Yoshitsune returns to Kyoto and is praised by the ex-emperor Goshirakawa for his achievements at Dannoura. In Kamakura, Yoritomo and his retainers also appreciate Yoshitsune’s accomplishment. However, they bring it into question that Yoshitsune received an official rank from the ex-emperor Goshirakawa the previous year without Yoritomo’s approval. To examine Yoshitsune’s intention, Yoritomo gives him the role to render punishment to the warriors who are to be punished for accepting official ranks without approval. Yoritomo excludes Yoshitsune from the subjects for punishment in the hope that Yoshitsune would notice that he should give up the official rank spontaneously. However, Yoshitsune misunderstands Yoritomo’s intention. Furthermore, Yoritomo hears that Yoshitsune has given back the sacred imperial treasures to the ex-emperor Goshirakawa at the ex-emperor’s request. Furious to hear the news, since he has intended to gain the same power as the imperial court on the strength of having the treasures, Yoritomo writes Noriyori and Kagetoki in Kyoto not to obey Yoshitsune. Yoshitsune is perplexed being unable to understand why Yoritomo is enraged. One day, Yoshitsune visits Tokuko to find out the truth about his concern since the battle at Dannoura.
壇ノ浦での功績を後白河法皇（平幹二朗）から褒められ、喜ぶ義経（滝沢秀明）。しかし鎌倉では、義経の功績を評価する一方、その前年、頼朝（中井貴一）の許可なく官位を受けたことが問題視されていた。その後、頼朝は、義経が朝廷に神器を返還したことを知って激怒する。兄の怒りが理解できずに悩む義経だったが、そんな折、壇ノ浦の合戦以来気がかりなあることを確かめるべく、徳子（中越典子）のもとを訪れる。
