Maeve parades Spence’s last-minute wedding gifts—an imported lotus hairpin and promises of a grand ceremony—to humiliate Juliet. She boasts that Spence is earnest and that she’ll soon be the official wife of the heir to the Harrisons, even claiming the wedding will outshine the emperor’s celebration. Juliet, also in bridal clothes, is mocked as a laughingstock; Maeve taunts she’ll marry a fool and insists Juliet will eventually kneel to her. A servant announces a unique gold-embroidered bridal sedan; Maeve boards it, declaring, "you will kneel before me," and departs, leaving Juliet’s response unresolved.