46 INT . YUN ESTATE - GUEST HALL DAY This is the hall in the Yun Estate that has received guests for years . It is elaborately and lovingly decorated, shelves filled with books, and vases,and other treasures from all over the Empire . In this room we also see a Western - style mantle clock on one of the shelves . At the table in this hall we see the servants are busily serving up dishes in bamboo steamers on the table . There is also a large clay pot, in which contains some hot rice congee . It is then into this room that we see Shui and his handmaiden, they are in fresh clothes now . Shui looks elegant, charming and somewhat younger, now that he is also shaven, but is hard to ignore the various streaks of white in his hair that belie his age . His handmaiden, just bloodied and frightened the day before, is now much prettier,or at least she appears fresh - scrubbed . In one corner, with equally graying hair, sits Yun Xing Tong . We see that he is reading, and as he turns his head up to face the screen, we see that on his face is a pair of Western - style reading glasses, perched precariously on his nose . He smiles at Shui Liu Can, who appears rather taken aback by the fact that his friend is wearing glasses . Shui Liu Can is almost taken aback with laughter . SHUI LIU CAN Hah, you picked up those funny Western gadgets too … YUN XING TONG I have no choice, I have what is called farsightedness … SHUI LIU CAN Really, I can’t tell that from the way you fight … YUN XING TONG Some things stay with you, I guess, my edge hasn’t dimmed . Yun Xing Tong laughs, removes his glasses and tucks them into a metal casing .