The next day, Lin Yaoyue and Lin Huoyue are still waiting for her to marry them off. The second aunt tells her that the son of a businessman is a good-looking man, although he has some issues with eating, drinking, and gambling. He is supposed to be a generous bride, and the second aunt is impressed with him. Lin Yaofang, the father of the first aunt, scolds the elder sister for being involved in such a plot against him. He says that now that her mother has been banished, he is obliged to find her a husband. He asks her what she wants, and she replies that she wants to live a "happy life." He tells her to assassinate him, and he wants to marry her off. She says that she does not want him to send her to jail for the assassination, and that she prefers him to report it to the government. She tells him that she will not agree to marry him because he is in charge of her family now. She asks him why he does not pick a man from among the matchmakers. He replies that he finds all the men who are introduced by the matchmaker very good in his own way, and asks her why she doesn't pick someone from among them. He warns her that if she behaves herself again, he'll find her the government official as her husband, but if she does nothing, he will show her who the boss of the family is. The first aunt tells the second madam that she overheard the first miss promising to let the second mistress take over the jade house. She also tells the madam that the second miss promised to give her grandmother the house now that they are plotting against her. The madam tells the first madam that her grandmother has already separated from the second woman. She adds that she has been keeping a close eye on the second uncle, who has been working for her father, since he started working for his father. He hasn't been in touch with anyone suspicious, and has been focused