This chapter opens with a description of the concubine, yun yan, who gave birth to "a and even prince" for her majesty, the emperor . . The emperor wants to meet her, but she refuses to go with him. He sends someone to summon her, and she rushes off to find the prince. She tells the emperor that she has brought the prince to the emperor's mansion, but the emperor is not convinced. He asks her to bring the prince back to him. She refuses, saying that she will have someone to take him back if she brings the boy back. He tells her to hurry up and see if she sees the same token that she, tianlin, and linghu have. She says that she wants to make sure that everyone knows that the prince is her son. She suggests that they pull the boy out of the room so that everyone can see what is going on. She then asks the emperor to ask yun if she saw the token, and the emperor says that he came to see her. She asks if it was to do with her selection for the princess, and he says that it could be. They head back to the palace.