This chapter opens with a conversation between the eldest daughter of the minister and the son-in-law of the late emperor. The eldest daughter tells her father that she is the only person who can help clear her father's name. Three years ago, her master wanted to find out the cause of the death of the concubine, but she refused to cooperate with the emperor's investigation because she wanted to avenge her family and her family's emperor. She rejected the emperor several times, and now she is locked up in prison for so long that she has no idea what is going on outside. She asks if the princess is still alive, and the elder daughter answers that she died about 10 days ago. The elder daughter tells him that she was the first person to die, and that many others have also been killed since then. She also tells the younger daughter that she knows more than she thought. She says that the statues of the buddhas and the white jade goddess were meant to be signals for action. She adds that she saw the princess buying a statue of the King of Hell in the Qingxiang temple, and she wonders if she will get herself killed there. She wonders if the real murderer is behind the curtain, and asks if she told the truth. The younger daughter tells the older daughter that if she were the princess, what would she do? The older daughter says that she must have known that the real man was staying behind, because if she solved the case, she would offend the old emperor, but if she did the same thing, the emperor would be offended in reverse. She tells the young daughter that her father has asked her to save her father, and he agrees to do so.