HO asks YIN about PIK’s malevolent plot against LING. YIN admits that PIK had an intention to cast a spell on LING but was stopped before she could start. HO puts LING to the test and finally finds out the truth. As she is about to notify CHENG, LING starts to throw up blood. All members of the Imperial Household Bureau are busy preparing for the welcome party for Prince DUOJI of the Tibetan Empire. WAN has some good suggestions regarding the welcome party, which have earned her recognition and critical acclaim. HA is so jealous of WAN that she decides to create trouble for her. CHI, HA, WAN and HO arrive at the Department of Furnishings and witness SHUN holding an axe and the broken neck of a bronze crane, which is a present for DUOJI. HO believes that the bronze crane is not damaged by SHUN but by someone else. Despite her reasonable argument, CHI decides to put SHUN in jail.… ...