This chapter opens with a warning from the royal physician that baoyang is up to something. He says that it is too dangerous for him to stay at the palace. He tells the doctor to get up and go to Linyue's room so that he can tell her what is going on. He also tells her to take her time to sort out all of the herbs that are stacked up in her room. The herbs in the room are all top-quality, she says, and they are all randomly stacked up. She says that she wants to eat when she hasn't finished her work, but she can't because there is no food in her kitchen. Linyue has told her that she can live according to her master's instructions, and she says that the princess has told them to take care of her.