The next morning, the two men discuss the wedding dress, which is now in the hands of a third woman. The first woman, Yukou, has asked the second man to make up the dress for her six years ago, but the first man refuses to make it up. The second woman, Lu xia, comes to tell the men that one of their maids has been a spy for the empress and her husband. The empress has already disposed of the matter, but she has put it off because she was busy trying to arrange for the embroidered uniforms to be put on her side. She has also been informed that huan's majesty has gone to the prison and questioned her. The two men decide to postpone the wedding until the next day.