The empress has come to negotiate with the prince and his wife. She wants to know if the prince will give up the throne to her daughter-in-law if she gives up the military power. The prince tells the empress that he already has a solution: the fifth prince will come to the palace the next day and hand over the power to the prince. The princess tells the prince that she wants him to confirm his loyalty to her. She says that the prince must have bribed the prince to deal with her, and that she misjudged the prince's loyalty. She tells him that both the princess and the prince have turned against him. She will take him as her daughter.