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While Tadashi Okubo was arguing with him at Yashiro's official residence, I was invited to his annex by a woman.

Oda Gotoku ...... Oh no! It should be called the Tokugawa Five Virtues!

At this point in time, what is she going to do when she sees me?

"You are Your Highness the Wise General? I've been looking up for a long time. Deki bowed to me slightly.

"Don't dare to be, Your Highness Deji."

Because Tokuki and Kahime were not born to the same mother, they are not identical in appearance, and the only thing they have in common is the slender eyebrows and high nose bridge inherited from their common father.

"When I was going back to Kyoto, I heard my mother (referring to Nohime) and Ah Xiang mention you," Tokuki looked at me and said, "They all say that you are a handsome, gentle and cultivated person, and now that I see you, it is indeed so." ”

"Your Highness has won the prize."

Actually, Tokuki and I had met a few times before, but both Kahime or Oda Nobunaga were present at the time, and the two of us just said hello, and we didn't talk too much.

But then again, "gentle cultivation" has almost become my inherent image in the eyes of outsiders.

"Actually, the main responsibility for this incident is on me, and it was my dissatisfaction with Saburo (Nobuyasu's official name: Tokugawa Saburo Jiro Nobuyasu) that triggered this incident......" Her tone fell, "He used to like me very much, but since ......"

At this point, her voice was a little choked.

"Since ...... He hasn't ...... since I bore him two daughters."

Deki began to sob.

I took a handkerchief from my bosom and handed it to Deki.

"Thank you, Your Highness Wise, and it's not wrong for mothers to say that you are a good man to rely on."

Deji wiped her tears and suddenly said:

"If I had married you, it would have been fine!"

What a shocking statement!

"Her Highness Tokugi!" I shouted loudly and scanned my eyes around, but fortunately there was no one nearby, and the nearest maid was ten feet away.

"Please don't talk nonsense, okay! It's going to embarrass you and me! ”

In my previous life, I was a famous playboy in "Dongda", and I never imagined that when I came to this world, my "charm value" still did not weaken.

But then again! Tokuki actually has a crush on me, even though I don't reject wives...... Stop, stop!!

It's something you can't even think about!

I quickly shook my head and threw the terrible thought out of my head.

"Yes, Your Highness Wise, you're right, what Ade said just now will embarrass people......" Deji smiled bitterly, "But, hasn't Ade already embarrassed everyone?" My father and His Royal Highness the Major General are probably already disgusted with me......"

"His Royal Highness's wife, that is, Saburo's mother, my mother-in-law, has long been tired of me, a woman of the Oda family, and on the third day after I gave birth to my daughter, she actually took the initiative to give Saburo a concubine, and Saburo didn't care that I had just given birth, and went straight to get along with other women......"

At this point, she cried again

"Your Highness Wise, Ade is not a jealous woman, San Lang likes other women, and Ade will not be dissatisfied, but ...... However, Ade also needs someone to take care of him...... Woo, do you know that from the time the child was born to three months, he, as a father, never looked at it! ”

"...... "That's a bit bad, Tokugawa Nobuyasu."

"Even if you have lost your love for your wife, you can't be so indifferent to your children, don't you say, Your Highness Wise?"

"Hmm." I nodded.

"I also sent someone to invite Saburo, but they were all stopped by the major general's wife, and the major general's wife even said: The inheritance of the Tokugawa family is hard work, His Royal Highness Tokuji has a good rest, don't bother about it...... Woo, Your Highness, how desolate a woman's heart would be when she heard such words......"

"It wasn't until the children were almost half a year old that the major general came back from Yuanjiang and knew that his son was so irresponsible and scolded him that San Lang came to see his daughter for the first time."

Deki is unlucky.

But then again, Tokugawa Ieyasu is probably ......

Thinking of Tokugawa Ieyasu, I couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to him.

When he was young, he was forced to marry a woman he didn't love from Imagawa Yoshimoto, and when he had a son, he was "shoehorned" by Oda Nobunaga with a daughter-in-law.

And that's not all, it's really unfortunate that his wife and daughter-in-law are in the same Okazaki city

His own woman, Tsukiyama Gozen, was a member of the Imagawa clan, and Tokuhime, on the other hand, was the daughter of the Oda family who defeated the Imagawa clan.

It was a miscalculation to put Tokuji and Tsukiyama Gozen in one city. Even if this is not the case, the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law are incompatible.

Moreover, there is a lack of a "mediator" in the middle.

