Although the wedding ceremony of Iemochi and Kazunomiya ended successfully, the tension between the Imperial Court remained. Tenshoin is concerned over Iemochi and Kazunomiya's wedding night and she finds out Kazunomiya had refused him and that she might be secretly carrying a dagger. Tenshoin loses her patience at Kazunomiya's silence over the incident. In Satuma, Saigo tries to keep Hisamitsu from vising Kyoto in an attempt to influence the Imperial Court for reforming the shogunate.
