Shin tells Chaegyeong that he is going to withdraw from being Crown Prince, and she starts to feel frustrated because she does not know his true feelings. Chaegyeong tries her best to get closer to him but the more she tries the more frustrated and angrier she gets through finding traces of Hyorin. Eventually she gets into a fight with Shin and breaks into tears. In the palace, the plans for the restoration of Yool’s power are in their final stages and Lady Hwayoung and Yool get ready to move back into the palace. The entrance of a new power figure starts to create a division between people of the court over whom they are going to be loyal to, and Empress Min and Lady Hwayoung are busy keeping each other in check. Empress Dowager Park, who has the final power in deciding whether or not the powers get restored to Lady Hwayoung and Yool, doesn’t know whether giving them the power is the right thing to do or not. Yool and Shin bump into each other in the palace and start a nerve war.
