Ying Luo explains the situation to the Empress. She says that she uses berries to add colour to her face. Ying Luo thinks that Noble Consort Gao and Lady Shu planned the death to put the blame on her. She says that the two witnesses didn't seem to be worried about the one that died and they should know the palace well enough to not accidentally fall. The Empress gets angry and leaves Ying Luo and Ming Yu. Ying Luo wonders if she did something wrong.
At Noble Consort Gao's palace, the servants are taking down her stage and burning all her dance costumes. She is super sad to see this happening and begs the Empress Dowager's maid to not burn her favourite costume. She says that she would just keep it for memory sake and won't ever dance again. She refuses and throws it in the fire.
Ying Luo and Ming Yu are outside the Empress' palace. Qing Er comes out and tells them that she's not eating. They all don't know why she's mad.
Lady Shu goes to Noble Consort Gao's palace and begs Noble Consort Gao for forgiveness. She kneels down in front of her place.
Ying Luo tries to cheer up the Empress by pretending to pray to her as if she's a god. She laughs and asks Ming Yu and Qing Er to join them. She tells them that she's angry at herself. She says that she was in the wrong. She shouldn't have danced that day since it's frown upon. She's the Empress and she has many responsibilities. She has to set an example for all the ladies in the court and there are things that she shouldn't have done. She tells them that the Empress Dowager probably knows the truth but didn't reveal it to give her face... But it also serves as a warning to her.
That night, she sleeps and remembers the past when she just became the Empress. She loves the Emperor and wanted to hold his hand, only to be reprimanded by the maid. She lets go and just walks behind the Emperor. She tears up to the memory.
The next day, Lady Shu is still kneeling down in front of Noble Consort Gao. She tells her that she doesn't need her since she failed twice and doesn't want to see her after what she's done. Lady Shu convinces her that she has another plan.
They capture Auntie Zhang and threatens to harm her brother's child if she doesn't tell them everything about Ying Luo. They already knew about Ying Luo's sister and where her nephew lives.
The next day, Ying Luo goes to the Embroidery and looks for Auntie Zhang. She wasn't there, but when she was about to leave, Ying Luo bumps into Auntie Zhang. She said that she was recovering. She seemed pretty distant and Ying Luo picks up on it, asking if there was something wrong. Auntie Zhang denies it.
When she was walking back, Noble Consort Gao's maid meets her and asks if she wants to know the truth about her sister's death. She tells her to meet at Noble Consort Gao's palace alone. She goes and greets Noble Consort Gao and Lady Shu that night. They bring in a Eunuch that witness a man taking advantage of her sister the night she died. He said that it was Fu Heng. Ying Luo laughs and says that she knows that they are lying. The Eunuch then takes out Fu Heng's belt, saying that it was found in the scene. Ying Luo asks them what they want her to do. They give her poison and tells her to poison Fu Heng and the Empress. She takes it.
The next day, Fu Heng comes to visit the Empress and Ying Luo goes and tells Jing Ju to prepare tea for them. When Jing Ju left, Ying Luo takes a cup. Lady Chun comes to visit the Empress as well, but after knowing that Fu Heng was there, she decides to come back later. Ying Luo serves the tea to Fu Heng and the Empress. The Empress tells Ying Luo to bring her her fan. Fu Heng gives a pendant to the Empress. Ying Luo comes back with the fan just when Fu Heng was about to sip his tea. Lady Chun then comes in, and knock the cup off his hands. She says that Ying Luo smells like Noble Consort Gao's perfume, meaning that she went to her palace and stayed for a long time. She demands to know why Ying Luo went there. Fu Heng asks her if she wanted to kill him.
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