The scene opens with Ling's speech to the gods, in which he tells them that he is going to kill the prince. He asks the gods to give him his hand in the matter. He tells the gods that he will use the prince's game against him, and that the prince will suffer the consequences. He also tells the heavens that he does not want to risk his life for revenge. Ling asks the heavens to give her his hand, and she tells him that she was downstairs admiring flowers when she heard someone fall from the roof. She says that she would not have fallen off by herself. She tells the heaven that the emperor and the empress would not blame the prince for the fall, but would instead accuse her of slandering their majesty. Ling tells her that in her last life, she did not listen to her sister's warning, and instead she broke off