The eldest lady of the Liu family tells her grandson to put his mind at ease, because the mansion of the family will be safe. She tells him not to tell anyone that he is a member of the clan. He tells her to lie down and refuse to talk to anyone. If she refuses, he tells her that it is his intention. If there is no urgent matter, he says, she should not come back to the mansion. He asks her to forgive him for her sudden intrusion. She says that even if she did not come, someone else would eventually. She asks him if he likes paintings. He says that he does, and asks if he can give a painting to the heir to the throne. The painting is of the empress, the concubine, and the mother of the third prince. The elder lady tells him that the painting is about chu yin, who was born poor and sold into a brothel. She was then brought into the mansion as a musician. She got to be favored by the Emperor and died during childbirth.