The next morning, Mingxue and his father come back to the school, and Ming says that he has received a letter saying that his father is very ill and wants to go home. He asks his father to let them go, but his father refuses, saying that they are just begging him. He tells his father that he must kill the royal family today to give them an explanation, and he asks his brother if he will forgive them. He says that if they surrender to him, he will give them the chance to live