The competition for the royal portrait begins, and King Jeongjo gives a topic different from the one already given. Hong Do, having dropped his glasses while bickering with Lee Myeong Ki, tries to pick them up, but Lee Myeong Ki steps on them and breaks the lenses, which are now useless. Hong Do, without his glasses, cannot see the drawn lines, and in the end, instructs Yoon Bok to paint.

Kim Jo Nyeon says if someone doesn't properly handle the precious colouring powder and ruins it, the colouring process may not proceed and the painters cannot complete the royal portrait. Jang Byeok Su's face brightens on hearing this. Young Bok, enduring the danger of breathing toxic gas for Yoon Bok's sake, makes colouring powder. Watching this, a disgruntled worker asks why Young Bok isn't doing wood painting and assigns him the work that has gotten behind.

Seeing the ruined colouring powder, Hong Do breaks the rule, which restricts leaving the palace during the painting of the royal portrait, and goes outside to retrieve the colouring powder.