This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the young hero, in which he says that he cannot push the powerful general away because he is being abused. He says that the fog created by the master has made him hallucinate. The peacemaker is in the room, and he apologizes for having offended the master. The young hero says that it is a pity that he does not practice martial arts because it is intimate to reconcile with others. He feels that he has been ruined by his master's abuse. He thinks that he will be traumatized for the rest of his life. Suddenly, he regains consciousness and realizes that the emperor is about to kill the family. The emperor tells the family that they have been loyal to the emperor for generations, and the emperor will reinstate their general position. He tells the princess that she has framed the family of treason. He will strip her of her title as a princess and make her a common civilian. He also tells her that she will be forbidden to step outside of the palace building. She is forbidden to shave her head to become a nun. He is cruel to her. She says that she is the emperors sister, and that he must have faked the decree to save Suzhongzheng. She tells the general that she and her family have been afraid of the Huns for a long time, and now they are no longer afraid. The general is back, and they will kill the enemy and defend their homeland. The princess tells him that her father has done a lot to clear his name. He won't get a chance like this again. She swears to wipe out the whole family.