The fourth brother faints, and the steward tells him that the medicine was indeed the one given by the emperor. The fourth tries to get the steward to tell him the truth, but the steward insists that it was the emperor's medicine. The steward tells the fourth that he has been tasked with preparing a banquet for the western envoy, and that he is about to die if he does not prepare the banquet in time. When the fourth brother sees that the complexion of his sister is looking good, he asks the steward why he did not tell him what he used to exchange the antidote for the prince's life.