It's been three years since Ching Ming entered the court, and rumors have it that he's taken a maid as a partner in his marriage to Cai Ling. Cai Ling runs off to find her sister, but she doesn't want to be rude to her. She tells her sister that she's married, obedient to her husband, and that they have a fragile marriage that could easily fall apart at any moment. She's not angry, she says, because she already has her hands full with caring for her husband. But Cai Ling isn't buying it. She says that if she were angry about anything, it would be about the fact that Ching Ming is corrupted, and the world would end up in turmoil. She knows that she is only venting her anger on Ching Ming, and she wants to be punished for it.