The maid in the story is the only person to blame for the whole mess. The whole world knows about the marriage between the two men. The emperor has already passed the decree, and the whole world is aware of it. The maid tells the emperor that she has already written to the emperor, telling him that the marriage will take place tonight. She also tells him that in the emperors orders, the daughter of the "jiang family" is "virtuous and graceful" and that the "xiao family"'s son is also "ofmarriageable age" and should marry her. The king is confused, but the maid reassures him that this is not the case. She tells the king that the reason for his mothers misery is because of her son's marriage to the son of the xiao family. The princess tells the prince that she will not allow her mother to tell her side of the story and that she won't let her mother live in her story. The prince tells her that he has been too generous in allowing her to tell the side of her story, but a tale will forever be a tale. He tells the princess that once the emperor dies, nothing can threaten her family. the princess says that power can change people. the prince says that he wonders if baiyan will also change. the uncle tells him to kneel and not to call him that. he wants to protect the relationship with the family.