"Thousand Nights-kun, what's the party tonight? You even asked me to come here in a kimono. Dressed in a light and fresh Zhongzhen sleeve, Mai Shiraishi asked Qianye with a curious expression. At this time, she and Chiya are riding to the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo for a party.

Qianye smiled at Mai Shiraishi and explained carefully: "Tonight is a gathering organized by the Kasumi Guild, the Tangsei, and the Kikuei Friendship Association, and it seems that they have some ideas about this prime minister's election, so today's party is here. ”

Mai Shiraishi looked at Qianye with a confused expression, and asked a little at a loss: "Qianye-kun, what are these Xia Guild Hall, Hall Guild and Jurong Friendship Association?" ”

Qianye looked at the puzzled Mai Shiraishi, smiled dumbly, tapped his forehead with the five-bone bat fan in his hand and said, "It's my negligence, these three organizations are rarely heard of by ordinary people." ”

"Can you tell me about it?" Mai Shiraishi pulled Qianye's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Don't wait for others to make a fool of yourself!" ”

"Do you know the Chinese like Mai?" Qianye asked gently, seeing Mai Shiraishi shaking her head, so she thought for a while and introduced in detail: "After the Meiji Restoration, the old aristocratic classes such as the public family and the samurai family were abolished, and the Meiji government established a new aristocratic system according to the Western system of dukes and princes. In the 7th year of the Meiji era, the Chinese social club and the Chinese clan hall were completed, and until after the war, it was a social place for the Japanese upper class.

In Showa 22, the year after Japan's surrender, the government promulgated a new constitution made under the supervision of the United States, the Constitution of Japan, and as a result, the Chinese system was abolished, and all Chinese were disqualified and became commoners. After the abolition of the Chinese system, the Chinese clan was transformed into a general corporation and renamed "Kasumi Kaikan", which continued to exist as the old Chinese friendship club. ”

"Huh? Aren't they the descendants of those daimyo from the Warring States period? Mai Shiraishi said with a look of surprise: "In Nana Sai's previous life, do the descendants of Tamako still exist?" ”

"Of course it is!" Chiya pressed the five-bone bat fan against the tip of his nose, covering his mouth and chuckling: "In the ninth year of Kanei, the Hosokawa clan was transferred to Kumamoto, and Tamako and Hosokawa Tadashi's son Hosokawa Tadashi became the first lord of the Hosokawa Kumamoto Domain, and his descendants have continued to this day, and the current leader is the former Prime Minister Hosokawa Gohei, and he also has a younger brother who was passed on to the Konoe family, and is the head of the Konoe family's generation. You can see both of them at the party later. ”

"Ahh Or don't want it! Mai Shiraishi hurriedly waved her hand and refused: "Thinking that Nanasai is the reincarnation of Tamako, it will be embarrassing to see them again!" ”

Qianye looked at Mai Shiraishi, who refused, and said with a wicked smile: "That's up to you, the main conveners of tonight's party are Hosokawa Gohei and Konoe Tadaki, and they will definitely come to see me." ”

"No, no, no, I still don't want it, it's good for you to see them yourself." Mai Shiraishi shook her head with a frightened expression, and then asked, "What is the Shanghui and Jurong Friendship Meeting?" ”

Before the Meiji Restoration, public houses that were qualified to enter the Seirryōden were called "Tang Sho Gongjia". Among them, there are Fujiwara Five Families, Tsinghua Nine Family, and so on. Now, the descendants of the public family in the Kasumi Kaikan have formed an organization called "Tangshangkai". Chiya saw Mai Shiraishi divert the topic, so she continued to introduce her words: "And the Kikuei Friendship Association is a friendship association formed by the Eleven Palace family, who descended from the Showa 22nd year, because of the farewell words of Emperor Showa. At this time, the speed of the car slowed down and stopped at the door of the Imperial Hotel, Qianye stopped to introduce it, and said to Mai Shiraishi: "Okay, we are here, get out of the car." ”

The doorman opened the door with a smile on his face, and stood by the door waiting for the guests on the bus to get off. Mai Shiraishi adjusted her mood and smiled at the doorman before getting out of the car, standing at the door and looking at Qianye, who was still in the car. It wasn't until Chiya got out of the car that he followed him and walked towards the Imperial Hotel.

When the two of them arrived at the banquet hall where the party was held, there were already many people in the banquet hall, and they were gathered in twos and threes, talking about their own topics. When Qianye and Mai Shiraishi came in, Qianye was dressed like an ancient minister in a hunting suit and immediately attracted a lot of attention, and many of them recognized Qianye's identity, and they were suddenly shocked and had a different assessment of tonight's party.

After Chiya and Mai Shiraishi walked into the banquet hall, they were greeted by several gray-haired men who looked quite old.

"Qianye-san, welcome to you." One of the men bowed to Chiya in welcome.

