Zhuge Liang advises Liu Bei to accept the marriage proposal. Never mind that Liu Bei's wife's body is not even cold yet. One has to think ahead. Sun Quan insists the groom should be the one to come to Jiangkang to marry Sun Xiaomei. Liu Bei's oath brothers, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, are offended by this idea as it would mean Liu Bei would be losing status in the Sun household. Even Big Fan is backtracking now and says maybe this was a bad idea after all.
But Liu Bei understands that the stakes are too high to call off the marriage now. He will go to Jiangkang. If anything does happen to him, Zhuge Liang is in charge of Jing. The brothers voice their worries to Liu Bei that Zhuge Liang may seize this opportunity to take control of Jing himself and become Big Fan On Campus. Liu Bei threatens to kill himself if they keep trashtalking his boy. I urge them to call Liu Bei's bluff but the brothers instead cave in.
Liu Bei warns Zhuge Liang to watch his back when it comes to Longbeard and Loud Mouth. He also leaves behind secret orders Big Fan is allowed to use in case the brothers do act up. Zhuge Liang tearfully burns the order and swears he'll work with the troublemakers to restore the Han Empire if anything does happen to Liu Bei.
Meanwhile, convinced Liu Bei will turn down the marriage proposal, Zhou Yu orders his troops to get ready to move out to retake Jing.
Zhao Yun has grown a mustache. Zhuge Liang gives him three contingency plans as Zhao Yun escorts Liu Bei down the river to Jiangkang. Zhou Yu is shocked to hear Liu Bei is actually going through with the marriage. General Lu Meng asks what should they do. Zhou Yu reaches over and tips a cup over, spilling its contents. Lu Meng replies, "I understand." Well I don't. What did that mean besides making a mess for someone else to clean up?
As they progress down the river, Zhao Yun opens up the First Plan. He then goes to convince Liu Bei that they should stop first at the city of Lujiang and pick up some betrothal gifts. Word quickly reaches Sun Quan and Lu Su about Liu Bei being on his way and buying expensive gifts at his stopover. Sun Quan worries this talk will reach Lady Wu's ears as her son has basically kept her in the dark about this whole marriage thing. Uh-oh, too late. Here she is. The first female character with lines that I've seen in a long while in this drama.
Sun Quan drops to his knees and tries to pass the blame off on Zhou Yu. Lady Wu wonders where all the men with balls have gone in the Southland. Tell it like it is, Lady Wu! She rips her son, rips Lu Su, and then orders Zhou Yu to be brought to her so she can rip him. I hope your daughter is just like you.
Lu Meng and his men get to the dock where Liu Bei's boat is tied up but they see Lu Su has beaten them there. Lu Meng realizes that they won't be able to follow through with their plan. (To tip their glasses over? What the hell was the plan?) Lu Su gives a gracious welcome to the groom's party.
Sun Quan is awful relieved to see Zhou Yu. That is until the general drops the bomb that he's sent an army to launch a sneak attack on Jing. Sun Quan tries to find those missing balls his mother was asking about and give Zhou Yu a dressing down for acting without permission. Instead he just fizzles out like a wet firecracker.
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