The game had just begun, the prelude to the civil war in Fuso had begun, and the entire Fuso had fallen into a tense atmosphere, and almost every citizen had already deeply felt the sense of oppression that the war had come.

At the same time, Sakura Rinko had not yet left the mountain shrine, and according to Fuso tradition, the fifteenth night emperor should have spent the fifteenth night in the shrine, so she left Kyoto Castle and traveled thousands of miles to the mountain shrine outside Edo Castle, and invited Lucius to go to Mt. Wu with her.

Now that Lucius is gone, Sakura Rinko doesn't want to leave for the time being, and she still wants to linger in the shrine for a few days, because she knows very well that the great battle of Fuso has begun.

Now she, the titular emperor, has been reduced to a puppet at all, and no daimyo who holds military power will obey her orders.

In Sakura's opinion, instead of staying in the cold palace in that cold city, she should stay in this shrine in the mountains, so that she can relax and not be disturbed by mundane things.

In fact, after all kinds of things, Sakura Rinko's state of mind has also quietly changed, she used to be full of revenge, wanting to take revenge on Tokugawa Ihiko, wanting to regain the power of Fuso, so that the imperial power can become the only voice of Fuso again, and complete what many emperors, including her father, have not done.

For this purpose, Sakura Rinko was almost able to abandon a qiē, or even the most important thing for a woman, just to be able to revive the Fuso royal family.

But after getting along with Lucius, especially after Lucius slapped her because of the destruction of that small fishing village, Sakura Rinko's thoughts quietly changed.

She suddenly found that the things she had been insisting on seemed to be insignificant at all, and it seemed that she had revived the imperial family, making the imperial power the only voice of Fuso, able to trample the Tokugawa family under her feet, and even kill Tokugawa Izuhiko. These can pour out the hatred in her heart.

But in fact, Sakura Rinko slowly felt that even if she completed those goals, she still couldn't get what she wanted, her father and mother couldn't be resurrected, and even those loyal ministers who had followed her couldn't be resurrected, and she herself was still alone in the end, sitting alone in the emperor's position.

Thinking of this, Sakura Rinko began to resist her current identity in her heart, and she didn't want to face the things she carried. It can be said that coming to the shrine is also an escape.

During her few days at the shrine, Sakura Rinko enjoyed almost every day, feeling that life seemed to have become simpler, and most of the time she could sit by the small pond in the backyard and read a book, drink tea, or go out for a walk to see the autumn scenery all over the mountains, except for getting up early to worship the gods.

Sakura Rinko suddenly felt. This kind of life seems to be what she has always longed for, and if she can live like this forever, get married and have children for the rest of her life, she feels that she will be very satisfied.

Watch Sakura Rinko's mental transformation change. Mingtang couldn't help but sigh: "Wash all the lead, maybe when you really calm down, you will understand what you want? In fact, your previous life was not what you wanted. ”

Hearing this, Sakura Rinko smiled and looked at the small pond in front of her, and said with a beautiful smile on her face, "Okami, if I give up the position of emperor now. Do you think it's going to cause trouble for Lucius?"

Mingtang was stunned when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect Sakura Rinko to have such an idea, and he had no way to answer for a while.

But just when Ming Tang was stunned, another voice sounded: "Hehe, I really can't imagine that the ambitious female emperor in the past would now want to take the initiative to give up the position of the emperor like a little woman?

Hearing the sudden sound, Sakura Rinko and Mingtang were both startled, and then they turned their heads to look over, and saw Kinoshita Hideyoshi with pointed ears and cheeks standing not far away.

And behind Kinoshita Hideyoshi, dozens of samurai followed closely, and Asukina and Yuko Jingu had also prepared those samurai to control them.

Seeing Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly appear, Sakura Rinko's brows suddenly tightened, she looked at the other party with a frown, and said in cold words: "Kinoshita Hideyoshi, do you know what you are talking about? You dare to covet the position of the emperor, you are simply bold." ”

When Kinoshita Hideyoshi heard this, he immediately grinned and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Your Majesty the Emperor, aren't you preaching that everyone should have the right to choose their fate? Since I can choose my own destiny, then why can't I become the emperor? I think there is a saying in Middle-earth that says very well, the so-called princes and princes will have no seeds, and everyone in the world should take turns to sit. ”

As he spoke, Kinoshita Hideyoshi began to approach Sakura Rinko step by step, and just as he was about to walk in front of Sakura Rinko, a sword suddenly appeared from the side.

Despite the speed of the sword and the fact that there was almost no warning beforehand, Kinoshita Hideyoshi was still very calm.

Just as the sword was about to touch him, another figure suddenly rushed out and blocked the sword.

