Lin han is gone, and the young master is finally back. He tells us that the General had asked about him twice, but he was ignored. He says that his mother participated in the battle for power, and that her brother is now the crown prince of the capital. The young master says that he will visit his mother at night. He feels that he needs to sleep more, and he asks his wife why she is not sleeping. She tells him that she is having tea with a duke ding. He asks her if she wants to kill the duke, and she says that she has wanted to poison him before, but that she will not do so now.