The maid asks the princess if she remembers when she attended the royal banquet in Norterang. The princess says that she remembers attending that banquet, but that she doesn't remember much about it. The maid tells the princess that her father said he wanted to marry her, but the princess said they were all ugly. The prince asks the girl to introduce him to the princess, and the princess says she's been studying the books he's read recently and has made some wise observations. She's the best consort the prince has ever had, the prince says, and he wants to give her a second chance. She thanks the prince for sparing her life, but she says they can't be together now that the insurgents have captured the palace. The clothes the princess is wearing belong to Queen Lanae, but they were given to her by alex. She says she wants to wait for him to wake up so she can change.