 Nobunaga rewards Hideyoshi with the right to build the castle town of Nagahama. For saving Lady Ichi and her children from the fall of Odani castle Kazutoyo is rewarded with an increase in stipend. Kazutoyo s raise causes his comrade-in-arms and closest friends to keep their distance. Hideyoshi s wife Nene confides in Chiyo of Hideyoshi s womanizing. Chiyo and Kazutoyo meet their lord Hideyoshi s mother Naka who is happy and content working as a lowly farmer.