The next morning, jiang ye, the dance master, arrives at the palace. He tells his mother that the ball is being held for the family, and that he needs to rest. jiang says that he has arranged everything for the ball, but that he does not want to dance with the main star, muer, because he hates to dance. He also tells her that muer has received a telegram saying that his health is stable. He says that they should take him back to Germany to try traditional Chinese medicine, because the newspapers have recently said that the doctors there are quacks.