When Linyuan learns that the kingdom of Zhejiang has brought a dowry of a thousand times the value of the dowry that Zhao Mingyu will receive in the future, he realizes that he must return immediately. He tells his father that the prince of the kingdom has been plotting with his sister, and that when he returns, his father will think highly of him and reward him for his good behavior. Linyuan's father tells him that his mother is being arrested for witchcraft and that he has not yet killed her.