Past events are shown: The journey to Kōringun, the operation on the sick villagers, successful entry to the hideout of the Jasenkyo and the capture of its members, and Eigetsu coming back from the dead. Ryūki wonders whether his decision to have Shūrei unemployed would cause her to slap him.
劉輝看到秀麗平安回到貴陽後，感到相當開心。雖說劉輝是為了平息周圍對於秀麗的不滿，才剝奪了拯救茶州人民的秀麗之官位，派她去當沒有任何職務的冗官，但劉輝仍很在意秀麗的想法。此時，劉輝收到了秀麗提出的茶州事件報告。
