The scene opens on a street in the middle of a rainstorm. Someone is trying to make sure that the public opinion in favor of Cai Yun is in her favor. The old man is carrying an umbrella, but the rain is too heavy for him to use it. Cai Yun asks the old man to give him his umbrella. He is very ill and needs to be taken to the doctor. He asks the doctor to take him to the hospital. The doctor tells him that it is only three years since Cai Yun was born and that she will be dead in three years. He tells her to swallow