When Lucius was mechanizing Soga Inamome and Takeda Koji on the steel battleship, some unstable factors gradually emerged in that seaside fishing village.

Perhaps knowing that Lucius had left, Sakura-Rinko began to make frequent contact with some samurai daimyos, as if trying to persuade them to join her command and become a force in her hands, assisting her in overthrowing the Tokugawa family's shogunate and restoring the original imperial power.

After she revealed her identity as emperor, Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai, who had returned with their troops, personally visited the side wing of the shrine where she lived.

Afterwards, Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Xuezhai didn't even specifically explain it to Du Liniang and others, let alone reveal anything that was exchanged in person.

Later, under the deliberate propaganda of some people, some samurai from small forces around also came to pay homage, and even some samurai directly threw themselves into the command of Sakura Rinko, publicly announced their allegiance to Sakura Rinko, handed over all the military power in their hands, and carried out unified allocation by the middle minister Kamazu.

Under constant pressure from all sides, Du Liniang and they were forced to move out of the main house of the shrine and give the main house to Sakura Rinko, while they were expelled from the shrine and could only live in Shirou's house under Shirou's arrangement.

In response to this disparity, Qi Li'er first shouted angrily: "What is this? Aren't we going to do something about it now?

Christine pushed her glasses and smiled and said, "Hehe, Sister Qilier." They are not prestige, they are the real emperors, the real rulers of this land, the descendants of the gods, it is normal to live in shrines, we are just outsiders, what qualifications do we have to fight?"

Modès then said with the same displeasure, "But without us, without the help of Lucius, she would have relied on this rabble. Can you help her regain imperial power?"

Christine replied nonchalantly: "That's natural." Therefore, she did not directly order us to be arrested, nor did she expel us from Fuso. ”

"Hmph, is there any difference between her doing this now and us arresting and driving them out?" Qi Li'er was still very unconvinced.

Du Liniang said calmly: "Okay." Now it's not about talking about these things. I have to wait for Lucius to come back. I don't think we can sit still now, Ei, after you contact Oda and Taiyuan. What is the result? What is the attitude of Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai?"

Shadow replied expressionlessly: "Both of them are very humble and do not have any arrogance, it seems that they are still following the plan set by Lucius, but ......"

"Still?" Qi Li'er suddenly grabbed the words and said angrily, "Needless to say, those two guys must be against us and have already made preparations to betray us." ”

As soon as Qi Li'er's words fell, Ying shook his head: "No, it's strange here, the two of them should have the intention of betrayal, and they may even not take me seriously, but it seems that both Taiyuan Xuezhai and Oda Nobumitsu are respectful to me, and they are looking forward to Lucius's return." ”

"Oh?" Du Liniang suddenly sat up straight when she heard this, lowered her head and muttered, "Speaking of which, Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai, the two of them, didn't betray Lucius? Or did they not reach an agreement with Sakura Rinko?"

There was a sudden silence in the room, and everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought, feeling a little puzzled by the abnormality of Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai.

Caroline, who had been silent for a long time and had not been angry from beginning to end, said calmly: "I think that I am afraid that they did not get what they wanted, and they felt that Sakura Rinko could not become a qualified monarch, so they were more looking forward to the benefits that Lucius would bring them." ”

As soon as Caroline's words came out, everyone was surprised, because this was a little different from the previous Caroline, if Caroline's temper was before, I am afraid that now it has been killed with an axe.

But today's Caroline has always remained calm, and even Qilier and Modès are clamoring, but Caroline is surprisingly quiet.

Du Liniang didn't think much about it, just thought about Caroline's words carefully, and agreed: "Well, what Caroline said makes sense, it seems that we need to send a weighty person to contact those two guys to see what kind of requirements the two of them have?"

Everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't understand who was a weighty person, and in the end it was Caroline who said, "I'd better go, I used to be their commander before." ”

Du Liniang agreed: "Okay, since that's the case, then Caroline, you can go on a trip, but you have to restrain your feelings, don't hurt people." ”

Obviously, Du Liniang was also a little worried about Caroline's abnormality, afraid that Caroline might have deliberately suppressed her feelings, and when she saw Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Xuezhai, because of the other party's verbal conflict, she couldn't suppress her feelings and slashed the two of them.

