Yanxing's Ascending Path of Revenge - Episode 3

At a palace hearing Consort Ning insists she acted for the emperor's health and that the infected killed themselves, while Yanxing Shen demands justice for 38 slain family members. The emperor, told Consort Ning is ill, shuts down the case and orders Yanxing discharged and expelled. Sent away and mocked as a pawn who cannot be a consort, Yanxing is humiliated. With courts refusing redress, she vows to learn court arts—dancing, treachery, attraction—and rise to the top to stand on her family's murderer. The episode closes with Yanxing exiled but determined to carry out her vow.