King En, Enki and Rakushun stop by the palace to see Youko. They assure her she's doing a good job. Later Youko meets with her decision staff. They debate a conspiracy that is going on withint the kingdoms. Afterwords Youko changes to go speak with King En. He discusses with her about how she needs to find aids she can count on. Elsewhere Rakushun and Enki talk about how Youko seems to be a little depressed. Youko tells King En that people bowing to her just doesn't seem right. King En reassures her that its the only way. Keiki interupts and escorts Youko to her next duty. Back to Suzu's story, Riyou returns home and tells Suzu how she met queen Kei and how she came from Japan aswell. This catches Suzu's attention. She now has a plan to escape Riyou and go see queen Kei. At the same time Shoukei is being yelled at by her adopted grandmother. Her name is Gobo and she finds out that Shoukei is the king's daughter. The king killed her son and now she is very angry with Shoukei. She claims