Caroline smiled charmingly and said, "Hehe, auntie, what's the matter? Are you worried that I'm going to cut those two guys? Am I so violent?"

"Yes. Without waiting for Du Liniang to reply, Christine replied almost instantly, "Caroline, you are really a little abnormal today, you haven't been angry until now." ”

Caroline looked at Christine calmly and asked, "Isn't that bad?"

Christine shook her head and said seriously: "This is good, but you hold it like this, I'm worried that something is wrong with you, if you really want to vent, just vent it now, right?"

Caroline was instantly amused, and said with a charming smile: "Hahaha, that's interesting, are you expecting me to be angry?" I'm really not angry, I don't think there's anything wrong with Sakura Rinko's approach, if it were me, I might have done more daring than her. ”

Sweeping her gaze over the somewhat surprised crowd, Caroline continued: "Any ambitious person, especially an ambitious woman, will do whatever it takes, and women are more ruthless than men. ”

"As for Sakura Rinko not acting aggressively towards us now, firstly, she is afraid of the strength of Lucius, secondly, she is not sure that she can take us, and finally, she does not have the support of Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai. ”

After listening to Caroline's analysis, everyone present was dumbfounded, and it took a long time for Du Liniang to come to her senses and say: "I really didn't see it, Caroline, you, you actually grew up so quickly, it seems that there is another female general with wisdom and courage by Lucius's side." ”

In the face of Du Liniang's praise, Caroline was not polite: "Actually, I used to be so reckless because I didn't want to use my brain, I think it is better to think so much, it is better to go down with an ax and cut it to save trouble." ”

Hearing this, Christine suddenly mocked: "Good idea, no wonder I used to think that you were always murderous, it turns out that you have always thought so, should we be glad that we are still alive?"

Hearing Christine's words, everyone present seemed to be stunned, and then burst into laughter.

Without waiting for everyone's laughter to fall, Shirou suddenly walked in under the leadership of No. 3, bowed down to everyone present, knelt down and said, "Oh no, I heard that a daimyo led an army to attack Chiba, and now His Majesty the Emperor has gathered everyone to go to the shrine to discuss countermeasures." ”

"Oh?" everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Du Liniang muttered: "It seems that some people are more anxious than us, but that woman didn't go to us ......"

Caroline took over and said coldly: "Hmph, do you need to say it? She thinks that she can eat the other party, and wants to eat the other party alone to expand her strength, and she is worried that if we participate, we will share the benefits at that time." ”

Christine then laughed angrily: "Hehe, I really can't imagine that little girl is so ruthless, since she has the courage to go alone behind our back?"

Du Liniang waved her hand, and then said to Shirou with a smile: "Shirou, you go back first, remember to be careful, don't be found out that you have come to see us, you have helped us a lot, I think Lucius will also remember you well, and he doesn't want you to continue the adventure." ”

Shirou grinned and said, "It's okay, my eldest brother promised me that he would teach me a lot of things and let me stay by his side, and I just want to do what I can for him now." ”

Saying that, Shilang's expression was a little gloomy: "It's a pity that my strength is limited, I can't do many things, and I can't help my eldest brother, otherwise you wouldn't have to hide in my house." ”

Listening to Shirou's words, Christine stood up, walked up to him, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, don't be discouraged, you've done a good job, don't you want to learn something? ”

Knowing that Christine asked Kage to teach him, Shirou suddenly raised his head excitedly, looked at Kage and asked eagerly, "Really, is Kage-sama willing to teach me?"

Christine glanced back at the shadow, and the latter's words that she originally wanted to refuse suddenly swallowed back, and said a little stiffly: "If you want to learn, I will teach you, but first of all, I am not a good teacher, you must endure hardship." ”

Hearing this, Shirou immediately nodded and said, "Well, it's okay, don't worry, I'll definitely go all out and learn from Ei-sama." ”

The people present laughed when they saw this, and Konstantin said to the shadow: "Okay, since you promised someone, go quickly, don't let people wait too long, remember to teach other people's children well, don't mislead people's children, don't live up to other people's children's expectations of you, don't lose the face of us Westerners." ”

Konstantin's words were full of black lines, but he could only stand up, take two steps forward and directly pick up Shirou, who was still in excitement, and walked slowly towards the outside of the house. (To be continued......)