Mountain Girl fails to recreate the legendary Emperor's Tea, and I-hsin's father confesses the original was a once-in-a-lifetime miracle born of swarming insects. As he urges I-hsin to accept Wen-gui's proposal, a sudden shift in foreign exchange rates plunges the factory into a bankruptcy crisis. KK's bold political essays make waves — but his wife's provocative opera performance draws the attention of the military police, and the Americans tell KK to leave Taiwan.
山妹再現天皇茶失敗，吉桑坦言天皇茶無法複製，道出當年製作天皇茶滿山著蝝的傳奇光景。 吉桑勸薏心接納文貴，薏心見吉桑日漸年邁與憂心，對文貴求婚開始動搖。外匯匯率一夕大變，日光面臨破產危機。 「暢言專刊」迴響熱烈，成功撼動糧食局修改換肥政策；夏慕雪演出新編「六月雪」，被憲兵當場帶走，迪克要KK離開台灣去美國。
