The narrator tells the audience that the young scholar has grown up and that he is now a grown man. He says that the princess has returned and that they are accompanying her to the palace. The narrator says that he admires the young man's beauty and that his smile impresses everyone. He suggests that they go check who the man is and if he is a virago, that is, a single man, then they should look for the daughter of a butcher in the West Market. The daughter of this butcher is famous for being a shrew and has had four marriages and all of her husbands have died.