Chapter 144: The Man in the Game (I)

When I arrived at Honmaru, Yu Jia was dressed in a gorgeous smock and greeted me with a few people and ushered me into the main hall on the ground floor of the castle tower. The book is from--\g on her face, full of smiles.

"I heard Lord Kaneko say that His Royal Highness has a good atmosphere in Tianshen Mountain City, and the concubine is very relieved to hear it." She said with a smile.

I waved my hand to order the people in the vicinity to stand back, and while taking out the sword and the rib cha and handing it to Yu Jia, I asked her, "Where did you arrange Deji?" ”

"His Royal Highness is really concerned about the princess," Yu Jia smiled and took the sword and ribs, and put it away on his side, "Naturally, it is arranged in the Imperial Pavilion of His Highness, and it is where Yu Fu originally lived...... Originally, the concubine wanted her to go out to greet her, but she was a little embarrassed."

Sure enough, it's the Gozato Building, also known as the Gozato Yashiki, and it's a separate residence that I built in order to conform to the family system after I gave up the position of Imabari Castle and the governor of the family to Shinkei, so that when I and Shinkei were in the castle at the same time, we could each have our own places. Except for Yu Jia, who is the titular mother of Xinjing, Janet and the former Yu Fu both live there, and Yu Jia places Deji there, almost to show everyone in the city her intentions.

"I don't care about Dekki. However, this matter ......," I frowned slightly, "Anyway, it is better to arrange another place for Deji as soon as possible." ”

"This, you live well, why change places?" Yu Jia asked strangely, "Isn't Your Highness going to marry her?" So what's the deal with moving in a few days early? ”

"It's your misunderstanding," I waved sullenly, "I didn't mean to marry her." So, change places for her as soon as possible, and then find a suitable time to send her back to Ise."

To my surprise, Yuga did not immediately comply, as usual.

"Although His Highness says so, others don't necessarily think so." She laughed.

"Someone else? Are you talking about the retainers of the house? I waved my hand, "It's easy, just clarify"

"But what about His Highness Matsushima of Ise?" Yu Jia questioned, "And Princess Deji herself?" ”

"His Highness Matsushima?" I asked rhetorically, "Didn't Naotora send Tokuki over in the name of visiting Fuyuhime?" ”

"That's right, but His Royal Highness Matsushima has already decided that His Royal Highness wants to marry Princess Tokuji," Yu Jia frowned, "He even asked Princess Tokuji for her opinion, and then she agreed...... This is what Princess Deji told the concubine herself. ”

"You're really enthusiastic," I was a little helpless, "Have you thought about it, with Deji's background, if you really want to marry, you can only be the identity of the main family...... So what do you do? ”

"It's okay for the concubine to give up her place in the main room," Yu Jia replied, "Princess Tokuhime, as the NV of Oda Taimasa, is worthy of His Highness's current status."

"How can there be a reason for the main room to give way?" I shook my head, "The name has been decided, and it can only be lifted unless it is separated...... Do you want to be separated? ”

Yuga immediately stopped talking.

"So forget about this matter, His Highness Matsushima, I'll write to clarify. As for Deki herself," I paced back and forth calmly, "Let's go over and have a look first, I still have something to say to Janet." ”

Plus nodded submissively.

So I left the castle tower with Yuka and went to the Gosato Yashiki outside the Honmaru Garden. On the way, I told Yujia about sending Janet back to Fenghouguo, Yujia listened, sighed slightly, and decided to go to Deji's side to wait first, so that I could meet Janet alone first.

Janet lives in the left house of the Gosato Building, and although it is very elegant, as the residence of the governor of the hermitage, it is naturally not as spacious and gorgeous as the castle tower. The last time she ceded the city to Xinjing and asked her to move over, she was a little reluctant, and once said that she would follow me to Zhouben City. It's just that I was going to contact the Uxi family at that time, so I brought Yu Fu with me.

When I entered, Janet was lazily crooked in front of the piano, holding her hands on her back, not knowing what she was thinking, looking very lonely. Seeing that it was me coming, she was very happy, and kindly ordered Jing Qilang to come out, and asked her to take out the collection of Nanban wine and pour me a full glass.

