Lin Wei is prepared in the recovery chamber before the tea audience.

Physician Han gives Lin Wei the practical rules for surviving without speaking.

Lin Wei opens the memory-imprint to prepare for the consorts.

The Lotus Reflection Pavilion and the three consorts are introduced.

Lin Wei enters the pavilion and the consorts greet the Crown Princess.

Lin Wei establishes the no-speaking excuse.

Lin Wei uses Yu Yan's memory to flatter Rui with the correct sweet.

Lin Wei answers Rui's etiquette trap correctly.

Consort Lian prepares a subtler test involving mourning etiquette.

Lian tests Lin Wei with a veiled reference to a dead maid.

The Ledger helps Lin Wei find the correct mourning phrase.

Lin Wei refuses to give Min a spoken opening.

Rui makes a joke about Southern thieves, provoking Lin Wei.

Lin Wei accidentally coughs with her original low Southern sound.

Lin Wei covers the cough with the injury story while Min silently confirms what she heard.

Lin Wei shifts strategy, writing less and using authority more.

Rui and Lian accept the performance and prepare to leave.

Consort Min hides a sealed note beneath her tea cup before leaving.

Lin Wei reads Min's note after the consorts leave.

Lin Wei weighs running and killing Min, then rejects both.

Lin Wei writes her reply and sends it through a maid.

The Ledger records Min's favor as a new debt beside the countdown.