The Queen's maid, who was appointed by the Queen to serve as her husband's wife, has failed to make the marriage between the two men work. The empress has sent a messenger to ask the maid to seduce the eunuch, but the maid does not understand why the empress sent the messenger so quickly. The queen's son-in-law, who is the commander of the men's guards, tells the Queen that he has never noticed that the queen consorts with men. He also tells her that the commander once had a sexual relationship with a woman. The Queen asks why the messenger has trespassed into the palace, and he replies that the messenger is not a threat to the king's life, but that the man is "incredibly arrogant." The Queen then asks what the messenger wanted to tell her, and the messenger replies that he wanted to replace the treasure that the king lost when his dog ate it