The Emperor accuses SL of being shameless, jumping from one son to another. While NL retorts that it's him who one-sidedly issued an Imperial Edict for marriage then shamelessly took it back. He offers to settle the CP's damaged businesses by writing off 500 green crystals from the debt but demands the other 2,500 from his treasury. The Empress attempts to distract them by telling SL she has something to tell her in private.