Before the steps of the White Tiger Festival Hall, soldiers of the Yulin Army carefully wrapped sticks with cloth dank with tung oil to create torches, which they ignited from the brazier.
The crowd proceeded with torches in hand, the Crown Prince leading on his horse, but was stopped by Li Xuan: "Your Highness, if it's as Chen Ji said, tonight we may well come into conflict with the traitors of the Jing Dynasty. Your esteemed self, with a body worth a thousand pieces of gold, should stay at the Governor's Mansion."
The Crown Prince laughed heartily: "General Li, why do you treat me as if I am a coward? We came to Guyuan together and should share weal and woe! How can there be any reason for you to risk your heads and blood up front while I hide behind? Since its establishment, our great Daning has never had an Emperor who shied away from battle, nor a Crown Prince."
Li Xuan was moved: "Your Highness, if anything were to happen to you, how could I answer to Your Majesty!"
