After the maid reviews what she saw, the Queen Mother and the West faction’s leader hatch a plan to provide down Lady Jang. The Queen Mother and the chief of the Westerners set into movement their approach of bringing down Lady Jang (and with her, the Southerners). To test if Dong Yi can be trusted, the attendant endorses her to Lady Jang’s mother. Dong Yi pleads with Lady Jung of the Office of Investigations that Lady Jang is harmless.