"I thought that His Highness must have joined the castle tower and would not come here." She said with a smile.

"This is where I live now," I replied casually, looking over at the iǎin courtyard inside, "What about Dongjin?" ”

"Fuyutsu is in the castle tower," Janice replied.

"Really? By Yuga's side? I continued.

"It's by Fuyuhime's side. Dong Ji likes her very much, saying that Dong Jin was born on the same month and day as her, which is a very rare fate," Janet sighed, and there was a hint of resentment in her words, "It's better than suffering here with your concubine." ”

"You don't think you're used to living here?" I put down the glass in my hand.

"Yes, the concubine has never lived in such a house." Janet grumbled, swiping her hand on the keys of the piano and playing a string of notes from high to low, as if tearing a piece of silk with resentment.

I looked at the piano in my hand, and then at Janet in front of me, and saw that the two were really very similar. This richly decorated piano is indeed not suitable for the simplicity and elegance of this room, and Janet has basically occupied the most palatial residence from her birth to her marriage into Nakamura Castle, and then to her stay in Shuhonjo Castle and Imabari Castle, and now she is living in seclusion here, no wonder she is not used to it.

At this time, he led Jing Qilang over. Janet pulled him in front of her and ordered with a smile, "Come and see my father."

"Father, ......" Jing Qilang called in a childish voice, his voice was very crisp and pleasant. However, because he rarely sees me, he looks a little timid.

It makes me feel a little guilty. Although Janet and I don't have too deep feelings, his birth is just the result of pure fun, but after all, it is his own blood. But compared to other children, I really don't care enough for him, and even worse than his sister Dongjin.

"Well, good," I replied with a smile and lovingly hugged him to my knees and sat down.

"Very smart and handsome," said Janet, a little smugly, "he's my favorite baby."

It's no wonder she's so conceited, Jing Qilang has indeed inherited her advantages, she is very handsome, and her dark eyes are also very smart, which is very likable.

Otomo Zonglin should also be very relieved to see this grandson......

I thought about it and decided to tell her about Kei Shichiro first: "Janet, your father and I have already discussed it, and I will let Kei Shichiro join the Otomo family immediately." ”

Janet raised her head, her voice a little panicked: "Why is this coming...... Didn't you say wait until adulthood? ”

"It used to be an adult. However, the family has recently made a big move in Kyushu, and in order to change the name and properly handle the affairs of the Otomo family, Keishiro must immediately succeed the family governor," I explained, and comforted, "Don't worry about anything, your father has agreed to be his follow-up, and he will definitely take care of him." ”

"But...... He's only four years old, how can he leave his concubine? Janet frowned.

"So I decided to let you go with me too, so that I can take care of Keishichiro...... Also, that's what your father meant, he said he misses you very much. "I took the opportunity to say this.

"In other words," Janet looked at me seriously, "Your Highness wants to send the concubine back to the inner city of the palace?" ”

"Yes, after all, I'm retired now, and maybe I'll be a monk soon. If you follow me again, it's not suitable, and you probably won't be able to get used to it," I coaxed her half-truthfully, "So, in the future, you will be the lady of the Great Imperial Observatory in the inner castle, and if I have the chance, I will also go to the inner castle to see you." ”

"Is that so...... "Janet thought for a moment, "then the concubine will be gone." ”

"That's it." I said with satisfaction, put Keishiro on the ground, and got up and mō his iǎ head.

Although the matter has been decided, I still hope for Janet's cooperation and hope that she can have a good time.

"Your Highness won't stay a little longer?" Janet saw that I was leaving, and hurriedly said.

"There's still something," I nodded to her, "I'll come back later." ”

……，……

What I'm talking about, of course, is Deki's one. She now lives in the right yashiki, not far from the left, and after two corridors and around the vestibule in front of the house, she arrives at her residence. And when I reached the right cloister, she had already come out with Yuga, and ushered me into the antechamber. On her body, she is a simple blue kimono, and her appearance is a little more mature than when we met a few years ago, but she is still very beautiful and dignified.

