Banou spend her days without Wang MoMo's lessons so she joins the children classes and listen to the teacher. She learn more Chinese characters to read and write. The teacher, Mr Hong is a young scholar who have three years experience of teaching young children to read and write. Thus when the princess consort joins in, he is a bit lost. However the more he sees her, the more he likes her. Sometimes he personally teach her to write by holding the pen to show her the correct direction of stroke the character should be written. While Banou only have the intention of learning, she did not think too much.
When the snow begins to melt away, Banou arrange the lessons to be held outdoors. The children enjoy it as they can feel the sunshine. While Mr Hong watch the princess consort basking in the sunlight with the soft glow behind her. She looks beautiful in any angle he walks to. Soon he start to draw her portrait at home of how he remember her. a foreign beauty that breath life into his dull life. Her intelligence and the willing to learn make him more interested to know who she is. Mr Hong only have a day off when the Prince is back on the first day of returning to the mansion.
One afternoon after the lesson, he wanted to pass the a book to the princess consort. He walk near the bedroom door and he hear moaning. His heart is racing as he hear the soft voice. He use his finger to poke a small hole, he then witness the prince pounding the princess consort. His heart beats with thumping beat as he hears the slapping of flesh. With her legs open wide and sitting on the table that is facing the main door. He is in shock and he see her dress is pull open. Everything is exposed while she is facing the door. Mr Hong at that moment feels like he can't breath and swallow his saliva a few times. He know should stop and walk away but his legs are not listening to him. He stand there to continue to peep at them. He watch her erotic face expression. He see that her water leaking down onto the floor. The best thing he can hear is her voice. She is enchanting and alluring to look at.
That night he had a wet dream and this cause him not to have a good sleep. He return to the prince mansion for lessons the next day. His eyes avoid Banou as much as possible. He continue the lessons as normal for the next few days. At home. He painting gets mess up. He got angry and frustrated. His little happiness is looking at Banou and when she ask questions. He watch the love between her and the prince. They never fail to walk around holding hands. He understand that he only can watch and admire her from far. There is nothing he should do. He is the gentleman of scholar society. He must keep the image.
The more he ignore the feelings, the stranger he acts. Till he decided to come by and teach anymore. Before he leaves, he writes a poem to Banou. It's a love poem for the admiration for her. Banou did not fully understand but she happily accepts it. However when she understands that he is quitting the job, she ask him why. He is not able to tell her why thus she convince him to stay till he gets a job in the government office. Mr Hong have no choice but to stay. At the same time Wang MoMo return from the palace. Even though she is strict, the children all like her.
Lou Yin Wen also apologise to Wang MoMo for causing her the injures. Since she goes down on her knees and bow with her head touching the floor, Wang MoMo forgive her.
After Wang MoMo return, everything in the mansion is as per as usual. Plus the constructions of the burnt down boudoir, the mansion is full of actives. However what Mr Hong is doing did not escape Wang MoMo's eye. She saw him touching his manhood while standing over the study table with Banou is sitting. He is given a mild warning from Wang MoMo on this. He was a shame and did his best to avoid another shameful episode.
In Spring time, Banou"s oldest son comes along with his other brothers and Li Ping comes for visiting. The entire mansion was fill with people. After the children's lessons, there is more chaos that the maids and Min Min cannot control. In the mids of the chaos, Li Xing finds the teacher acting oddly. He follow him to find him walking into his mother's bedroom. He watch him from outside. Mr Hong is actually opening the wardrobe to take a hezi. Li Xing walk off to hide after watching Mr Hong walk out of the room.
The next few days Mr Hong did not come to the mansion to teach lessons. Thus Wang MoMo try her best to help to teach the children. While Banou goes off to the academy to look for Mr Hong. While the academy knows nothing of what happen to Mr Hong and Banou ask for another better teacher for the children.
For the next ten days, a new teacher comes. He openly flirt with Banou while Wang MoMo gives him a stern warning. Unexpectedly one afternoon he keep following Banou who is in the garden. He praise everything she does while looking around. He see that there is no one around, he gives her a candy. Banou look at it and him eating one of it. Thus she put it in her mouth too while he keep talking behind her. after awhile she feels tired and dizzy.
Banou wakes up in the night. She finds that she is in an unknown place. A room that is dark and she is tied up to a bed. She struggle to remove the rope that is tightly hold on to her. Someone is walking towards her and sit beside her. She look at the face and she wants to yell at him but there is a piece of cloth tie around her mouth.
"My sister, you are not destine to die, are you?"
He touch her face. Later he lay on the bed nest to her.
"This time, i make sure that we will get to Egypt. Go sleep. I will arrange everything."
He place a handkerchief next to her nose. Instantly she stop struggling and fall asleep.