Bong Hwan's life as So Yong, the Queen, begins in earnest. The rigidity of the palace wears Bong Hwan out, but he runs into the woman of his dreams. The problem is that she is Jo Hwa Jin, the woman King Cheoljong is in love with.
Cheoljong grows suspicious of So Yong. Meanwhile, So Yong misses modern food and decides to make it herself in the royal kitchen. She decides that she must win over the Grand Queen Dowager's heart with food.
So Yong gets furious as she realizes who is trying to kill her. Cheoljong assumes So Yong is planning revenge over him as Oh Wol, the court maid of Hwa Jin, goes missing after that.
So Yong admits a secret which saves Concubine Jo Hwa Jin and the King's lives, but which puts her at odds with Queen Sunwon and Kim Jwa Geun. Meanwhile, the King regrets how he treated the queen and decides to trust her for the time being.
Cheoljong foils Bong Hwan's attempt to return to the present era by pulling So Yong out of the lake. The Poongyang Jo family files a petition to depose the queen for being of an unsound mind. But Cheoljong speaks in her favor.