This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by the late Lu, who was a member of the Lu family. Lu's poem is about a young man who wants to be with his late father. The young man asks his father if he is alive, and his father replies that he is. Lu tells the young man that the insurgents of his family have been killed, and that the Emperor's nose is the last one left on the list. Lu then tells his father that he has sent a red candle to the pharmacy to analyze the ingredients of the candle. The doctor says that the pollen in the candle will make the people with special features cough, suffocate, or even die from the congestion in their airway. Lu says that he bought the red candle every month for three years, and the doctor's report proves that he did not intend to murder Lin. He then tells Lu that he will take the boy to the water-dungeon to calm him down, and he will tell the truth.