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.
I thought he was a fine young man, too.
ظننتُ أنّه كان شاباً صالحاً أيضاً
Auch ich hielt ihn für einen
anständigen, jungen Mann.
Creía que era un joven de bien, pero…
Creía que era un joven de bien, pero…
J’avais
une très bonne opinion de lui.
मुझे भी वह बहुत अच्छा नौजवान लगता था।
Pensavo fosse davvero un brav'uomo.
Eu o considerava um
bom jovem, contudo...
Такой славный молодой человек.