In the winter of 1583, Katsuie is defeated by Hideyoshi after a month-long battle in Omi and flees to the Kitanosho Castle where he urges Ichi and her daughters to leave the castle in order to evade Hideyoshi's attack. Ichi, however, says that she will stay with Katsuie till the end which shocks her daughters. Later, Ishida Mitsunari, Hideyoshi's aide, gathers the three sisters as hostages to the Azuchi Castle.
天正１１年冬。近江の山岳地帯で勝家（大地康雄）と秀吉（岸谷五朗）のにらみ合いは、ひとつき余り続くが、勝機に焦る佐久間盛政（山田純大）の失態を機に、勝家は賤ケ岳の戦いに敗れ、北庄城へと敗走する。勝家は、市（鈴木保奈美）や江（上野樹里）たち三姉妹を城から逃がそうとするが、市は拒絶。母だけ城に残ると告げ、三姉妹は衝撃を受ける。やがて秀吉の家臣・石田三成（萩原聖人）が現れ、母との壮絶な別れの時を迎える。
