Maomao does her best to navigate the complex social situations at the garden party, including meeting the other Upper First rank concubines. But once she settles down to do her work as a food-taster, she discovers a surprise in a bowl of soup.
Not having anything to do 
in this cold is quite an ordeal.
عدم القيام بأيّ شيء وسط هذا
البرد لَهو بلاء صعب
Bei dieser Kälte ist Müßiggang
nichts als Folter.
No tener nada que hacer
con este frío es un calvario.
No tener nada que hacer
con este frío es un calvario.
C’est moins une réception
qu’une mise à l’épreuve.
Restare senza far niente
in questo freddo è una vera tortura.
Não ter nada pra fazer nesse
frio é bem mortificante.
Стоять без дела в такой собачий холод —
просто пытка какая-то.