The next morning, Linyuan tells the emperor that he has killed his family, but that his mother has praised him. The emperor tells Linyuan that his father died suddenly, and that he should not be so sad. Linyuan says that he will stay with the emperor to make his dream come true. He asks if he loves his mother or not, and the emperor tells him that she turned him down because she was in love with him. He says that she was courted by the emperor, and there was an attempt to kill her during the hunting expedition. He adds that the royal family does not have a descendant now, and those influential families will bring up their children after generations. He wants to know if he is going to accept Linyuan as his father.