In this scene, the audience learns that the handwriting on the seals of the general's army is that of the lady of house, who prevented the army from seizing the city of Taiping. She deserves a death sentence for her "high treason" . The general tells the audience that his highness will soon arrive and that he has settled the case against her. He then orders the execution of the woman, but she protests that the crown prince has arrived and that she wants to be judged by her father