Han Sang Gong and Jang-Geum share a tender moment just before they’re released. The prison guard arrives telling them to step outside.
The herbal general tells Choi Pan Sul that since the King is still unconscious, it seems that the herbal leader talked to the Queen who looks favorably upon Han and Jang-Geum. Choi Pan Sul asks Choi Sang Gong what they should do but Geum-Young opens her mouth with a suggestion.
Still in their white jail gown, Han and Jang-Geum are taken to the kitchen and presented with quam-qua, chicken, ginseng and ginger. Right Prime Minister Oh orders them to cook the dish they cooked for the King so they can ask people to taste the result and see what reactions they will yield. Young-Roh tricks the servant Hong-Ee to eat candied figs.