King Yuwen Yung is back on his big-ass CGI boat. Shen Ju, the man who knows everything, is there to inform the king about the Prince of Lan Ling's death. Yung is more concerned about the whereabouts of Xue Wu. A weak Xiao Dong is brought before the king. Cute Boy is here to personally deliver a letter written by Chang Gong to Yung. The prince knew Yung to be the only man strong enough to be able to protect Xue Wu from Gao Wei and especially Zheng Er. He therefore officially gives over his wife to the king's protection. Yung is truly sadden by his rival's death.
Xiao Dong begs Yung to find and save Xue Wu. They were separated in the valley near the border. Yung plans to take a small contingent into Qi territory to search for the divine sorceress.
Xue Wu awakens in the peasant's hovel to learn about Chang Gong's death and her own pregnancy.
Gao Wei's guilt drives him to drink. Zheng Er sneaks out of the palace for a mysterious reason.
The people are turning Lan Ling Manor into a shrine of sorts. Gao Wei realizes that killing Chang Gong didn't make anything better for him. In fact, things are worse.
With a baby now to think about, Xue Wu pulls herself together. She starts by inventing sulfur matches. (Which, according to Wikipedia, may actually have come from this time period and place.) She asks A-wen, the peasant guy who saved her from the river, to find the prince's tomb. Even though she knows it would be dangerous, Xue Wu wants to go pay her final respects to her husband.
Suddenly soldiers show up and Xue Wu must hide. The soldiers are here to gangpress A-wen into working on that damn Celestial Garden the emperor is building. A-wen begs to be spared as he's the only son left to take care of his elderly mother. The crooked captain says he just might spare A-wen, for a price. Overhearing all this, Xue Wu exposes herself to offer up one of her hairpins as a bribe. Luckily the crooked captain doesn't recognize the divine sorceress. He takes the hairpin and leaves, but Xue Wu fears he'll be back for more.
Crooked Captain returns to the city to see the latest China's Most Wanted posters. It's a drawing of Xue Wu, public enemy #1. Now Crooked Captain knows who the girl in the hovel really is. When Zheng Er hears Crooked Captain has seen Xue Wu, and that Xue Wu is pregnant, the empress makes him take her back to the peasants' homestead.
A-wen and his mommy are still there but Xue Wu is long gone. Zheng Er threatens to kill the son if they don't speak up. Mommy claims that evil Xue Wu put them under a spell to make them help her. The witch went down the path towards the west.
Zheng Er and her soldiers head that way. A-wen and Mommy hurriedly pack their bags to run away, not noticing he's dropped an important piece of paper on the floor. Zheng Er realizes the peasants lied to her and she heads back to the shack. While the soldiers are searching for the missing pair, Crooked Captain finds the paper. It's directions to Chang Gong's centopath. Zheng Er gleefully orders her men to head to the empty tomb as Xue Wu is walking right into their trap.
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