowager wakes up to find that a bunch of people have been fighting over the color of her hair. She tells the empress that even though the country lost to the Mings, it is still a strong country. The empress says that if a princess marries a prince who is the next in line to the throne, she would still be married to the prince, even if the prince is not the current emperor. But if the princess marries the current king, she will become his wife.