In this short scene, we are introduced to Dr. Su and his bride-to-be, Lingyue, who are engaged to be married. The bride's mother, arba, is extremely jealous of her daughter's love for the handsome young man, who is proposing to her. She tells her daughter not to accept the marriage proposal, for she will never marry anyone who is not her own son-in-law. She also warns her daughter that if she does not accept the proposal, she will not let her off the hook either. Lingyue tells her mother that the prince has come to marry her for free, and that she is very happy about it.