In this short scene, we learn that the royal highness of feng-lian has heard that the princess has made him her legal husband. This news upsets the princess, who is worried that she will not be treated well when she learns that she is a spy for huang-fuwei. The princess's servant, Mr. jiang , tells her that Mr. Shangguan ruan is waiting for her in the garden, and that he is still in love with her. The servant then reveals that he has also been sent by the princess to kill the king. He tells the princess that he put a fake letter in her rockery, and hopes that she did not hear about it. He then tells her to take shang-guan-ruan to the palace and expose him for his crimes