In this scene, chunmei tells her brother that she will not forgive him for what he has done to her. She also tells him that she is going to plead her case with the Empress of China. If the Fifth Prince is executed, then she will never see him again. She says that she does not deserve to die. She plans to intercept a letter from a rebel army that states that the fifth Prince has been framed. She will ask her brother to allow her to leave the country and live her life the way she wants to.