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.
The rumor is that the brother is 
too sick to leave his house.
تُفيد الإشاعة بأنَّ الأخَ مريضٌ جدّاً
ولا يستطيع مُغادرة بيته
Der kaiserliche Bruder
Cuentan los rumores
Cuentan los rumores
Le cadet serait
de constitution fragile
Il principe è molto cagionevole di salute
Dizem que o mais novo tem a saúde
tão frágil que não pode sair do quarto.
Но, если верить слухам, он слишком
слаб и вообще не покидает своих покоев.