In this chapter, we learn that wanbao, the president's secretary, is in love with his boss, Mr. cheng, and that he is determined to continue loving him. He tells selina, the senior secretary, about the fight that took place in his office. . The fight, he says, was a "mlée" , a "storm of jealousy" in the harem , in which the empress punishes the concubines. He asks jiamei if she is sorry for hitting him, and she replies that she is. She asks chengrui if he will ask her to take care of him for her life, and he says that he will.