The next morning, Zillah complains to her mother that she's tired from kneeling for the whole night. She tells her that the jiuqing has humiliated her, and she'll have to tell her father about it. Zillah says that if she can't have a son, then she should be ashamed of herself. She's going to have her husband punish his wife for having no child, and then divorce her. She says that the more she humiliates her husband, the more he'll feel sorry for her. But the garden isn't so remote, so she'd better be able to figure out how to deal with it. She asks her mother why she hasn't been wearing the proper clothes for her concubine, and her mother says that it's because Zillah's mother is the mistress of the house. She adds that if Zillah becomes the mistress, the people of the east garden will think that her mother is bullying Zillah, and the reputation of her family will be ruined. She doesn't want her mother and her wife to die like this, because no one will sympathize with them. The peng family invites Zillah and his mother to visit, and Zillah is restless, but he's a good kid, so he won't mind. He's on his own to rescind the engagement.