The sun is rising and the ice is melting. The old servant tells the empress that it is time for her to go to the banquet hall. The empress asks the old servant why he is so different from the last life. He tells her that the old man can hear the mountains and the water and understands the music so well that he sneers at the music. She tells him that if they are late, she will be worried. The eunuch asks why sister Xiao yue is treating him like an outsider. He says that she is blaming her brother for not coming back to play with her.