Court lady An Huilan comes to make a request. She claims she can hear the voice of a dead consort coming from within the water. Xi Wanlin, the Magpie Consort during Yandi's reign, drowned herself in the lake on the day the emperor was to visit her. The voice within the water is allegedly hers. Huilan asks Shouxue to save Wanlin, but Shouxue realizes there is more to the story than what Huilan is telling her.
Though she lives in the inner palace,
،رغم أنّها تعيش في القصر الداخليّ
Obwohl sie im inneren Palast lebt,
Y aunque vive en el palacio interior,
no se arrodilla ante el Emperador.
Y aunque vive en el palacio interior,
no se arrodilla ante el Emperador.
Bien qu’elle demeure au palais,
भले ही वह अंतःपुर में रहती है,
Sebbene viva nella corte interna,
Apesar de viver no Palácio Interno,
Пусть её и поселили в глубины дворца,
она обычно не видится с императором.