In the morning, the commandery princess asks her uncle bing where the sixteenth prince is. He should be discussing things with the wang shua at the temple. The prince has gone on a "trip" for two months. He also doesn't know if there are spies of the duke in the house. He needs to find out about the duke's motives and power in the imperial city. He can't expose himself unless he's last resort. He tells the general little shi that he has come to praise her. She's one of his few friends, he says, and she should not be spying on the duke. He says there's body odor in the room, and he wants to know why the wan didn't tell him. The wan leaves. He's still the he-fang, the one who can live without pretending crazy and stupid, he tells the princess. He wants to shield her in the future, but she needs to face it together.