In this short scene, we meet the father of the three-year-old princess, who has come to the palace to plead for his daughter's life. He tells the audience that he is a merciful person, and that he has allowed them to shout and scream for so long because he does not want to kill them all. He says that he will prove to them that it is necessary to commit suicide if they are wrong, and he promises to give them gold coins if they commit suicide