When the prince steps out of his hiding place, he screams at the top of his lungs. He is the general, he says, and he is going to set traps to trap the prince. The prince screams at him, and the general turns around and stomps on the prince's feet. The lady in the mask screams that the prince is the one who scared her with his understrap. She tells the prince that the emperor has issued an edict in which he has married his lady shaoli.