CHUN agrees to take HIN in. HIN does not know until then that YUNG is CHUN’s wife. Feeling depressed, he takes to drinking to forget his sorrows. He finds it embarrassing to see CHUN now. CHING gives him a few words of consolation. HA is sick. KWO takes good care of him. HIN learns, much to his astonishment, that CHING loves CHUN. CHUN knows that the pills of immortality are harmful to one’s health. He is determined to collect evidence to prove this so as to stop SUNG from continuing his evil deeds. HIN can understand how it feels to fall in love with someone who does not love you and sympathies with CHING. KWO likes YAT and treats HA as his own son. The emperor feels great after taking the pills of immortality and supports SUNG in his work. SUNG knows very well himself that the pills may cause poisoning, but with a view to gaining control over the emperor as well as the country he will not give it up……