The next morning, Gu Ling tells the Empress that she has found the perfect candidate for the Princess's husband. She tells Gu Ling that the Minister of Justice has already received her proposal, and that the Prince Regent has arrived. The Prince Regent says that he is a humble official who has never thought of himself as a noble person. Gu Ling says that the ceremony is to be attended by only one man and one woman, but she cannot find a suitable woman to attend the ceremony.