I was surprised to see her dress, because it was so plain. Indigo is the cheapest dye, and blue clothes are generally worn by civilians, which is very inconsistent with her status. Moreover, I remember that in the past, even in Okazaki, which was not as prosperous as Cheongju, she often wore crimson clothes, and her clothes were often embroidered with intricate uā patterns, some of which were even woven with gold and silver threads, which was extremely gorgeous.

I don't know how to speak, so I can't tell her directly, "This matter is just a misunderstanding, even if you agree, you can't stay here", right? Then there would be no place for her face.

And the thing about clothes happens to be a good topic.

So I turned my head and said to Yuga in a reproachful tone, "What's going on? With the status and age of a princess, how can you wear such clothes? ”

The concubine said the same. But the princess insisted on wearing such clothes," said Yuga.

"The princess's own request?" I looked at Deki strangely, how did she change to such a style of dressing?

Ji replied in a voice, a flush on his face.

"This ...... Anyway, we were negligent," I bowed my head, "I didn't consider the princess's feelings, and I made a request to His Royal Highness Matsushima without authorization, and then took the princess over, I'm really sorry"

"You don't have to be so polite," Deki said immediately, her expression calming down a little, "Uncle told me about this matter, and I am already prepared. Moreover, my aunt also taught me seriously. ”

"Your aunt? Princess Ashi? "I'm even more strange, why did Ah Shi also get involved?" Isn't it already married to Echizen? ”

"Yes," Tokuki nodded, "but before that, my aunt had been with me for months and had talked to me a lot...... My aunt rebuked me for what I had done in the Tokugawa family, and then told me that as the NV of the samurai family, I should do my best to maintain the connection between my family and my husband's family, and pass on the bloodline of the two families to promote the prosperity of the two families...... I think she was right, because after leaving the Tokugawa family, I felt very sorry for myself and His Highness Okazaki, and I missed my two children very much......"

She couldn't go on anymore, and two lines of tears flowed from her eyes.

I couldn't help but sigh for her...... If you knew today, why bother in the first place

"It's over, the princess doesn't have to think too much, just look at the future." I comforted her.

"Yes," Tokuji took the silk handkerchief handed by Yu Jia and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "So please rest assured, Your Highness, I have accepted my uncle's entrustment, and I will definitely do my duty, and my aunt will serve His Highness as His Highness Shibata did." ”

I know she partially misunderstood me. But the trouble is that in the face of her appearance, I can't say no to her right now.

"But," I thought about it, and decided to put forward a harsh condition to make her retreat, "I already have a main room, if the princess marries......

"It doesn't matter if it's you." Deki replied. Then, she turned around and whispered a few words to her side, bowed to the order, and soon walked into the room, holding out a jewelry box. Deki took the jewelry box, opened it very preciously, and took out a sub-contract from it.

"This was a gift from His Highness that day, and he told me that it was ordered by my father. I've always kept it as a reminder of my father...... Later, however, when I went to my uncle's place, my uncle told me that His Royal Highness was responsible for the division of the money, and that this kind of precious money with his father's lord uā was only in the hands of His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness Niwa. And when my father ordered His Highness to support Mikawa, he didn't mention anything about me......"

She sighed a little disappointed and handed me the sub-payment: "So, what I have been thinking about for several years is not actually my father's heart, but His Highness's kindness and care."

"The princess has said so, Your Highness has nothing to worry about," Yu Jia said with a smile, "If Your Highness is worried about the princess's appearance......"

She moved to Deki's side, then brushed the hair from her left forehead. There, there was a distinct scar, apparently from a cut from a broken piece of porcelain.

"Oops," Deji exclaimed, and quickly pushed Yu Jia's hand away and straightened the hair on his forehead. Her face became even more flushed, as if the hidden part of her body was being displayed in front of her.

"Actually, it doesn't matter, it basically doesn't affect the princess's appearance. Isn't it, Your Highness? ”

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