Mr. Su begs his mother to take him to the emperor's palace to see him. He tells her that the prime minister is suspicious of him, and that he will settle the matter with the emperor in the future. He also tells his mother that he has just recovered from his serious illness and that she is treating him as if he were a plague. Su tells him that his sister is not dead, but that he is desperate and hopeless. The crowd is furious at him for not telling them that he was poisoned, and they are demanding to know who the culprit is. Su zhen has forced Doctor huangjia to poison the master of the house, and now the whereabouts of her are unknown. The butler tells the crowd that he wants to arrest zhen because he is trying to inherit the family.