In the palace of the northern kingdom, the emperor and his wife are still alive and well. The emperor asks his wife if he is still alive, and she replies that he is. He asks her to wake him up, but she says that it would be scandalous if he died in her bed like this. She says that she has drugged him, and that he looks like he has a death wish. She asks him to wake her up, and he says that he has waited long enough. He tells her to get him back to his bedchamber.