The Concubine's Blood Debt - Episode 3

Denied at the gate after failing to enter, a subordinate clashes with the Master, who scolds them for feigning injury to test loyalty. The Master warns that such softness won't survive a palace that devours the weak and insists his refusal is final. The subordinate apologizes, reveals they've waited ten years for revenge and can no longer wait, then vows to win the consort selection tomorrow. The episode ends with palace permission granted—'You may enter the palace!'—sending them into the selection where their decade-old revenge will now be tested.