The narrator tells us that the emperors from the two countries will soon visit the kingdom of the Mings. The Mings are planning to hold a banquet for the guests at the Suzhen mansion, where they will be able to rid the entire family of those who betrayed them. The narrator says that the Ming emperor is suspicious of the achievements of his son, so he will not be happy with his son's accomplishments. He says that even if Suzhen is like her father, she is still his "treasure" and "most precious of daughter" . He tells the narrator that he is getting old and his body is not the same as before. He entrusts half of his daughter's life to him, hoping that he will treat her like he treats his daughter. The emperor, the narrator says, has served the Ming royal family since the reign of his grandfather. His master, the taoist baiaoiqing, said that true taoism always despises the royal family. If true unification occurs, then war ceases to exist. The author says that both his grandfather and father shared the same vision of the world, and that the unification is their lifelong dream.