TIN-BO rescues SIU-YU from the bathhouse and he finally discovers her secret. He worries that SIU-YU will be punished for cheating and he urges her to leave the palace but SIU-YU reveals that she has fallen in love with him. MO-SUET is poisoned and YINZHEN punishes RUOBI. TIN-BO begs YINZHEN to forgive RUOBI. YINSI discovers that YINZHEN is not getting along well with GENGYAO. He asks GENGYAO's subordinate to attack MO-SUET. YINZHEN blames GENGYAO angrily and he sends him to jail. The Japan chef is coming back to challenge SIU-YU but SIU-YU refuses to fight with him. In order to maintain the country's reputation, YINZHEN asks TIN-BO to fight with him. They agree to compete on their knife skills by cutting balloonfish. TIN-BO is poisoned when practicing his knife skills with balloonfish. On the contest day, SIU-YU stuns TIN-BO and replaces him to join the contest.… ...