Brother wang wins the prize at the auction, and he asks his brother-in-law, brother-xue, if he's interested in trading some of his precious herbs for the King of Poisonous Herbs. Brother-Xue tells him that he'll do it, and that the herbs can only be traded from the forbidden areas of life. He also tells him to keep the contents of the herbs a secret, since the person who wants to trade them is probably a pseudonym. The elder says that he thinks it's enough to publicly display three pieces of the milkvetch herbs, but that's not enough. He suggests that the elder take two of the remaining herbs, and then he can trade them to him. He tells the elder that if the imperial soldiers hadn't disappeared, the feng family wouldn't be where it is today. He says that if it weren't for the strong family background of the fengs, the family would have fallen out of favor with the emperor long ago.