In this short scene, the young man who has just returned from his trip to China tries to apologize to the commoner who has teased him. He tells the man that his only relatives are his godfather and that his mother died when he was a young child. The commoner teases him about his mother's death, and the prince responds by saying that he is ignorant of the fact that infants are not permitted to visit the city without the Emperor's order. The young man then tells him that if he treats him poorly, he will not be gracious to him.