While Gou is deeply saddened by Hideyoshi's death, a rumor spreads that Mitsunari is plotting to kill Ieyasu. Ieyasu orders Hidetada and Gou to immediately flee to Edo. Gou says goodbye to people around her and heads for Edo where she meets Hidetada's foster mother, Oba no Tsubone, who persistently tells Gou to bear an heir to the Tokugawa family.
