As soon as he reads the history of China, the young scholar finds it hard to believe that the loyal and good officials of the ruling family have been executed. He tells the emperor that if the emperor does not build a strong bond of trust with his officials, then there will be even more unjust sentences. The young scholar believes that the emperor will go down as a "sagacious emperor" because he has met one of the prisoners in the execution chamber. He asks the emperor to knock on the door of the secret guard's room, but the emperor refuses to answer the door, saying that he will stay up all night to check on the condition of the prisoner's cell.