Lin Yaoyue tells the innkeeper that she's not worried about her father or older brother, but about her younger brother, who's been in jail since he was four years old. Lin's sister-in-law, the maid, tells her that the second master is working for the Crown Prince and that he's responsible for the family's imprisonment. Lin wants to kill her father and brothers, and seize their ancestral property, so he doesn't spare his younger brother. Lin is a wicked man, she says, and she tells him that he can do whatever he wants now. She tells him to go back to the house tomorrow to find out what's going on. The maid tells Lin that she and the regent have run away, and that they won't be back for a long time. Lin tries to get her to put everything back, but she refuses to listen to her nonsense. She says that the seizure is from the crown prince, and anyone who disobeys his order is considered a traitor and will be killed.