Qianye nodded at it and said with a smile, "It's been a long time, Liyousan." At the same time, he also greeted the others: "Xiu Jiu Sang, Bang Xin Sang, Bang Xian Sang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"It's not that Qianye-san, you don't come to our party in the Xia Hall too often, it's been a long time, I don't know who this young lady is?" The man who was called Liyou looked at Mai Shiraishi who was standing behind Senya and asked curiously.

"This is Mai Shiraishi, my disciple." Qianye introduced Mai Shiraishi to several people, and Mai Shiraishi also hurriedly greeted a few people, and Qianye also introduced to Mai Shiraishi: "These are the contemporary head of the Maeda family, Maeda Toshiyu-san, the current head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Shuhisa-san, the contemporary head of the Takeda family, Takeda Bang Shin-san, and the current head of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Kuni-san. ”

"It turns out to be a disciple of Senya-san, Miss Shiraishi, welcome to our gathering at the Kasumi Guild Hall." Maeda Toshiyu said enthusiastically to Mai Shiraishi.

Mai Shiraishi hurriedly returned the salute to Maeda Liyou: "Thank you for your welcome, you are so polite, please take care of me." Although Mai Shiraishi behaved very decently, Qianye still saw that Mai Shiraishi was a little nervous, so she asked Shuhisa Shimadzu: "Shuku-san, you haven't been to Tokyo for a long time, why are you willing to leave Kagoshima this time?" ”

Shukumi Shimazu asked when he saw Chiya, so he said jokingly: "Minister Hosokawa is invited, how dare the Shimazu family not come?" ”

Qianye smiled and smiled at Takeda Kunishin and Uesugi Kunishen on the side: "Then the Takeda family and the Uesugi family are also for this?" The Hosokawa family is going to unite all the foreign daimyo to take over the world again? He laughed as he spoke.

When several people saw Qianye say this, they also laughed.

After laughing, Chiya glanced around and asked Maeda Toshiyu, "Why didn't you see Hu Xisan, does the Minister have to wait until the end to make the finale?" ”

"Hu Xi-san is entertaining Prince Wenren, I shouldn't know that Qianye-san is here." Kuninobu Takeda on the side explained to Chiya.

"Oh? Is Prince Fumihito here too? Qianye's eyes changed, and a playful smile appeared on his face: "It seems that today's party is very interesting!" "It's really interesting that the royals are present at the gathering of the Chinese and the old palace family.

"At today's gathering, in addition to inviting the members of the Kasumi Kaikan and the members of the Kikuei Friendship Association, they also sent a special invitation to the imperial family, and it seems that the Hosokawa family is determined to win the position of prime minister this time." Shimazu Shuhisa whispered to Chiya.

"If he is re-elected as prime minister, it will be much better for Japan than the 'successor of Koizumi' coming to power." Hearing what Shimazu Shuhisa said to Chiya, Uesugi Kuniken on the side interjected.

Chiya looked at the current head of the Uesugi family, who was a cosmoscientist, and asked with a smile, "Why did Kuni Ken-san say that?" Hu Xisang only served as prime minister for one year. ”

He was able to face up to Japan's history, and he was also the first post-war prime minister to apologize to the victim country for Japan's history of aggression. In today's international environment, Japan should now be in good neighborliness with its neighbors in order to help revitalize its economy, especially China, to the west, and its economic take-off is undoubtedly a huge opportunity for Japan. Uesugi Kunitsu talked about it and expounded his views: "However, the 'successor of Koizumi' still holds the old view that Japan should follow the United States, but the United States is now a little too busy to take care of itself, how can it help Japan get out of its predicament?" ”

"Bang Xiansang told me this, did you want me to support Hu Xisang to regain the world?" Chiya smiled meaningfully and said to Uesugi Kuniken.

Uesugi Kunitun smiled and shook his head: "Chiyo-san misunderstood, I'm just complaining, people naturally like to nag when they're old, and please don't mind Chiyo-san." ”

"It's okay, sometimes it's fun to listen to the nagging of the elderly." Chiya smiled and was about to say something when Hosokawa Gohei walked over with Prince Fumihito, while Yoshiko followed behind her father.

"Qianye-san, welcome to today's gathering, it's a deep honor for you to come." Hosokawa Gohei, who once served as the 79th Prime Minister of Japan, greeted Chiya warmly, and as a former prime minister, Hosokawa Gohei knew Chiyo's identity better than others.

"Mr. Chiba, I didn't expect to see you here." Prince Fumihito also greeted Qianye, looking at Mai Shiraishi standing beside Qianye, Prince Fumihito asked a little strangely, "Why didn't you see Miss Hashimoto today?" Who is this young lady? ”

"Hashimoto, she wasn't very convenient today, so she didn't come." Qianye explained to Prince Fumihito, and at the same time introduced Mai Shiraishi to him: "This is Miss Mai Shiraishi, my disciple. ”

"Fortunately, Miss Shiraishi." Prince Fumihito politely greeted Mai Shiraishi, Mai Shiraishi also hurriedly saluted, the appearance of the royal family was obviously beyond Mai Shiraishi's imagination, which surprised her very much, but Mai Shiraishi still hid her surprise very well and dealt with it decently.