Yoshiro Usuba tells Miyo about how her mother came to marry her father — and why she made a decision that changed her only daughter’s life forever.

Miyo wakes up to her sister and stepmother threatening her. Together with Koji, Kiyoka arrives at the Saimori home and demands to see his fiancée.

To surprise Kiyoka with a handmade gift, Miyo goes into town to shop for some material. Meanwhile, Kiyoka pays Miyo’s parents a visit.

Maomao confronts Fengming about the dark secret she’s been hiding from her noble Lady Ah-Duo.

A tea party hosted by Lady Gyokuyou puts the politics of the rear palace at the forefront, and Maomao learns something new about Lady Lishu. His true intentions unclear, Jinshi…