Chapter 113
— Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen; Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.
The plot is entrusted to him and he loses it. Imperial Brother-in-Law and officer in charge of the eunuchs, he volunteers — 'I would think no sacrifice too great if Your Majesty would make use of me' — is told to muster the Palace guards and help Liu Cheng hold the gates, and asks for a written command so he can face down Sun Chen's supporters at the critical moment. He is told explicitly not to tell his mother, Sun Chen's sister. 'But he could not keep his secret, and confided the plan to his father, Quan Shang.' Seized with the rest that night.