In order to ingratiate himself with granny Wang, Ximen Qing helps her with her preparations for her funeral. He makes arrangements for her coffin and grave clothes. Consequently, on Ximen Qing’s request, granny Wang agrees to “ask Jinlian to sew the grave clothes” as an excuse to invite her to her tea house. Granny Wang instructs Ximen Qing about “the five conditions and the ten-step plan”.
西門慶爲了討好王婆，主動爲王婆辦後事，做壽材壽衣，因此王婆答應西門慶以“請金蓮做壽衣”爲題，將其勾誘到茶坊，王婆並教傳西門慶“五字十分光”。