The mother queen is not able to receive treatment for her ongoing illness. The nae-ee-ohn staff discuss what to do with her. Then the mother queen lost consciousness. Doctor Shin, Yuh-Ri, Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi examine her. They determine she has breath disabling disease.
The medical staff cook the herb medicine for her but she vomits it out. Doctor Shin suggests to Doctor Jung to meet with soo-rak-gan staff to discuss the mother queen’s diet. Doctor Jung tells Geum-Young to avoid beef, pork and prepare barley and vegetables for the queen mother. Geum-Young complains that the mother queen hates vegetables and may refuse to eat but adheres to Jung’s request.
Jang-Geum looks around the ingredients at soo-rak-gan making Geum-Young uneasy. Then Jang-Geum asks Geum-Young for the past menu used to the mother queen. The mother queen takes a bite of the barley with vegetable meal Geum-Young prepared but refuses to eat more.