In this chapter, we learn that the Fifth Prince's wife, the empress , is jealous of the prince's toy boy, the young prince lingjun, because she thinks that the prince is her husband. The young prince tries to explain that he is not her husband, but that she thinks of him as her toy boy. The empress tells him that she is hosting a dinner party for the sixth prince, who has just defeated the rebels. The prince asks to be taken to a corner where he can have some food and chat with some of the other guests. He tells the prince that he should not be mistaken for the fifth prince, because the duke's daughter, feiyu, is rumored to be a lover for the prince. He explains that the duke is powerful and flirtatious, and that he has a wide range of "toy boys" for his daughter-in-law. He says that the rebels are just innocent people, and the court should not continue to punish them for their choice to rebel.