At lunch, Nina skips a visit to Grandma and hears that an imperial chef has been sent to her maternal grandmother. Family members trade barbs about status—Uncle Reed controls the canals, her father is only a fourth-rank official, while a woman boasts 'I'm the Chancellor's granddaughter' and promises to use that advantage to rise and crush the Chancellor. The household erupts with sharp commands and an insistence to go see Grandma. Nina appears at the house, confronts her presence, then the episode ends with her calling 'Mom' repeatedly, the cause and consequence left unresolved.