First of all, Tokugawa Nobuyasu doesn't have to think about it, his son, although he has learned the courage of the Tokugawa samurai, but his own wisdom has not been learned at all, whether it is his wife or mother, whoever blows a little wind in his ear, he will not hesitate to listen to this person's words.

Moreover, he is strong on the outside and hard at the middle, rigid and self-serving, unable to listen to persuasion, and always willful.

The performance of the Tokugawa retainers also disappointed Tokugawa Ieyasu.

It is true that the bravery of the Samurai of Mikawa is one in a hundred, honest and brave, and does not give in to anyone.

However, when it comes to wisdom, diplomacy, and political means, none of them are good at this.

Not only that, but this group of "big bosses" also rejected "Wendou" by nature, saying that it was not the same thing to do that, and fighting with both hands in a dignified manner was the true nature of a samurai, which was really infuriating!

Yasumasa Kamihara and Naomasa Ii can only be regarded as coarse and literate, and "senior intellectuals" like Ishikawa Shumasa, he is a military advisor, and he can't do without him about the configuration on the battlefield.

Therefore, this time things will become unmanageable, and it has something to do with the internal structure of the Tokugawa retainers.

Don't think so far ahead, I'd better pay attention to the woman in front of me first.

"Your Highness is really too much, Your Highness Deji, you have worked so hard all these years......"

"It's nothing, it's really too much behind Saburo......"

"Huh?"

"His Royal Highness the Major General only stayed for two or three days before leaving, and as soon as he left, Saburo immediately broke out. He felt that this time he was scolded, and it was entirely the reason why I slandered the major general, and he actually ...... It turned out to be ......"

"How?" I was shocked and angry: "Did His Highness beat you at noon?!" ”

Through Tokuhime's words just now, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, who originally had a good impression in my heart, became extremely "bad".

To be honest, I'm not too emotional, and for Xiangji, I'm more of a husband and wife than a lover, but even if I haven't loved her, I try to treat her gently and kindly, and never let her suffer a little grievance.

Because as a man who once wandered the flowers, I deeply realized a sentence:

"In a man's life, he doesn't have many opportunities to dry his tears for his woman."

Since you don't have a chance to wipe your tears, you must do everything you can to keep them from falling.

But what about Tokugawa Nobuyasu...... Not only is he unworthy of being a husband, but he is also unworthy of being a father.

I've grown disgusted with him.

"He actually cut down a peach tree in the garden in front of me, this peach tree I brought from Owari more than ten years ago, it can be said that it is a testimony of my marriage with Saburo...... And he also said extremely excessive things. ”

"Did that guy insult His Highness?"

This time, I simply didn't even bring "Your Highness", and just called that person "guy".

This is not true, but he actually said: I will endure the first daughter, but why is the second also a daughter? It's just a daughter's words, what's the point of looking at it? It's really infuriating......"

"What's the point? Hehe......" I sneered: "It is said that Mikawa men stand up to the sky and the earth, and value love and righteousness, this His Royal Highness the Tokugawa Nakanomishi Shaocheng, really gives Mikawa people a long face......"

"Now that such a big thing has happened, do you have any plans for Your Highness Deji?"

"I plan, no matter how this matter develops in the end, there will be no place for me in the Tokugawa family, and besides, I will ...... with Saburo Oh no, His Royal Highness Nobuyasu has already broken off his righteousness, and this day has long been over, so when this matter can pass, I would like to ask him to write a letter of resignation and drive me out of the Tokugawa family. ”

Divorce isn't a good thing, but for Deki, it's a relief.

"This is about the alliance of the two Zhide families, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to ......" I thought about it and said, "But the lord will never let his daughter suffer a certain amount of grievances outside, so your Royal Highness Deji, you can rest assured, you will leave here soon and go to Kyoto to meet the lord and them." ”

"No, I don't want to go to Kyoto."

"Huh?"

"It's better to go back to Owari, it's the place where I was born and raised, I've been through so much, and what will happen in the world has nothing to do with me, I just want to go back to my hometown, and only there can I find some solace."

"That's fine......"

Tokuki breathed a sigh of relief, and for the first time, a smile appeared on the face of the tearful pear blossom.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for being with me for so long and for letting you listen to so many boring words...... Having said all this, my mood has improved a lot. ”

"Where, it's my honor to be able to worry about your Highness Deji for you."

After thinking about it, it was not too early, and it was not suitable for me to stay here for a long time, so I got up and said goodbye.

"Your Highness, you are indeed a good man to talk to," Deki repeated the praise to me as she said goodbye, adding a sentence:

"I sincerely bless you and Ah Xiang, you must be happy!"