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.
Wanlin had drowned herself, 
and I was sent to the wash house.
أغرقت وانلين نفسها، وأُرسلت أنا لمغسل الثياب
Wanlin hatte sich ertränkt
und mich schickte man in die Wäscherei.
Tras suicidarse allí,
Tras suicidarse allí,
Après le suicide de dame Wanlin,
वनलिन ने डूबकर आत्महत्या कर ली थी, 
और मुझे धोबीखाने भेज दिया गया।
La nobile Wanlin si era gettata nel lago,
Wanlin-sama se afogou e eu fui
enviada para a casa de banho.
Госпожа Ваньлинь утопилась.
Меня же изгнали в прачечную.