SUNG accuses CHUN of treating the empress in private. Fortunately, the empress arrives in time to save him. YUNG can see that CHING and HIN get along very well with each other. She therefore encourages CHING to go out with HIN but CHING rejects her suggestion. CHUN feels uneasy when he learns that YUNG wants to pair up CHING and HIN. YAT wants to buy a new house so that her mother-in-law could come to the capital and live with her but she cannot afford one. KWO offers to give her some help. A local grocery is purchasing a vast amount of mineral from the villagers. In order to earn more money, KWO works as mineworker. SUNG is in fact the boss behind the scene. He set up the grocery to look for a subject to try out his pills. CHUN finds out that CHIT uses mineral in the production of the pills. He tries very hard to find a way to stop CHIT, fearing that the emperor will be poisoned. YUNG is busy pairing up CHING and HIN……