The young woman tells the older man that she is ashamed of herself and wishes she could return home. She tells the younger man that her cousin, the crown prince, is in love with a girl from the same family as her. The younger man thinks that the girl's family is picking her husband because she is way out of his league. The woman tells him that her aunt, the mother of her cousin , has died and that yun chi, her cousin's brother, has become aloof since her aunt's death.