The prince leaves to deal with important matters, and the regent tells him that the emperor has changed his mind about the Lin family. The regent tells the prince that he should do something about it, but the prince hesitates for a moment, and then decides to do what he thinks is right. The prince tells the regent that he is doing his mother a disservice by not protecting her and her mother, and that it is all his fault that he failed to protect them. He says that he has found something in his new life that is very different from his old life, and he has come up with a solution to the problem. He tells the family that the prime minister wants him to care for them while he is in the capital, and asks the regent when he will return to the residence. The elder daughter of the former prime minister, lin ya, says that she is now the head of the family and that if the regent is suspicious of her, she will be in trouble.