In this scene, Cai Mingyu and his wife, Madame Guizhou, are discussing the situation in the palace. They are worried that the fifth prince, Cai Lingyu, is trying to spy on them. The fifth prince tells his wife that he has been spying on the palace for a long time, and that the empress has been trying to get rid of him. He tells her that he and his brother are in love with each other, but that they should not betray their country or their brother to a woman. He also tells her to keep her goal in mind, and not to tell the palace that they are engaged in a fake marriage.