The next morning, the narrator complains that he has been locked up in the palace for a few days, but that the emperor behaves as if he is a gentleman. The emperor has called all the doctors to see him, and he has stayed by his side all night. The narrator says that he is not embarrassed by the emperor's behavior, because the emperor has never forced him to do anything. He says that the women in the imperial palace are shy and restrained, and that they are not bold and generous like the women of the yunle. He tells the narrator that he will send him to work as his sub-director in the book cabinet in the eastern palace. He asks the narrator if he will be able to use the money from the silver fund to help the people in the snow disaster in Yunle.