Hoon decides to allow Gae Ttong to join Flower Crew as a three-month apprentice. Meanwhile, Flower Crew is going through a dry spell of clients after what happened with Gae Ttong's wedding. They finally get a request from the first-place winner of the temporary civil service exam, Lee Hyung Gyu, but Hoon gets the feeling that the young scholar is hiding something.

Hoon is blindfolded and taken to the palace where he meets Soo, who is now the king. Soo asks Hoon to take care of Gae Ttong for him until he gains enough power to bring her to the palace. Meanwhile, Flower Crew needs someone to pretend to be a noble lady, as part of a scheme to make Scholar Lee's marriage with Lady Choi work out. Gae Ttong volunteers herself for the role.