This episode tells the story of the writer Seishonagon (Early Summer) who visited Mahiro (Yuriko Yoshitaka). Seishonagon talked about how he was inspired by the late Tateko and created the story of "Pillow Soko", thusCreate a story that attracts the attention of the Emperor (Shiono Eihisa).
Mahiro then began to conceive of a new story, but received a new proposal from Michinaga Fujiwara (Emoto Yu).On the other hand, evidence that Fujiwara Ishu (Miura Shohei) cursed Nakamiya Akiko (Mikami Ai) and the prince was discovered, and Emperor Ichijo decided to take action after discussing with Michio.