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4. As the two young people are having amorous conversation, Ci Yung’s father appears and he is
happy to see a handsome and talented scholar. He soon allows the two to get married.
5. In the busy process of preparing for the wedding, Ga Ying Zhong, the nephew of Ga Zi Do
comes to the Lo family with jewelry for proposing to Ci Yung as concubine of Ga Zi Do. Lo
Tong tells the high official’s nephew that his daughter is to accompany him until life ends. His
daughter has no desire to get married. Ci Yung asserts that she is in bad health and is lucky to be
alive; nevertheless, she is not a person to bring good fortune to a family. Ga Ying Zhong ignores
their plea. He leaves the jewelry and departs. As Ga Ying Zhong is leaving, he encounters Fai
Yu and had a glimpse of Fai Yu.
Act III. A Pretencious Mad Scene
1. Returning to the home of the high officer, servant Ga Leung Yee reports to Ga Zi Do that Lo
Ci Yung had behaved like a mad person. The servant therefore fails to bring Ci Yung back on a
sedan. Ga Zi Do is disappointed to hear the message. Ying Zhong, however, thinks that Ci
Yung’s behavior is feigned. Ying Zhong orders the servant to go back to Silk Valley and bring
back in Ci Yung so that Ci Yung’s mental problem can be observed for possible feigning.
2. Fai Yu arrived at Ga’s mansion expressing his reason for not visiting earlier—that his elder
brother had failed the court exam and committed suicide; therefore, Fai Yu had to wait until the
mourning period of three months expired. Fai Yu also tells Ga that his brother was disappointed
drank a lot, and in Cheung An, his brother met a mad girl who had been sick and she transmitted
the disease to the brother. Soon after returning home, the brother became mad and plunged to
his death from a cliff. Knowing that Fai Yu is a talented scholar, Zi Do invites Fai Yu to stay at
his residence for a few days.
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