The lieutenant tells the king that he has something to say, and apologizes for sneaking into the banquet. The king's guest, he says, is the queen's sister, and she is the one who invited him to the banquet, so he apologizes. The lieutenant then tells the general that big sister wants to tell him something, and that she wants to ask the general's approval of her marriage to her childhood friend cheng duluan. The general is confused, but the lieutenant tells him that there is no such thing as a dragon keeper marrying anyone other than his keeper. He says that the history of the kingdom shows that a dragon can marry anyone, even if the keeper never gets married, because the keeper can care for her for life. The consul general disagrees with the lieutenant, saying that it is not proper for a dragon to marry anyone but her keeper, and the lieutenant says that it was not their intention to ask her to give up, but that they felt helpless because they did not know how to help her