Juliet Jenner's engagement unravels when Spence returns the token and agrees to break their match, declaring he only loves Maeve. Maeve offers to be his concubine for both women's sake; Spence even suggests Juliet could become his concubine if no one else marries her. Juliet's mother angrily blames Maeve and warns the broken engagement will ruin Juliet's reputation, while relatives promise to care for her. The episode's key turn arrives when an imperial edict proclaims Juliet the noble consort and schedules a wedding at Serenity Sanctum in a month, leaving everyone stunned and the situation unresolved.