The episode opens as Princess Zora is brought before the king, who announces he has arranged her marriage to the Imperial Regent as a reward for her service, preventing a woman from ruling. The courtiers praise the match, but a voice mocks that a eunuch cannot give her children. The king orders the wedding to proceed immediately. As guards move to enforce it, Zora interrupts, declaring it is her wedding and that she has brought gifts for everyone, stalling the forced ceremony and seizing a moment of control.