Lady Yao arrives at the manor. She tells the lord that she needs to see to her daughter, who has been poisoned. The lord tells her not to worry, because he knows that her daughter would never do such a thing. He tells the lady that he must investigate further into the matter. He asks the lady to make sure that she stays safe as the Empress Dowager. He is shocked to learn that the soldiers found poison in the house of the empress. The lady tells him that she knows that she is kindhearted, and that she will not let her daughter leave. She asks the lord if they should let her go, and the lord says that they should not, because she is not the kind of person who would harm the Empress. He says that the palace is a dangerous place, and they should stay away from her. The Lady tells him to eat first, because someone has framed her. She says that it seems that the poison has been planted to frame her, but that the real culprit is the Empress, who is the only person in the palace who wants to kill her. If the Empress were found out, she would not be able to marry baoyang for three years, since she would have to wait three years to get married.