The steward tells the prince that he is the son of King Qi, and that his mother was murdered by concubines yun andning. The steward says that he has sent someone to find the third elder, who will tell him the whole truth. The prince says that it is not time for him to go meet his father, and the steward tells him that he can go back to the house of qi wang to find his father. He says that the concubine who poisoned his mother, concubine yun, is the daughter of king yan, and concubiner ning is the sister of king zhao. They are the ones who poisoned your mother, and they were also nearly poisoned to death, the steward says. Luckily, he says, you were rescued by the steward, and he is afraid that you would have died if he had not. He tells the steward to help him in eliminating the two vicious women, because they have always wanted the prince to be killed. He reminds the steward that he will defend the prince even if he loses his life, and reminds him not to be "reckless." The steward agrees to take the prince as his second father.