The narrator asks how the ladies are doing. They are safe, says Nanyun, a businessman. He tells her to apologize to her sister-in-law in person, and then someone will come pick her up the next day. He wants to see his grandma, who is late. She tells him that the family is in financial trouble, so she has to come back and ask her about the concubine. The narrator tells her that it is taboo for women to mention the word "concubine" in the imperial court, so he asks her to protect him now.