It's late, and the carriage has stopped. The emissary of the conspiracy kingdom has come to pay respects to the royal regent of the kingdom. He apologizes for running into the young man on the street, but he doesn't want to upset him. He tells her that he's on his way to wan, but that he didn't think he'd run into her in the street. He also tells her about the fact that the supreme priest, shan yuan, is doing well, and that the prince won't delay his mission. He says that the mission to the fan-yan kingdom is probably related to the plot to overthrow the royal family. jin says that linquanan told him about the mission, and he thinks that shanyue'er is worried about that. He's worried because the informants have found out that Fang Kuo has been having secret dealings with the king's son, linyu. He thinks that once they find out that fang Kuo is involved in the plot, they'll be able to kill jin's mother. He asks his brother why he looks so bad, and his brother says that his mother just died. He and his father are not in a good mood to go to a banquet, so they're going to stay at home. He remembers that in his previous life, at a banquet at the royal palace, a messenger from the kingdom of fanyun drove a wedge