Gou urges Rikyu to ask for Hideyoshi's pardon, but Rikyu, accepting his fate, commits seppuku. Hidekatsu holds Gou, who collapses into tears, tight in his arms to comfort her. After Rikyu's death, Tsurumaru dies of illness at the age of three which devastates Hideyoshi and Yodo. Grieving Hideyoshi orders feudal lords across the country to send their troops to Korea, and succeeds his title, Emperor's chief advisor, onto his nephew and adopted son, Hidetsugu. Hideyoshi also arranges a marriage between Gou and Hidekatsu.
江（上野樹里）は、切腹の命が下った利休（石坂浩二）に秀吉（岸谷五朗）に謝ってほしいと懇願するが、嵐の中、利休は最期を迎える。その悲報に涙する江を秀勝（ＡＫＩＲＡ）は強く抱きしめた。利休の死後、さらなる不幸が起こる。秀吉と淀（宮沢りえ）の子・鶴松が３歳にして病死。悲しみにくれる秀吉と淀。秀吉は朝鮮出兵の命を下し、関白の座を甥・秀次（北村有起哉）に譲る。そんな中、突如、江と秀勝に縁談が持ち上がる。
