In this chapter, we learn that the new prince regent, Gu Jing, has taken over as the new emperor of the People's Republic of China. Gu Jing's father, the former prime minister, has been accused of treason, and his family has been executed. The princess, however, has not yet given birth to a child, so there is no heir to the throne. The two sides are working closely together, and education is flourishing. The prince regent has become a prince, and he has been absent from the throne on sick leave since the name "only" . He is a lazier man than he used to be, but he is still a prince regent. He tells Gu Jing that he will not return to the court because he is not a saint. The only way he can be at peace, he says, is to obtain the throne back from the current emperor, who has given up on the throne because he was not a loyal and upright minister.