It's the second day that the castle has received information about Hidemitsu's awakening. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's midday, and a slight breeze blows, bringing the cherry blossom petals in the garden to all corners of the castle, creating an alluring fresh fragrance.

Xiulai, who had just finished lunch, stayed in his study as usual today.

It's just that at this time, he still has a lot of paperwork and similar things on hand, as well as some thick scrolls.

Xiulai's mental condition at this time did not seem to be very good. The tired look in his eyes is the best proof of this.

Looks like I've stayed up late.

He flipped through the scrolls, then picked up a pen dipped in ink and circled the paper, and finally wrote something on something that looked formal.

Hideyori's afternoon was very quiet surrounded by books, pen, ink and paper.

However, the sudden arrival of someone broke the silence.

“…… Hideyori-sama! Hideyori-sama! ”

"Rebuilt?"

Hideyori looked towards the sliding door and felt a little strange.

Because Chongcheng's voice was deliberately lowered this time, as if he was avoiding others.

"What's wrong?"

“…… Madame is coming over soon! If Hideyori-sama is dealing with those paperwork, let's put it away quickly. ”

"Mother?"

Hearing this sudden news, Xiu Lai, who didn't have time to think too much, hurriedly put away the papers and scrolls at hand and hid them behind the pile of books on the side.

"Xiulai, I'm in."

With the sound of the door being pulled open, the soft voice of the mother, Mrs. Yodo, who was slightly delighted, also changed from vague to clear.

"Stand down."

Madame Yodo looked inside the study, then turned back to the maid who followed her outside, and shouted "Stand down."

Looks like my mother has something important to tell me?

Xiulai was vaguely uneasy while speculating. Because if it was Mrs. Yodo, the mother on weekdays, when she came to see him, she would not let the maids leave first.

"Mother! Why did you suddenly come to visit the child today? Sit down. ”

Despite all the doubts, the filial Hideyori was happy because of his mother's arrival.

After asking the maids to retreat, Lady Yodo walked into the study by herself, and slowly came to sit down beside Xiulai.

"Xiulai, you're very enthusiastic about learning! There are so many books over here......"

She looked at the large number of books placed near the table, nodded with satisfaction, and praised Xiulai.

"I heard that you have been studying in the study for the past few days, and the lights in the study are only extinguished after a long night every day. I was a little worried about your body, so I stopped by to take a look. Ah, before you know it, your hands have become bigger than my mother's hands. ”

Mrs. Yodo bent her brows, expressing her concern in a loving tone, and smiled and took her son's right hand with both hands.

"No matter how enthusiastic you are about learning, remember not to take it too seriously. Being too tired will hurt your body, so be careful, Xiulai. ”

"Well, the child knows, Mother."

In order not to worry about his mother, Xiulai opened his mouth and smiled after nodding in response.

Could it be that my mother came here just because she was worried about her body?

Hideyori tilted his head in confusion.

"Well, Xiulai, my mother is here today because she has something to say to you."

Sure enough, after chatting with her son for a while, Mrs. Yodo suddenly said this with a hint of apprehension, and her words were slightly choppy.

"What's the matter, Mother? Is there something important? ”

"Hmm. I have one thing I want to tell you. ”

Madame Yodo's eyes flickered, and it seemed that it was a little difficult to speak, but it seemed that it was something that must be spoken.

"Actually, the candidate for your side room, mother, I have already decided with Daizo."

“……？！！！”

Xiulai's body froze the moment he heard it, and then he panicked a little.

“…… Side, side room?! Mother, ...... are you? ”

Suddenly I was told that I had a side room, and that the candidate had already been decided. This made Xiulai very flustered.

This was the first time Hideyori had heard of such a thing. He didn't know anything about his mother trying to set up a side room for him.

“…… That, Mother, this was too sudden, wasn't it? The child doesn't know anything, and he doesn't know which woman is going to be in the child's side room......"

After calming down, Xiulai spoke with some trepidation, as his mother had done at the beginning, with a slight refusal.

"The people I and Daizo chose for the side room are people you know very well, so don't worry."

Mrs. Yodo thought that her son would refuse because he hated someone he didn't know well as being her side room, so she told Hideyori not to worry too much.

