This scene opens in the bedroom of the eastern palace, where Lu tells his servant, Xiaozheng, that he is sorry for the pain he has caused him. He tells him that he has made Lu suffer because he still loves him, despite the fact that he was wounded in the battle. He asks Lu to stop crying for another man, but Lu refuses to listen to him. She tells him to draw out the dogs and run away, but he refuses, saying that he just threw his love for the dogs to the dogs