After a whole night of pondering, Luo Ningcha put forth three conditions to Lady Meng for the exchange of the wooden slab. The conditions were: One, she wanted both Slave Huan and Maid Lotus to return to her; these two were initially her servants when she married the Eighth Young Master, and they should not be serving others. Two, she wanted to move to a big mansion, and never have to visit her mother-in-law in the morning again. Three, brought the Eighth Young Master back as she no longer wanted to live like a widow.
Lady Meng found the first two conditions acceptable and can be fulfilled easily but was completely baffled by the third one. Every young master wanted to live independently and increase their strength without any help from the fort. The Eighth Young Master's returning was entirely up to Shangguan Nu himself.
