Phoenix in the Imperial Palace

The narrator leaves to find out what has happened. He wants to know if the marquis and his friends have treated her badly. The marquis is a very wealthy man, and the narrator is afraid that if he hadn't treated her so well, he would have been out on the street. He tells her that she is a married woman, and that when she says something that doesn't please her husband, he'll kick her out. The narrator apologizes, and tells her to think of herself as a husband and wife. She tells him that she's always been alone, and now she has someone to talk to. She asks him if he thinks she'll give her anything she wants, and he says yes. He also tells her about the time they had a sexual relationship, but that he killed her because she was a "like-minded friend" to him. He says he wants to find the "real culprit" to take revenge on her.