This chapter opens with a flashback to the banquet that took place at the palace of the khan three years earlier. The narrator tells us that the banquet was actually a trap and that chunyu wanted to rebel. The khan's father had ordered that tu xie hand over the power to him immediately and personally go to the tent and plead guilty. He is very angry at the alliance that tuxie has made with the hans. The chief's illness has gotten worse, and he is now even more angry because of the alliance with the shanyu. He says that if it weren't for the alliance, he would be dead in his last years. His mother tells him that he always knew that, but now he has to carry this secret to his grave. He tells us how he has proclaimed himself emperor and that he will destroy all the countries and citizens who violate his power. He also says that he is the true king and that the other shan yu sons are not good enough. The other sons of the royal family aren't strong enough, he says, and tu xi is the only one who can build a real empire. He promises to make him king if he kills the girl and swears to obey him forever. He then says that the hun empire will be built by him and the wizard wula. What's more, he will become the chaplain of the empire and be revered by the people. What is so good about him? He's a ruthless man. He even dares to kill his own brother without hesitation! The narrator says that according to the story of the novel, it is still three years later before tu