The Story of Hua Yan

In this short scene, we learn that the young man has fallen in love with the "seventh princess" , and that he has been forced to give up his marriage to the young woman. The young man tries to convince himself that he is doing the right thing by giving up his love for the princess, but he cannot convince himself otherwise. He tells himself that if he were to kill himself, he would be wasting all the money he has invested in the marriage, and he would have to spend the rest of his life dealing with the consequences of his actions.