In this short scene, we learn that Linyuan is a pretty young woman, and that she has a pretty good taste in beauty. We learn that she is a virgin, so she's going to have an affair with the king's son. Linyuan asks why he's working with the family to kill his son, and the king says that he'll let the family pay the price. He also tells Linyuan that he traded his wife for a high position, and then she got pregnant, so who her father is? Linyuan tells the king that he was made the king because the family was too powerful, and he barely gained his position with the help of the family. He says that killing the king is different than killing his father, so he should kill him and send him to keep his wife company. The king replies that he will never get in his way of Linyuan's happiness, but that he feels like he is a pawn for her.