At that time, an officer named Yang was dismissed from office in the capital. Ch'en Hung, who was connected with Yang, was afraid that his family would be involved in the trouble, so he told his son Ch'en Chin-chi and his wife, Hsi-men Ch'ing's daughter, go to live at Hsi-men's house. Ch'en was also a lascivious man, and soon he began sleeping with P'an Chin-lien and Ch'un-mei.