The ghost tells the duke that he is powerful because of the fight he had with the ghosts. He tells him that the night souls have been prosperous for many years because they are united. The duke tells the ghost that he was against the marriage of the princess to the hua because the king was from his camp, but he did not have a reason not to disapprove of it officially. He says that the princess was the most important thing to him, and that he wanted her to marry the ming so that he could be a rival for the throne. The king will not stop him, the duke says, because the war is a tool for the duke to separate the night-souls from each other.