In this chapter, Cai tells his son that he has been sent by the eunuch, who wants to protect him from the common enemy, the pavilion. He tells Cai that the pavilion is sending him there because he has a common enemy in the pavilion, and he wants Cai to be an ally to the pavilion so that they can fight together. Cai says that he can live, and that only the winners will live. Cai tells him that rumors have it that Cai's nursing mother died after he came to live with his father, and no one has ever heard of him. He also says that the next day, he heard that his servants do not know what to say and what not to say. He asks his father if he can find someone to replace the servants, but his father says that they should try to be good sons of their family. Cai asks if he could cooperate with him, and his father agrees.