Back at the palace, Lucentio tells his servant, Lingdang, to return to the emperor's palace and make plans for the future. He also tells Lingdang that the emperor will soon summon him, and that lingdang has not come back with the message of the emperor. Lingdang wonders if Lucentios brother, the emperor, has changed his mind, and decides to visit the palace to find out what the emperor wants to do with the matter. He tells his friend, Situo, that the two men are crazy, that they rushed from the palace and that they are planning to kill him. Situo tells him that General chu is also crazy, because he has an affair with the foreign enemy, and all the members of his family are in prison. He asks the king if he knows what the imperial decree means for the return of Ziqiao to the capital. The king says that he does not know, and asks Lingdang to leave now. He promises to help if Lingdang agrees to marry him.