The next day, Mingji and his grandmother reminisce about the past. Mingji tells his grandmother that his grandmother worked very hard to inherit the Su family and that she punished Mingji by copying "men's virtue" 50 times. He tells Mingji that he should tell his grandmother about her mother, who is the daughter of the first son of the prince of the Ming family. Ming ji asks Mingji if he will be able to meet her alone, and Mingji replies that he will, but Ming ji is afraid that she will be embarrassed and will not come out of her hiding place to meet Mingji alone. She tells Ming ji that her matchmaking ceremony will take place at the palace of the empress of qing three days after Ming ji's meeting with Mingji. She asks Ming ji not to say unkind things to Ming ji and to remember that she is the princess of the qing family.