The two figures clashed with each other for a moment, and then retreated to Sakura's Rinko and Kinoshita Hideyoshi's side, and it seemed that the two swordsmen who were hidden in the shadows did not gain much in the fierce battle.

Standing next to Sakura Rinko was naturally Yanagi Maruka, who looked at his opponent with a frown, questioning the identity of the other party.

The other party was wearing this white robe, but his chest was open, and the muscles seemed to be deliberately exposed, and he was not wearing anything on his feet, just holding his feet like that.

After the fight, he retreated to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's side, casually put the katana in his hand on his shoulder, and looked at Yanagi Maruka with contempt.

Obviously, the opponent's contempt made Yanagi Maruha very angry, but thinking of the opponent's previous confrontation, Yanagi Maruka also understood that the opponent had the ability to be proud.

After a long time, the samurai in white uniforms spoke: "Old fellow, although you are a little older and your movements are a little slower, your sword skills are indeed very strong, you are qualified to know my name, remember, my name is 'Ba'." ”

Yanagi Maru snorted coldly and said, "There is a very domineering name, but are you a little too conceited? Who do you think you are? Why do I have to remember your name?"

Ba Wenyan grinned, a smile bloomed on his handsome face, which made people look very sunny, if it weren't for the contempt and arrogance in his eyes, he would be very similar to Lucius.

smiled and said to Yanagi Maruhisa: "Because you will be a dead man soon, I want to sue you who killed you." ”

Yanagi Marujiu was very annoyed by the other party's humiliation, pulled out another katana from his waist, held a katana in each hand, and said to Ba: "Young man, don't be too conceited, I don't know who killed whom later." ”

Seeing that Yanagi Maruha and Ba were about to start fighting, Kinoshita Hideyoshi stopped Ba at this time: "Wait......"

Being stopped, Ba, who was already in the middle of battle, felt a little annoyed, turned around and looked coldly at Kinoshita Hideyoshi and said, "Don't forget your own identity, you are not qualified to order me." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "Hehe, don't be angry, it's not time for you to do it, I still have some things to do, and when my business is done, you can kill that old guy at any time." ”

Ba stood there and hesitated for a moment, then thought for a moment and pointed at Yanagi Maruha with the tip of his knife and said, "The old guy will take your life later, so that you can live a little longer." ”

With that, the overlord stepped back so that Kinoshita Hideyoshi could face it squarely, and he stepped back to the side, putting the knife on his shoulder like that.

Yanagi Maru saw that Ba actually retreated, so he planned to swing his sword to kill Kinoshita Hideyoshi, after all, the other party had threatened the emperor just now, and out of consideration for the emperor's safety, he couldn't allow what happened just now to happen again.

However, just when Yagyu Maru was about to make a move, Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to Sakura Rinko: "Your Majesty, you'd better let him not act rashly, I'm prepared, otherwise those two women are afraid that they will give me a funeral, and he may not be able to kill me." ”

Hearing that Kinoshita Hideyoshi actually threatened the emperor and despised himself for not being able to kill him, Yanagi Maruhisa suddenly felt angry, raised the blade in his hand and planned to strike again.

But this time he couldn't sell it, because he was stopped by Sakura Rinko: "Okay, Mr. Yanagiyu, please don't do it." ”

Yanagimaru was stunned for a while, but when he saw Asukina and Yuko Shingu, who were accused, he still listened to Sakura Rinko's words, did not continue to move, and also retreated to the side.

Sakura Rinko looked at Kinoshita Hideyoshi's triumphant face, then glanced at Assuna and Yuko Jingu and said, "You are such a despicable fellow, they are innocent, you better let them go, otherwise Lucius will not let you go." ”

"Oh, hahaha, yes, Yes, Your Highness Lucius, that Highness from the West, how did I forget him? You must be waiting for him to save you now, right? Unfortunately, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, because he is now lacking in skills, my army has already invaded Edo, and is advancing towards Edo Castle, and he is probably commanding the battle on the border at the moment. ”

Listening to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's words, Sakura Rinko felt even more annoyed, and cursed again: "You are really a despicable fellow, you actually used a trick to lure Lucius away. ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi said helplessly: "Yes, I have to lead him away, because I'm really afraid of him, he will scare my courage if he wants to be here, no matter how confident I am, I don't dare to come to see you?"

Afterwards, Kinoshita Hideyoshi laughed wildly and said: "Hahaha, it's a pity that he can't come now, but even if he is aware of my plan, it is useless to come, because there are already people waiting for him, he only dares to come, hehehe, that person will take action to solve him, he will definitely have no return, and then the whole Fuso will be mine." ”

Looking at Kinoshita Hideyoshi's hideous and ugly face, Sakura Rinko forcibly suppressed the disgust in her heart and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "Don't talk nonsense, just say, what do you want to do?" (To be continued......)