The next morning, the prime minister is asked to resign. He says that he has already done so. He tells the king that the man who has been killed looks exactly like the empress wusheng. The king asks how he thinks of the man. The prime minister tells him that he thinks the man is a nice guy, but that there's something between them, but he doesn't think it's a "disgusting relationship." The king tells him to check out the map that he got from zhou and zhong. The empress sent someone to see if they had copies of the map, but they didn't have them. They're still in the hands of zhong and zhou, the king says. He asks the king why he's so obsessed with looking for the map when he can just use his treasury to buy whatever he wants. He's not looking for money, he says, but to protect his son. He admits that he loves linyuan, but wants to go home to be with his father.