The Masked Man News of a cursed cloth mask which enables a person to see a ghost that turns around with the sound of a five-stringed lute comes to the attention of Gaojun through a scholar named He Mingyun, just as he hears of news from Chancellor Yun Yongde that a eunuch from Feiyan Palace (which could probably be Yi Siha's former master, after seeing that "monster" in her eyes) claims to be cursed by the Raven Consort. Gaojun leaves as Yongde warns him about associating with the Raven Consort. Meanwhile, Yue Yuyong comes to tell Shouxue of not doing as she is told, though she defends herself, saying it's not as if she likes it.