As the arch is finished, Mrs. Tung has lost everything. Her mother-in-law has died, and her daughter and Lieutenant Yang have married and moved away. Even her manservant Chang can't stand her loneliness and pain (nor his own feelings for her) and leaves in low spirits.
當貞節牌坊落成後，董夫人可以說是失去了一切，她的婆婆死了、女兒和楊尉官結婚離去，連她的僕人張二叔也不能承擔她的寂寞和痛苦（或者是對她的愛慕），黯然而去。