Kai, Tsugasaki Pavilion.

That night, Mrs. Sanjo suddenly angrily pulled her eldest son Taro to argue with Takeda Harunobu.

"What's the matter?" Looking at Mrs. Sanjo's resentful face, Takeda Harunobu asked impatiently.

And Sanjo-sama also questioned Takeda's love letter without showing weakness. "I'm supposed to be the wife of the lord of the country, but why don't you ignore me and talk and laugh with that person named Satomi here? It's unreasonable!"

"What are you talking about?" Takeda Harunobu said angrily at Mrs. Sanjo's questioning, "Why don't you go back to your own room soon." ”

However, Mrs. Sanjo asked with an iron heart: "Please tell me your sincerity, what is the matter between you and Satomi!"

"It's not what you think." Harunobu Takeda couldn't help but explain slowly, "Satomi lives in the back room to take better care of her mother. ”

"Please don't lie to me about three." As she spoke, Mrs. Sanjo burst into a low cry.

However, Takeda Harunobu only coldly rebuked Mrs. Sanjo for having lost pity for her: "Go back to the room quickly!"

"You're so ruthless!" Now the three husbands cried even more severely.

"It's really unseemly to come here so late to talk about these things!" At this time, Taro Takeda, who was on the side, saw his father scolding his mother and hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, and Mrs. Sanjo also hurriedly comforted her.

"It's okay, Taro."

This scene between mother and son touched the softness of Takeda Haru's confidence, so he said in a slightly softened tone: "Take Taro back, don't think about it." ”

However, Mrs. Sanjo didn't appreciate it, but just wanted to say, "I hate you!"

"Someone's coming!" Takeda Harunobu could no longer maintain his warmth, and angrily called the attendant and ordered, "Take three back to the room." ”

"Yes."

At this time, Mrs. Sanjo had to prepare to leave, but as soon as she got together, she suddenly had abdominal pain, so Takeda Harunobu and Mrs. Sanjo's second child was born here.

However, not long after the birth of this child, he suffered from blindness, which may be because his birth did not go very smoothly! Of course, this was all later, and now Takeda Harunobu is still immersed in the joy of the birth of a new life.

"Report to the lord, Mrs. Sanjo has just given birth safely."

"It's a boy, or it's a girl." Takeda Harunobu, who had been waiting outside the house for a long time, hurriedly inquired about the attendant who was on call.

"It's a boy!"

"That's it!" Takeda Harunobu, who got the answer, immediately sighed with joy.

Soon after, Kai ushered in the annual celebration of the gods, so Takeda Harunobu rode a horse to watch the ceremony with his eldest son Taro and his retainer Iitomi Toramasa.

"This is the Kofu Basin, the center of our Kai country, and you will take over this country in the future, you know?" Takeda Harunobu, who was riding on a horse, said earnestly to the eldest son in his arms.

"Yes."

"You have another younger brother, you have to be a good lord for your younger brother!"

"Yes." Taro Takeda was fashionable and young, and he didn't understand what his father meant, so he just nodded vigorously.

"Hmm." However, Takeda Harunobu didn't really care about this, and still pointed to the distance and said, "A long, long time ago, this Kofu Basin was actually a big lake. There were twelve gods living on the lake, two of whom flew into the sky and one of whom entered the water. Soon after, the lake disappeared and a basin was created, and a grand annual memorial was held to commemorate the god Kai who entered the lake. ”

"Look, those are the protectors of Kai!" While accompanying his eldest son to watch the festival, Takeda Harunobu said to Iitomi Torama, who was accompanying him, "I have something to ask you. ”

"Yes." Fan Fu Huchang hurriedly nodded and complied.

"It's abrupt, but I want you to be Taro's teacher, and in two years, Taro will be seven years old."

"Oh~~~, this is really very important work!" Fan Fu Huchang was excited and hurriedly humbled himself: "Is a person like me really worthy of the young master Taro?"

"If it's you, I can trust the child to you."

"Haha." The matter has come to this point, and Fan Fuhuchang has to hurriedly take the order.

Seeing that he should take this matter, Takeda Harunobu spoke again: "My father has been very strict with me since I was a child, and my teacher Itagaki is also a serious person, which is why I am what I am today. I exiled my father to another country and became the lord of the country myself, and I have never been a good son, so I want to raise Taro to be a different person than me. ”

"The world will change eventually!" Harunobu Takeda sighed and continued, "I hope Taro can see a new world with new eyes, can you take on the role of a teacher?" ”

"Haha." Fan Fu Huchang hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground and promised again: "Then I guarantee with my life, I will definitely cultivate the young master into a talent." ”

"Hmm~~~" Takeda Harunobu nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Then please leave it to you." ”

"Yes."

At this time, the distant memorial was still continuing, and the fates of Iitomi Huchang and Takeda Taro were also deeply connected, but no one thought that this would also lay the groundwork for the dismal ending of the two in the future.

Lady Sanjo's residence.

Due to the birth of a young son, the relationship between Takeda Harunobu and Mrs. Sanjo was temporarily eased, and on this day, Takeda Harunobu went to visit Mrs. Sanjo and his second son as usual after handling official business.

"You've given birth to a good son!" While teasing the young son in Yaehime's arms, Takeda Harunobu said to Mrs. Sanjo with concern, "How is it?" You must be tired! ”

"Yes." Mrs. Sanjo nodded weakly.

"And how is the body?"

At this time, Mrs. Sanjo suddenly and eagerly interrupted Takeda Haruko: "I have more to ask for than this." ”

"What?"

"Please! Please make sure you move me to the back room, please! Mrs. Three Days looked at Takeda Harunobu expectantly and pleaded.

This made Takeda Harunobu suddenly feel a little impatient. "Do you still want to talk about it?"

However, Mrs. Sanjo still pleaded, "The wife of the lord of the country should all stay in the back room, and if this news spreads to Kyoto, it will definitely become a laughing stock for others." ”

Yae Hime, the nurse next to her, also held the child at this time and interjected: "If this matter spreads to the people of the Sanjo family in Kyoto, they will definitely be unhappy, please." ”

"Please let me move to the back room before this news reaches Kyoto, so that the child can be considered born in the back room, and Sanjo will have no regrets." Seeing that she couldn't convince Harunobu Takeda, Mrs. Sanjo began to use her newborn son as a bargaining chip.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, hmm-ah."

It just so happened that the child in Yae Hime's arms cried for some reason, and Takeda Harunobu asked helplessly, "Do you want to move to the back room so much?" ”

"Yes." Mrs. Sanjo nodded heavily.