Now that the battle in the southwest has been won, the war will be settled, and chuyun has been killed, chuhe decides to retire to the countryside with Su'er. He asks Su to speak up for him in front of the king, since he has already thought through the whole thing. Su agrees, and the two men hug one another. He tells them that two days later, the village pushed the fire phoenix out of the hill where chu was bitten by it, and he hopes that they will be able to find an antidote for it. .