In this chapter, the eunuch explains that he went to investigate the situation at the Shangyang palace because he suspected that someone was using the sacrifices to commit crimes. He tells the emperor that he found a painting of a concubine who had died many years ago, but that the painting was well preserved. The emperor asks him to summon him, since he is the one who discovered the painting. He lists the crimes he has committed against the emperor. The first one is adultery. The second is helping a woman to escape the palace. The third is using force to kill her. The fourth is killing a royal princess by chance. The fifth is putting five-stone powder into his medicine.