"The candidates for the side room are your two personal maids, Yicha and Shi Ji. Look, it's the people who accompany you every day, so Mother I told you not to worry about this from the beginning. ”

"No, Mother, that's not what the child meant......"

Of course, Xiulai didn't refuse because of such a boring reason.

When he heard that the people who were going to be his side room were Icha and Shi Ji, he also subconsciously wanted to refuse.

He's not very good at dealing with these side chambers or anything...... And now he wasn't in the mood to think about it.

If he wasn't interested in any of these things...... Actually, it's not quite.

As a normal teenager, he certainly couldn't have been uninterested in it.

But so suddenly, and ......

"Yicha and Shi Ji's backgrounds are neither high nor low, and they are just right as the side room of the world. Icha is the daughter of Watanabe Gobei of the Watanabe clan in Settsu, while Ishihime is the daughter of Narita Sukunao, a clan of the Narita clan. ”

Regardless of Hideyori's reaction, Lady Yodo began to introduce the origins of the two to Hideyori herself.

"Mother...... Can the child refuse? It was so sudden......"

Faced with his mother, who was keen on this matter, Xiulai wanted to refuse.

"Hideyori, this matter is a good thing for our Toyotomi family."

The son wanted to refuse. Mrs. Yodo was a little surprised, but she didn't give up on convincing her son.

"Our Toyotomi family has been unprosperous since the late His Royal Highness Taiko, and there are few weak heirs. For the sake of the stability of the Toyotomi family and the inheritance of the family, this is what you must do for the heir Hideyori. ”

"But there's still a ...... Achi"

"Ah Qian is only ten years old, still young, and has not yet reached the time. So the vertical side room is the best choice. ”

“……”

"I've already informed Yicha and Shi Ji about this, and I've also sent someone to inform their family. There was no objection to the collection and repair, and it was decided. ”

It seems that everything has been arranged before telling Xiulai.

This kind of first-cut and then play-style approach makes it difficult to refuse Xiulai caught in the middle.

"If the late Taige Highness knew about this, he would definitely be very happy!"

Eventually, Mrs. Yodo moved Hideyoshi's name.

Looking at her mother's happy expression and her eyes full of expectation and love, Xiu Lai felt very depressed and painful.

“…… I see, Mother. ”

After some remarks from Mrs. Yodo, Hideyori had no choice but to back down and declare that he had given up struggling.

Seeing that Hideyori agreed to this, Mrs. Yodo was very happy.

"Hideyori...... He is worthy of being the heir of the late His Royal Highness Taiko! Presumably, the late His Royal Highness Taiko will also praise you! ”

In the face of his mother's praise, no one knows the bitterness and helplessness in Xiulai's heart.

"Then mother, I will arrange it immediately, Xiulai, you have to continue to study hard, and my mother will go back first."

After saying all the things she had come here to say today, Mrs. Yodo got up happily and left Shuyori's study.

After his mother left, Xiulai sat in his original position without moving, his eyes a little glazed.

“…… Hideyori-sama. ”

Chongcheng opened the sliding door and walked in softly.

“…… Rebuilt. ”

Xiu Yori sighed as he looked at Chongcheng who silently walked to sit down in front of him.

"Sure enough...... I still can't stand up to my mother......"

Xiu Lai, who was already very tired, looked more and more weak at this time.

“…… Am I really too cowardly? ”

Hideyori said this. But Chongcheng denied his words.

"No, Lord Shuyori, you are definitely not cowardly. You are just too filial and care too much about what your loved ones think, which is why it is so difficult to refuse. ”

The corners of the mouth of the milk brother and the guard, who had been by Xiulai's side for many years, curled, and he said very confidently.

"I believe that one day, Lord Hideyori, you will be able to make a decision of your own volition. Re-completion will await that moment. ”

Chongcheng, who usually didn't have much expression on his face, smiled at this time and looked at the place where Xiulai had hidden the paperwork before Mrs. Yodo entered the study, and continued:

"Isn't what you're doing now, Lord Hideyori, the starting point of it all? You've already started. When you start to make your own decisions. ”

Although Chongcheng's expression and words are as plain as ever, they are very confident.

Xiu Lai looked at the milk brother who rarely showed a smile, nodded, and smiled, but it was a little bitter.

"A Thousand ......"

Having been looking in a certain direction in the city, Xiuyori's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.