At a palace gathering Yanxing loudly recounts childhood military feats — leading troops, beheading an enemy, rising to general — provoking a noble lady who orders her to kneel and serve drinks and warns she could die for insolence. Yanxing snaps back, insults her, and Nanny Jiang ejects her. Court ladies murmur; one tells others to borrow something from a guard. The noble lady brands Yanxing reckless and declares she will get rid of her by winning Noble Consort Ning's support. The episode closes with Yanxing expelled and a plotted, looming bid to remove her.