The narrator asks the eighth princess if she knows the whereabouts of the fifth prince. The princess says that she was kidnapped by a man and that she is looking for someone to sell her as a prostitute. The narrator tells the girl that he is searching for a "trafficked palace high maid" . The girl says that there were no such girls sent to the brothel today. The prince tells her that he will sell her off to a wealthy family as a "concubine"