Although Masaoka is worried that they may be poisoned, she cannot intervene, out of regard for the Kanrei family, and then Senmatsu rushes into the scene, grabs and eats the sweets, and suffers from the poison.
毒入りを危惧した政岡だったが、管領家の手前制止しきれず苦慮していたところ、駆け込んで来た千松が菓子を手づかみで食べ、毒にあたって苦しむ。