The spirit queen tells the emperor that the battle is lost and that the troops should be brought back to the capital. She tells the queen that the army has been captured by the general, and that he is causing a commotion in the palace. The queen says that she has enlisted the queen in this plan to show that the heir to the throne is a "hateful double dealer" . She says that the reason she enlisted her is that she wants the royal family to fail in the war and prevent the common people from rising up against the family.