The Queen of Louye tells Longcheng wuji that he should protect the Prince and the Princess. She tells him that he poisoned her and tried to take over the throne. She says that she has shown enough mercy by letting Longcheng serve as a servant in the temple. The Queen says that even if she were a member of her royal family, she could not blame herself for the crime. She asks Longcheng to take care of his departure and not to forget the kingdom and her. Longcheng is innocent, she says, but he still has a responsibility for something that hasn't been done. She wants to know what he will do. She hears a story about a girl who married a man and thought she was going to be happy afterward. Three years later, her husband cheated on her and she decided to kill herself. The boatman invited her to his boat and took her around the lake. The girl was confused, she asked the boatman what he meant by doing this. He said that she should turn over and start a new life.