King Yuwen Yong and Xue Wu are still on his big boat as he presents her to his CGI army. The trouble with being on the Great CGI River are the CGI snakes, one of which just happens to be slithering along and bites Yong's hand. The king expects the divine sorceress to cure him. Xue Wu has no choice but to try and suck the poison out.
During all this commotion, Xiao Dong is sneaking around the boat, searching for the antidote for Chang Gong. Go, Cute Boy, go!
Chang Gong wakes up after having a dream about Xue Wu being in danger. An De explains how she left to go find the antidote in Zhou. Chang Gong tries to get up to go find her but he does that blood spitting thing Asian dramas like to do so much.
Xue Wu helps Yong back to his quarters. He reveals that the whole snake-bite thing was a set up. The snake had already been de-venomed (is that a word?) before biting the king. Yong just wanted a demonstration before the troops of the divine sorceress' powers. You're an ass, Yong.
Cute Boy is captured and brought before the king. Yong orders Xiao Dong to be executed. Xue Wu falls to her knees and begs for Cute Boy's life. Yong unbends a little and stays the execution - for now. Xiao Dong is able to whisper to Xue Wu that he wasn't able to find the antidote but he did find the poison. He surreptitiously drops the tiny packet on the floor before being hauled off.
Xue Wu makes the incredibly risky/incredibly stupid move of giving herself the poison in order to force Yong's hand. A doctor tries to give Xue Wu the antidote. She instead grabs the jar and appears to pour some of the antidote onto a handkerchief. Yong takes another jar of the antidote, puts some into his mouth and kisses Xue Wu in order to force the liquid into her mouth. Xue Wu bites Yong on the lip to break the kiss. She turns away from everyone and spits the antidote onto the same handkerchief so now the cloth is soaking wet with antidote.
Xue Wu tells the king she won't take the cure until Yong promises to release Xiao Dong. Yong reluctantly agrees and even allows Xiao Dong to visit her before he's set free. Xue Wu asks Cute Boy to give Chang Gong her handkerchief as a reminder of her. (Xiao Dong has this weird thing sticking out of the back of his wig. Hair and Makeup really needs to fix it.)
As Xiao Dong struggles to make it back to Qi he's chased by Zhou soldiers. In order to escape the mounted soldiers, Cute Boy must jump off the side of a steep cliff.
Crown Prince Gao Wei walks right into an ambush and loses most of his soldiers.
An injured Xiao Dong stumbles into the camp. Duan Shao is smart enough to figure out that Xue Wu's handkerchief is full of the antidote and they use it to cure Chang Gong. The prince wants to jump right out of bed and go rescue Xue Wu but then Chang Gong learns about the ambush. Not only that, but it turns out the Zhou, along with the Turkestan army, are twice the number the Qi were originally expecting. Xue Wu will just have to wait.
Although Gao Wei took most of his army, Chang Gong still has 500 men left under his command. Xiao Dong, quickly recovered from his injuries, offers help from the villagers. While the Zhou have superior numbers, the weather is cold and they are freezing. Xiao Dong and the peasants arrive claiming they are seeking sanctuary. The Zhou simply steal the villagers' blankets - just as planned.
Inside the city walls things are falling apart. The food is running out and Gao Wei is starting to lose it. They're hoping to be rescued by Hulu Sr., but even then he has only 20,000 troops compared to the superior numbers of the Zhou. All looks lost.
Chang Gong gives a "Tonight we dine in hell" kind of speech to his few, his happy few. They all take a drink and smash the cups on the ground. Opa!
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