Doctor Jung holds a meeting to tell the cooks and the medicine ladies what to do. Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi stand and watch. Geum-Young attends as soo-rak-gan’s head escort (she now took Lady Han’s old job). Choi Sang Gong now took the job of the Jae-Jo Sang Gong is not present for the meeting because she was busy at the moment.
When Geum-Young discovers Jang-Geum’s presence she is shocked but remains silent. Jang-Geum acts surprised and speechless. Doctor Jung gives his orders and the meeting ends. Geum-Young stares at Jang-Geum as she exits but says nothng. Left alone in the meeting room, Jang-Geum gathers her thoughts for a moment before leaving. Then as she is behind Geum-Young, Geum-Young turns around and tries to ask Jang-Geum something but seeing that others are watching, Jang-Geum leaves first.
The lady queen’s condition suddently worsens. Jang-Geum tries to stay calm and keep the lady conscious while the other medicine lady fetches Doctor Jung. Lady Choi arrives and is startled by Jang-Geum’s presence, then asks Jang-Geum how she is here. Jang-Geum tries to stay calm and talks business. Lady Choi keeps getting distracted and asks Jang-Geum how she got here. Jang-Geum tells Lady Choi to update the King on the queen’s condition. Lady Choi asks the King to comfort the lady queen, who is miscarriage.
Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi go back to nae-ee-ohn (internal medicine house). The head medicine lady praises Jang-Geum for staying calm. Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi are ordered by Doctor Jung to make medicine stew for the lady Queen. A servant from soo-rak-gan (royal kitchen) arrives to tell Jang-Geum the kitchen head (Geum-Young) has asked to see her. The servant recognizes Jang-Geum and the two greet each other.
Jang-Geum arrives at soo-rak-gan and memories of Lady Han appear. Geum-Young asks Jang-Geum if she’s really Jang-Geum. Jang-Geum talks up to her and states yes, and gives Geum-Young her belated congratulations for the promotion, and wonders what sacrifices Geum-Young made to get to her current position. Geum-Young says Jang-Geum cannot stay here in the palace, but Jang-Geum leaves. Outside, Lady Choi awaits her and asks her how she got from Jeju Island to the palace. Jang-Geum greets her and says she must go since the lady queen is still ill. As she leaves, Young-Roh (who is now a sang-goong or escort) arrives and is also surprised by Jang-Geum’s reappearance at the palace.
Back at the kitchen Lady Choi wonders about the life of Jang-Geum and her mother. One ate poision but reappeared years later. One was sent to Jeju Island as servant but reappears as a medicine woman.
Jang-Geum tries to find whereabouts of Yun-Saeng and Lady Min. A maid tells Jang-Geum where Lady Min is. Jang-Geum arrives just as Chan-Ee and Lady Min argue about who should be the one to examine the lady’s poop to see if it’s normal. Chan-Ee, Lady Min and Jang-Geum share a tearful reunion. Lady Min and Chan-Ee update Jang-Geum on what’s been happening in the palace, including how Lady Choi and Geum-Young got rid of all the people who used to be loyal to Lady Han. Lady Min and Chan-Ee were sent to an undesirable department. While Yun-Saeng spends her days as a has-been concubine, since the king no longer favors her. Jang-Geum is taken to see Yun-Saeng, who is praying. Lady Min tells Jang-Geum Yun-Saeng is praying for Jang-Geum. Jang-Geum calls Yun-Saeng and the two are rejoined in tears.
Yun-Saeng tries to host Jang-Geum but the maids are relunctant to follow her request for food. Jang-Geum watches and cries. Yun-Saeng tells Jang-Geum they must seek revenge against Lady Choi and Geum-Young.
Lady Choi tells her brother Choi Pan Sul about Jang-Geum.
In the King’s court, Right Prime Minister Oh tries to block Min Jung-Ho’s superior from bringing into the palace the retired generals that Min Jung-Ho has been recruiting. The king leans on Min Jung-Ho’s side and tells Oh not to get involved. Outside, Min’s superior tells Min Jung-Ho things went well. Min Jung-Ho meets with Jang-Geum who tells him she already met Lady Choi and Geum Young.
Jang-Geum meets her medicine lecturer again during a meeting. Afterwards Jang-Geum watches as Lady Choi whispers something to a medicine doctor. Jang-Geum goes to see Min Jung-Ho. Min Jung-Ho and his superior set up a meeting with Oh and Choi Pan Sul, and another officer. Min Jung-Ho warns Oh and Choi Pan Sul that if they want to fight then he’s prepared to fight with his life. Choi Pan Sul tells his sister that Oh is wondering if it’s time to fight.
Geum-Young and Min Jung-Ho meet. Min tells Geum-Young he wishes no harm on her and states he wishes he didn’t have to be this extreme.
Jang-Geum massages the young court ladies. Geum-Young arrives and demands a foot massage from Jang-Geum. Jang-Geum pauses and Geum-Young ridicules her saying she is a maid and must follow her orders. Jang-Geum swallows up her pride and massages Geum-Young with a very professional attitude.
Lady Choi tells the doctor from nae-ee-ohn who Jang Geum is. The head master assigns a medicine scholar to teach Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi how to perform a different kind of needle treatment.
Nae-ee-ohn’s best medicine lady examines the lady queen again, with Doctor Jung behind the curtain for assistance. Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi assist the head medicine lady by her side. The medicine lady and Doctor Jung leave, with Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi watching the lady queen. Later, the head of nae-ee-ohn is angry that Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi haven’t returned to the department. Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi are making some medicine without permission.
The head master is angry and yells at Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi. the medicine scholar arrives and tells the head master he was looking for them too. Then, they get the news that the lady queen is unconscous. The head master sends Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi to the study while the rest of the medical staff go and tend to the lady queen. At the study, Jang-Geum asks Shin-Bi if she notices something strange about the queen and the head medicine lady’s diagnose. Just then, the head medicine lady arrives asking if Jang-Geum is accusing her of mis-treating the lady queen.