Tenshoin sees Katsu to find ways to prevent war and asks him to deliver a letter written by the late Nariakira to Saigo. Although Katsu asks Saigo to save the Tokugawa family in return for their surrendering the castle, Saigo rejects the proposal. It was only after seeing the letter from his late master that Saigo decides to gives up his plan of resorting to war. In Ooku, Tenshoin orders all the servants to calmly leave the castle under absolute order and comforts them by asking them to trust her for their safety as members of her family.
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