Prince of An De releases the villagers and takes Xue Wu to go get cleaned up and changed before being taken to see Chang Gong. While An De had told her and the villagers that Chang Gong is fine and his wound was minor, Xue Wu can see that he's really in bad shape. Chang Gong doesn't want the truth to get out and affect his men's morale. Since this is a poison created by the Zhou, the Qi doctors don't know how to cure it. Everyone (except hot-headed Shi Shen) turns to the divine sorceress for help.
Meanwhile on the Great CGI River in China, Queen Axina arrives at the boat where her husband, King Yuwen Yong, is resting. This gives Axina the chance to tell the audience the back story of Zhou and how Yong's two older brothers had once been king but Yuwen Hu disposed of them. All this exposition awakens Yong.
General Yuwen Shen Ju reports how everything appears to be going on as normal in Chang Gong's camp. Yong isn't fooled. He knows Chang Gong is just keeping up appearances. With his greatest enemy down for the count, Yong feels now is the time for Zhou to attack Luo Yang and its capital, Ye City.
Despite being ill, Chang Gong gamely puts on a brave face to lead his troops back to defend Luo Yang. Things aren't made any easier when the crown Prince Gao Wei (played by Zhai Tian Lin) and his entourage drops in for a visit. Xue Wu remembers Granny mentioning Gao Wei when she was fortune telling for Yang Jian. (Whatever happened to that dude anyway?) Chang Gong explains to Xue Wu that Gao Wei is a good man but is under the influence of the toothy royal astrologer, Zu Ting.
Gao Wei (and Zu Ting) have heard about Lan Ling's injury and have come up with the great idea of Chang Gong turning over his troops to the crown prince. Our gang doesn't like this idea at all but see no way out of it for now. Reluctantly Chang Gong turns over his seal of authority to his brother. All this stress and turmoil makes Chang Gong even sicker. The camp doctor predicts Chang Gong has only days to live.
Xue Wu asks Xiao Dong to help her sneak into Zhou state so she can find the antidote to the poison. Turns out it's not hard at all. I should have mentioned before that right as Yuwen Yong was about to ride off last episode he slipped something into Xue Wu's hand. Some kind of pendant or something. Using this pendant opens the doors (well, gangways) to Yong's big boat.
Yong has Xue Wu all spruced up before her grand entrance. He knows she's here for the antidote. Xue Wu attempts to appeal to his "Weirdo" side, reminding him of what a good and helpful man he was back at Beggars Village. Yong is having none of that. Not only is he not going to give Xue Wu the antidote, Yong is keeping her, to make her Zhou state's official divine sorceress.
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