Chapter 227: A Request from a Son
When it comes to the Genfu style of the Middle Ages and the Modern Ages of the Japanese Calendar, it seems to give the impression that it is very serious. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Because, after all, it is an adult style that is one of the most important moments in a person's life. Xiuguang's impression of it is as serious and solemn as the literature he has read before.
Of course, this yuanfu style, also known as the "coronation ceremony", is actually a very important procedure, and the atmosphere is indeed more serious and serious.
According to the general situation, the Yuan Fu style of the children of the samurai family needs a black hat to wear a black hat for them, a witness, and the other people who need to attend are usually parents or brothers and the like.
Well, of course, under normal circumstances, there is no special need for the appearance of characters such as brothers, but parents, ebony hats, and witnesses are generally indispensable. If the parents are no longer alive, the elder or guardian of the family can also take this place.
Speaking of which, the so-called black hat pro is a specific person who wears a black hat for the child when he is in the first place, which is the so-called "crowning person". Generally, in the Yuan service, the previous "child name (young name)" will be abandoned, and then the new name will be named after the bias of the black hat pro. Therefore, this nickname is sometimes called "ebiko name".
Now when Hidemitsu is thinking about the Yuan costume style of Koheita, Yamijiro and Katsubei, he finds that there are many more problems.
The Witnesses and Eboshi relatives could be served by Hidemitsu or Hideyori respectively, but there seems to be no way to solve the problem of parents and brothers. Xiaoping is too present with his father's Xiujia, so there is nothing to fault with. But Yasan Lang and Katsubei are now fatherless and motherless, and it is impossible for the elders and clansmen of the clan to find them...... Although Yashiro has a younger brother, Sangoro, he is still just a baby.
Because of these troublesome rules, there are many considerations to be made when it comes to the meta-service style. However, Xiuguang and Xiulai did not intend to be overly constrained by the rules under normal circumstances this time, so it didn't hurt that their parents and brothers were not present.
However, even if you don't plan to be overly constrained by troublesome rules, if Xiu Lai, who is not yet in power, wants to become the black hat of the two, he must first obtain the permission and approval of his mother, Mrs. Yodo. Although Hidemitsu proposed to ignore this directly, his brother Hideyori did not dare to overturn this rule so boldly.
So, on the premise of "having to get the permission of Mrs. Yodo", Xiuguang and Xiulai thought of many ways. One of them seems to be more feasible.
This method is: to conceal the true identities of Yashiro and Koheita, and weave the identities of the two into the widows of several deceased unknown generals of the Western Army, and Hideyori personally asks Mrs. Yodo to accept them as companions such as scholars, and then attach Hidemitsu's circle and disguise to win Mrs. Yodo's approval.
Although there may be a danger that the two of them will appear in public and be exposed after this, considering that sooner or later they will have to become retainers in the future, it is also a good decision to find a way to give them a transitional identity now. And Xiu Lai will not deliberately let these two show their faces too much.
As for Katsubei's side, it's much simpler. Because he will be his ebony hat by the Xiu family, he will start his new life as the new retainer of the Uki family. Therefore, his Yuanfu style will be held at the old man's residence, and the ceremony does not need to be as formal as Yasturhiro and Koheita's Yuanfu style.
In the end, the position of the witness when the three of them were dressed is estimated to be assumed by Xiuguang throughout the whole process.
So, after nearly a month of planning, the time came to execute the plan. At the end of the 11th year of Keicho (1606), Hideyori cautiously walked into the residence of his mother, Mrs. Yodo, with a serious face that exuded a hint of unease, intending to make this request to her mother officially.
"That...... Mother? Are you there? ā
Hideyori poked inside, and saw his mother, Mrs. Yodo, who was staying with the nurses.
At the same time as receiving her mother's answer, Xiulai waved her hand and motioned for the maids who followed her to avoid it for a while. The maids nodded and retreated.
"What's wrong, Shurai?"
Lady Yodo seemed to be talking and laughing with the maids who were close to her, such as the Great Treasury Bureau. After seeing Hideyori's sudden visit, Lady Yodo's smiling face added a little tenderness.
"Good afternoon, Mother. The child has something to tell his mother today. ā
After greeting his mother, Xiulai looked at the Tibetan Secretariat and the other maids next to him, and his face was sad. After seeing this scene, Lady Yodo understood what her son was thinking, so she asked the Great Treasury Secretary and the people close to him to exit the room like the maids who had just retired.
When his son Xiulai is talking to himself, he generally won't let these maids who grew up watching him step down. So for Xiulai's current behavior, Mrs. Yodo felt a little puzzled.
You can't want to discuss something about Ah Qian with me, right? Could it be because I've been deliberately not letting Hideyori get close to Achi's residence recently, so I want to come to my mother for my theory?
With this doubt in her arms, Mrs. Yodo frowned slightly, and looked at her son, who was sitting respectfully in front of her, with a mixture of worry and solemnity.
Although Mrs. Yodo has never doubted and guessed this pure-hearted son who is deeply favored by her, she is still more or less dissatisfied with Hideyori in the matter of treating Chihime.
"Mother, in fact, the child has taken a fancy to two people and wants them to be the child's companions."
Xiulai didn't beat around the bush, and directly said the reason.
"Companion reading? Okay, who are the two people you like? ā
Mrs. Yodo agreed without thinking. In such a matter, she would not normally object to her son's request.
"Thank you, Mother...... Well, actually, the identities of those two people are a bit complicated, and they are not retainers of our Toyotomi family now. That's why the child came to ask his mother for her opinion. ā
Hideyori scratched the back of his head with some annoyance, and then recounted to his mother the identities that Hidemitsu had found a way to make up for Koheita and Yashiro:
"Both of them are the widows of the generals of the Western Army who died during the Battle of Sekigahara. One is the widow of the Miyake clan, a retainer of the Uki family, and the other is the widow of the Nishiyama clan, a retainer of Oda Hidenobu. The two have been living in displacement because their family members died in the war and their main family was exiled. The child likes their ability to learn and be intelligent, so he wants them to be the child's companion. ā
Hideyori said as he observed the change in his mother's expression.
As he had expected, his mother's brow became more and more furrowed from the initial flatness, indicating that she must have some doubts about the matter.
"Xiulai, where did you meet those two? Since he is not a retainer of the Toyotomi family now, it is definitely impossible to receive him in the castle. Show you, could it be that you are out of the city for this? ā
Lady Yodo's questions rained down on Hideyori. Although the tone is still gentle and kind, it also carries a mother-like coercion that does not allow her son to be silent.