The tenth princess tells the empress that she hasn't seen her for six months, and that she's become more beautiful. The empress tells her that the minister and the missus should go to the bathtub and not talk too much. The princess also tells the minister that she thinks marrying one of her princesses would be a good idea, since she'll be a prince, and her family name will carry on. The minister says that he doesn't think so, but the princess tells him that he's crazy. She says that the ministers are looking forward to the wedding wine, and she can go to her house and listen to her stories every day. She tells the princess that she wants to marry her brother , since the younger sister becomes a rival for the younger brother's affections. She also says that since little ten likes marquis, why don't they let her marry him? The princess says that she will find a good family for her when she gets older, but she won't give empress Dowager the chance to marry a foreign minister.