Thanks to his knowledge, Mao Mao was able to protect Lishu's reputation, convinced that his mother's ghost haunted her, and thus avoid the humiliation of the girl... From now on, a mission of the utmost importance awaits the apothecary: in the inner court, it is whispered that several concubines would be pregnant... This is the case of Gyokuyo, whom she will have to help to give birth! Indeed, the operation presents itself rather badly. In order to allow the birth of the child in the best conditions, Mao Mao appeals to his adoptive father, Luomen, who therefore returns to the court after being banished from it.