Suzu dreams of meeting Yoko and returning home.  Uikyou, one of Yoko's officials, invites her to dinner saying that her cook has mastered some of the Japanese dishes.  Yoko is told by another official about problems in the kingdom and she leaves it up to him to make the decision.  Keiki scolds her for this and she gets mad.  Meanwhile, Shoukei's secret gets out to the orphanage and everyone if enraged and wants her dead.  The owner warns them that the Ruler of Kei has wanted her spared and, sure enough, he shows up to take to away - into exile from the kingdom this time and into Kyou.  While dining with Uikyou, troops storm in and accuse her of attempting to assassinate Yoko.  The plot is apparently true and, when Uikyou pulls a dagger on Toko, she is shot to death with arrows.