Xiao Lian heeds my advice and tries to run away from that crazy Zheng Er. Argh! Just because you're locked in doesn't mean you can't fight back! You're about the same age and height as Zheng Er. You can take her on. She's just armed with a cup of poison. Pick up a candelabrum and bash her upside the head.
Alright, fine. Let her force the poison down your throat. You deserve to die. Idiot.
Zheng Er now assumes the identity of the dead Xiao Lian, but I'm still going to refer to her as Zheng Er. A simple name change is all it takes for Gao Wei to bestow the coveted title of Imperial Concubine on her.
Xue Wu receives a letter from the palace inviting her to come meet the newest concubine. She's not been feeling well and is hoping for a diagnosis from the divine sorceress. When Xue Wu is presented, the concubine is resting behind a curtain. Xue Wu thinks she recognizes the voice but then dismisses it.
She reads the concubine's pulse and diagnosis the young woman to be filled with pent-up emotions. The diagnosis: take a load off your chest and air out your feelings. Meanwhile outside, Zheng Er's evil maid plants a golden bracelet on an unsuspecting Xiao Cui. The maid then comes running into her mistress's rooms to announce the bracelet, a gift from the emperor, is missing.
Xiao Cui is brought in. To prove her innocence, she allows Xue Wu and the evil maid to search her. It's Xue Wu who stumbles upon the gold bracelet in Xiao Cui's voluminous sleeve. The punishment for theft in the palace is a flogging and having all your fingers cut off. Xue Wu pleads and pleads for her maid, even offering herself up for punishment as well.
The women are stunned when the concubine parts the curtains to reveal she's Zheng Er. She assures Xue Wu that she has no intention of punishing Xiao Cui and dismisses the pair. They make it back home alive where Xue Wu informs Chang Gong and An De about the new concubine. Chang Gong thinks he should say something to the emperor about Zheng Er not being proper Imperial Concubine material.
Chang Gong meets with Gao Wei the next day and tells about Zheng Er's true part in the bandit fiasco. She's a very kinky girl. The kind you don't take home to mother. The emperor acts like he is seriously considering Lan Ling's advice. We see Gao Wei go to Zheng Er's apartments to tell her he's not going to give her the title of Imperial Concubine.
That's because he's waiting to drop the bomb at the next session of court. Gao Wei announces that thanks to Chang Gong's sage advice he's decided not to make Zheng Er his concubine.
Instead, he's going to make her his empress.
Chang Gong's face says it all:
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