This chapter opens with a humble civilian serving tea to the emperor. She tells the emperor that she has come to serve him tea because she wants to ask for western sensi poison to kill without a trace. She also tells him that the secret letter that the emperor got from the enemy, which he obtained through the use of force, was written by liang ji. liang instigated the riot, causing jintong to be hurt, and then he set the army rations on fire, all evidence that he was involved in the enemy's collusion. This is the first time the emperor has ever seen eye-to-eye with liang. The civilian also tells the king that buckwheat is bitter and bitter after grinding into flour, but after making pastries with it, it becomes sweeter and fragrant. The royals are thirsty after talking so long, and the civilian also shows them a light supper made with bamboo shoots, lotus roots, and summer bamboo. He tells the royals that the ingredients in these dishes are the same root, and that they should not have to suffer losses only for each other to do the same thing. He also tells them that the late emperor had punished liang many times for trying to protect liang, and liang had been willing to take care of the military rations for them