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.
Back then, Concubine Ah-Duo 
was thirty years old,
،آنذاك، كانت المَحظيّة آدو في الثّلاثين من العمر
Die Anmutige Ihre Hoheit Aduo
war damals dreißig Jahre alt,
La concubina Ah-Duo tenía treinta años
La concubina Ah-Duo tenía treinta años
Si je ne m’emmêle pas les pinceaux,
dame Aduo avait 30 ans,
All'epoca la Pura consorte Aduo aveva trent'anni
Na época, a concubina
Ah-Duo tinha trinta anos,
Госпожа Адо тогда только
разменяла четвёртый десяток,