The third day of the fourth month of the third year of Yonglu. On this day, a gentle drizzle fell in the area of Sunfu Castle on the Tokaido, and when the lord of the castle, Imagawa Yoshimoto, was about to go to Luo, the people in the city spread that it was a rain, indicating that Imagawa Yoshimoto-sama would succeed in going to Luo.

On this day, the two side rooms of the city lord actually gave birth to a daughter at the same time. Imagawa Yoshimoto, who is already forty-one years old, actually got two more princesses on the occasion of Shangluo, which made everyone up and down Imagawa even more pleasantly surprised, and everyone called it an auspicious omen.

In Junfu City, it is also a delivery room, and the delivery room of the side room of the tea and plum courtyard is spacious and bright. However, the delivery room of the Ii Bureau was moved to a maid's room at the end of the longhouse. The cold room is poignant. So far, no one has come to visit. Only the maid Ah Chun accompanied her, blowing the charcoal fire under the pot.

"I heard that the princess of the lady of Chameiyuan is very popular with everyone." Ah Chun blew the charcoal fire under the pot and said quickly: "When the princess was born, the city lord went to visit it. ”

Jing Yiju didn't speak, just looked at the white window paper, and let out a faint sigh from time to time. Next to Jing Yiju, a sleeping baby girl was lying. She and the daughter born to Chamei Temple were born at the same time on the same day, the same month, and the same year, and Jing Yiju felt incredible and very sad. Why are there so many differences in status at the same time?

"Madame, the porridge is ready." Ah Chun carried a steaming bowl of porridge and came to Jing Yiju's side.

Jing Yiju suddenly began to cough violently, feeling the blood boiling all over his body, as long as he moved his feelings, maybe his life would flow with the blood like this. "Ah Chun, I don't want to eat it yet, let's put it aside first."

"But...... If you don't eat ......"

"I said it. Don't want to eat! ”

Ah Chun held the bowl in embarrassment. Walked around the house. "It's unbearable. ”

"What's wrong?"

"I heard the people talking below, on the day of the birth of the princess of the lady of Chameiyuan, the woman who served the tea and water also gave birth to a child, I don't know if it was a man or a woman."

"What, say that I serve tea and deliver water...... Previously, due to the difference in status, Jing Yiju did personally serve tea to Mrs. Chameiyuan.

"Yes. They even regarded their wife as a subordinate. I don't know who made the rumor! ”

Ah Chun wanted to comfort the Jing Yi Bureau, but the Jing Yi Bureau curled up in a ball and cried. She was mourning for her position. I feel even more miserable for what happened to me. So, just like that, Jing Yiju ignored Ah Chun's surprised gaze and trembled and cried.

The partition door became a little dim, probably because the sun was obscured by dark clouds.

"Is Mrs. Jing Yi here?" Just then, someone outside the room asked in a low voice.

As the male voice sounded, Mrs. Ii in the room immediately stopped crying, and the maid also felt strange about this. Generally speaking, men consider the delivery chamber to be an unclean place within 21 days of the birth of a child. None of them will get into it. It's just that now, why did a man suddenly appear outside? And it's obvious that I'm looking for Mrs. Ii.

For this reason, Jing Yiju had to raise his head slightly on the mattress and motioned for the maid to go out to see who it was. After Ah Chun understood what Mrs. Jing Yi meant, he immediately gently opened a little gap in the wooden partition, and then dodged out. Soon after, Ah Chun returned, still holding a letter in his hand:

"Madam, that person is very strange, he didn't identify himself, but it seems to be a samurai from the family guarding the city gates." Because of the strange appearance of the visitor, after returning to the room and closing the wooden partition of the room again, Ah Chun immediately said.

"By the way, the man asked me to give this letter to Madame, and said mysteriously, 'Please rest assured, Madame, everything is smooth, and I will ask Madame to cooperate in the future', and the man left after speaking."

I's eyes widened, neither nodding nor smiling. Seeing this, the maid Ah Chun walked into Mrs. Jing Yiju and handed her the letter.

Mrs. Ii took the letter a little unconsciously, and looked into the envelope casually, but the whole person immediately sat up. Although there is no text on the surface of the letter, it does have a cherry blossom drawing. Only one person can draw this cherry blossom like this, and only Mrs. Ii can see who painted it.

"It's Hikoshiro, it's my Hikoshichiro." Mrs. Ii said to herself as she quickly tore open the envelope. Eleven years ago, her son Hikoshiro was taken from the temple by her husband's mother, Shou Gui Ni, and since then there has been no news of her, although Shou Gui Ni often tells her that Yan Gui has always lived a good life, but before she saw her son Yan Gui Lang, Mrs. Ii Bureau thought in her heart that Shou Gui Ni was lying to her, and even her son Yan Gui Lang was already dead.

She was already dead, but today she actually saw with her own eyes the unique mark of her son who has been missing for eleven years, although the time has been so long, and the young son has grown up, but this belongs to the cherry blossom mark that she and her son created together when they were still together, even if she died, as a mother, she will also remember it in her heart.

So, it's no wonder she's not excited at this time. I saw her quickly tear open the envelope, and then after pulling out the letter paper, she grabbed it and looked at it intently. Soon after, as if infected by the contents of the letter, her face was sad for a while, joyful for a while, and ...... for a moment Eventually, she bent down and began to cry, tears wetting the pillow and bedding beneath her.

"Madame, you?" Seeing the sudden change of Mrs. Jing Yiju, the maid Ah Chun felt a little scared, so she hurriedly approached Mrs. Jing Yiju and bowed down to comfort her.

"Woo......" Mrs. Jing Yiju raised her head, she didn't pay attention to the maid Ah Chun, but kept muttering to herself in her heart, "I see, I see." It's okay, it's okay. ”

At this moment, Mrs. Jing Yiju wished that she could cry loudly and vent her thoughts about her son for all these years, but as her son said in the letter, for the safety of her and her daughter, and even more so that she could see her son as soon as possible, she must be patient now.

After crying in a low voice for a long time, Mrs. Jing Yiju raised her red eyes, and reluctantly handed the letter to the maid beside her, Ah Chun: "Burn it." ”

"Huh?" The maid Ah Chun took the letter, which had been blurred by Madame's tears and crumpled because Madame had pressed it tightly to her heart, but she didn't understand it a little. Judging from Madame's previous situation, Madame obviously cherished this letter very much, but why did she burn it again?

(Thanks to "KingLeo, Shenluan" for their support of 200 points.)

First of all, I would like to say sorry to everyone, the weather was wet and cold for the first two days, especially on the way home from the Internet café at night, it was even colder, and even my hands were cold and painful. As a result, the weather suddenly improved yesterday, and the highest temperature was more than 30 degrees.

Since last night, first I had a cold, then a toothache, a fever, which is a complication, and I used to do this a lot. Because the spirit is really bad.,And to run to a far away Internet café.,So it's estimated that the code words will be messy these days.,If there's anything written that isn't too reasonable.,Please forgive me.。 (To be continued......)