When xiaolu is standing in the garden, he sees a bronze mirror shining in the distance. He goes to get it, but his mom won't let him take it. She tells him that a footman overheard her daydreaming about her future. She realizes that the servants were too naive to think that they would be able to seduce her. She scolds jianhao for lying to her, saying that he was born of a poor family and that his life is nothing in the eyes of rich people. After the story ends, mom breaks down in tears. .