The scene opens in the courtyard of the palace, where the two young women are quarrelling. The young woman is angry because her uncle, the commander of palace guards, has threatened to kill her brother-in-law, and she is upset because she has come to see her younger sister. The older woman tries to calm the younger woman down, but the older woman refuses to listen to her. She tells the young woman that her uncle is a "stone hearted person" who is strict in his rules and punishments, and that she should not be angry with him for not punishing her brother earlier.
The scene opens in the courtyard of the palace, where the two young women are quarrelling. The young woman is angry because her uncle, the commander of palace guards, has threatened to kill her brother-in-law, and she is upset because she has come to see her younger sister. The older woman tries to calm the younger woman down, but the older woman refuses to listen to her. She tells the young woman that her uncle is a "stone hearted person" who is strict in his rules and punishments, and that she should not be angry with him for not punishing her brother earlier.