“…… What do you say? ”

Faced with Xiuzong's sudden reaction, Xiuguang didn't react at all. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I said, he's also the marriage intermediary of Gorou Hachihime! I know he rightfully is. ”

Xiuzong repeated it again.

"Gorou Hachihime ......"

Xiuguang doesn't know if he hasn't fully woken up or if he really doesn't know, in short, it's chaos,

"Who is it?"

“…… Your Highness, you haven't woken up. ”

Xiuzong rarely put on a very angry look at his Royal Highness,

"Gorou Hachihime, it's my half-sister!"

"Ahhh

Hidemitsu only now remembers the events he remembers about the Date family.

"Gorou Hachihime, the eldest daughter of your father, Date Masamune."

"Yes, it's the eldest daughter born to my father and Mrs. Masarato Aihime. When I was a child, I lived with her for a while in Fushimi Castle. ”

"When you say this, I seem to remember, some time ago, with Okubo Chang'an as the intermediary, the person who Gorou Hachihime will marry at the end of this year is ......"

After a pause, Xiuguang and Xiuzong said the name of the other party,

"It's Matsudaira Tadashi."

"It's that guy from Tadashi Matsudaira."

Fortunately, I remember correctly. Xiuguang wiped a cold sweat and thought so in his heart.

Although he is the heir of the Nagasawa Matsudaira family, this Matsudaira Tadashi is not an ordinary person.

Because he was Ieyasu's son. And now it is a daimyo who has 120,000 koku in Shinano Kunigawa Nakajima.

As for the aforementioned Okubo Chang'an, he is the elder of Zhonghui's family. At the beginning of this year, it was through the mediation of Okubo Yasushi that Tadahui reached a marriage contract with Date Masamune's eldest daughter, Goro Hachihime.

From then on, the relationship between the Date family and the Tokugawa family will become even closer. And this means that Xiuzong's position in the Date family is becoming more and more delicate.

Thinking of this, Xiuguang couldn't help but be a little worried about Xiuzong.

However, Xiuzong himself didn't think of going here, but complained about other things with a dissatisfied face.

"That Matsudaira Tadashi is not only Ieyasu's son, but I heard that he looks very ugly! My sister Gorou Hachihime has been smart and beautiful since she was a child, and now she wants to marry this kind of guy......"

Xiuzong gritted his teeth angrily and clenched his fists to show an unhappy expression.

"Hyogoro, you're really...... After all, it is a political marriage. And where did you hear the saying that you look ugly......"

Xiuguang looked helpless, thinking that he didn't expect you Binggoro to react so much.

"Your Highness, you won't understand! Someone like His Highness who doesn't have a sister ......"

“…… Wait, Hyogoro, stop, don't bias the topic to strange places, and although I don't have a sister, I still have a sister of Wanko...... No, no, no, can we get down to business? ”

After some nonsense, Xiuzong finally regained his composure.

"Anyway, let me start with a rough idea,"

Xiuguang coughed a few times, and then said:

"Lord Xiuzhong definitely knows about the marriage of these two. And Okubo Chang'an is the elder of Zhonghui's family. According to this...... Hyogoro, do you know that Tadahui knew about this matter that his brother and the elder of the attached family were planning together? ”

"It should ...... You know, right? ”

Xiuzong replied with some uncertainty.

"Whether you know it or not, if the matter between Hidetada and Okubo Chang'an is exposed in front of Ieyasu, then Tadahui will also be implicated to a certain extent. No, it's not just Tadahui, maybe the Date family will also be implicated. ”

Xiuguang thought for a moment, and then roughly analyzed.

"So that means that if the matter between Hidetada and Okubo Chang'an is exposed, my father will be implicated?"

After hearing this, Xiuzong showed a worried expression, and then immediately became resolute,

"No, no, no, my father is already obviously on the side of the Tokugawa family, Gorou Hachihime married Matsudaira Tadaki, and even Torakimaru was sent to Edo by my father to attend and confess. I, Xiuzong, accepted Taiko's 'Xiu' character bias, and there were also people who were fortunate enough to be given the surname Toyotomi, so of course they were from the Toyotomi family. I don't have anything to do with my father anymore! ”

In the face of Xiuzong's resolute words, Xiuguang only smiled.

"Hyogoro, don't say that. It's hard to break off the bloodline completely. Let's put aside your relationship for now. Anyway, it's not yet to the point of breaking up. ”

Hidemitsu knew that Hidemune was still more concerned about his status in the Date family. Hawkers,Of course, what Hidemune is most concerned about is his biological mother's new recipe in the Edo Date family's house.

Although Xiuzong was very worried about his mother, who was sick, he had no way to visit her. However, the only thing that reassures Hidemune is that his mother, Shinshokata, in addition to himself in Osaka Castle, gave birth to a boy named Gonhachiro in the fifth year of Keicho (1600).

Although he can't be by his mother's side, at least his younger brother Gonhachiro is still young and can be by his mother's side. Every time Xiuzong thought of this, he was relieved.

As for the attitude towards the other brothers, especially the attitude towards the younger brother Torakimaru born to his father Masamune's main room, Hidemitsu didn't ask Hidemune, so he didn't know too much.

However, judging from Xiuzong's attitude towards his sister Gorou Hachihime's marriage just now, Xiuzong's attitude towards the other brothers should not be too bad.

"In short, the conspiracy between Hidetada and Okubo Chang'an that Irisawa heard just now, we don't need to meddle in anything for the time being. However, although I don't plan to interfere, I'm going to trouble some people from the Wind Demon to go to Iwami to spy on Okubo Chang'an for a while, and this time is estimated to be a long time. ”

Hidemitsu, who had long known the outcome of a famous event in history associated with Okubo Chang'an, finally made this decision: not to interfere in any secret actions between Hidetada and Okubo Chang'an for the time being.

"Surveillance? Could it be that His Highness wants to find out their movements? ”

"That's probably it. Moreover, letting the Wind Demon monitor Okubo Chang'an is also convenient for us to find the right time. ”

"That's right...... Huh? What is the timing? ”

After responding with a smile, he noticed a certain word in His Highness's words that was not quite right, and Xiuzong felt a little confused.

Hidemitsu didn't answer his question. After all, now is not the time to meddle in these matters.

After returning from Kyushu, the most important thing for Hidemitsu to do is to find a way to confide all the trade he has done to his brother Hideyori, and then officially integrate this secret trade system and start working.

So, now is not the time to meddle in the affairs of Hidetada, Okubo and Changan and those behind them.

"The time has not yet come."

The great conspiracy that took place tonight, hidden in the shadows, cast a shadow over the elegant and gorgeous night scenery of Kyoto.