"Your Highness, I'm sorry to hear this," Amano Jingde was the first to react. Without any explanation, he reached out his hand and hugged the baby in Yu Qiuping's arms, "but there is nothing we can do about it."
"I have overstepped my bounds. Your Highness has decided," Amano Jingtoku said coldly to the stunned Yu Qiuping: "I will abandon this child and treat him as if he never existed. It is announced to the public that my wife only gave birth to one child.
The child is the second young master." Amano Jingtoku glanced coldly at the midwife and doctor in the room, "Whoever dares to leak the information will be shot to death."
"I don't dare!" "I don't dare!" The midwives and doctors in the room had long understood that something was going on this time, and they all swore to God.
"Naoe-sama, please cover me later and take this child out quietly so that no outsider can find out." Amano Keidei told Naoe Tadayei, "For people outside who may know about the matter, the information must be strictly controlled and cannot be spread outside.
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"Understood." Naoe Tadayei nodded.
"Only by abandoning one child can the fate of the twins end." Amano Jingtoku faced the stunned Yu Qiuping and said coldly, "Your Highness, this child won't live long anyway, so let him stay underground for Your Highness and his
Please pray for me, brother." After saying that, he exerted a little force with his hands, trying to pull the swaddling clothes out of Yu Qiuping's frozen arms.
Those who cannot give up anything can save nothing.
This child won’t live long... He is so thin, missing an arm, and was born prematurely. With the current medical conditions, there are no antibiotics, no incubators... nothing. How can he survive... How can he be saved?
he.
Keeping him will plunge the family into a haze of twins, and may also cause other people to stay away from the Yuqiu family because they are worried about being contaminated by disaster. Although I am not superstitious myself, it does not mean that other people in this era are not superstitious.
How much trouble will this bring to the Yuqiu family? What will this make the brothers who have followed me through life and death think?
If you keep him, you may not be able to support him. If you keep him, you will have to go through the pain of losing a child again.
If you abandon him, no one will know that the healthy second son left behind will be the heir to the Yuqiu family, unite everyone's hearts, and grow up with everyone's care... Everything is so perfect.
On one side is his father's love and reluctance, on the other side is his family and reality...
I must make a choice without regrets.
"This child is unnecessary, he should not have appeared in the world." Amano Keitoku's cold words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
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Yu Qiuping's hand loosened subconsciously, and the swaddling baby escaped from his hands, and was held in Amano Jingde's arms. Yu Qiuping stared blankly at the swaddling baby. That might be the last time he and his son saw each other... He hadn't taken a good care of himself yet.
Look at his face and call him son...
Amano Keide turned around and was about to find a package to hide him in.
However, the moment he turned around, there was suddenly a weak force that prevented him from leaving with the baby in his arms.
Amano Keidei was stunned for a moment and took a closer look: the haggard Kaede Imagawa was using his right hand to hook the swaddling clothes of the child without a right hand. Although the strength was insignificant, it was extremely firm.
"Mr. Amano, let go," said Kaede Imagawa, who was so weak that even his voice was trembling, "I want to hold my child."
Amano Keide was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
"Let go." Imagawa Kaede repeated those words with great effort, "This is an order."
I don’t know why, Amano Jingde’s hand suddenly let go. At that moment, this man who was not afraid of Yu Qiuping’s anger and reprimand, was not afraid of Yu Qiuping’s future punishment and resentment, and was not afraid of falling into the deepest dark purgatory.
But failed in the face of firm maternal love.
Kaede Imagawa gently but powerfully held the baby in her arms, stared at the child's face, and listened to his intermittent cries.
This child is unnecessary. She shouldn't have appeared in the world...?
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Thirteen years ago, Suruga.
Only four years old, the ignorant Imagawa Kaede was still playing freely in the red leaf forest as usual. In the evening, she dragged her tired body back home, and unexpectedly discovered that the main light in the living room of the cabin was also
Light it up—Jiaci never lights the main lamp when he is alone at home!
Imagawa Kaede's eyes lit up, and she sped up excitedly. Stepping on the red leaves all over the ground, she ran towards home.
Because she knew that this was Jia Yan coming to see the mother and daughter!
However, when she rushed to the door, she suddenly heard a long sigh in the room - the sound came from her family Yan. Although she had never seen him a few times since she could remember, she could still hear it all at once.
his voice.
She wanted to open the door, throw herself into her father's arms with a smile, and enjoy the time that only came a few times a year. Then, the conversation in the room stopped her.
"Red, why on earth did you give birth to her..." Back then, the voice of Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was still a young man, was full of exhaustion and helplessness, far less magnanimous and calm than he would be later.
Jia Ci didn't speak, just sobbed slightly.
"Originally, I could take you back this year..." Imagawa Yoshimoto's voice sounded again, "It's not easy to take care of everything. It's no problem to bring a concubine back."
"But you gave birth to her..." Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed again, "The princess of a family... The princess born to me, who was born in a famous family, and a woman whose status does not match her... I want my family to accept her, but I don't know what I have to wait for.
At this time, this involves the interests and persistence of too many people..."
Jia Ci still didn't speak.
Imagawa Yoshimoto talked for a long time, and what he said specifically, to this day, Imagawa Kaede can no longer remember clearly.
However, his last words were a pain that Imagawa Kaede would never forget. No matter how Imagawa Yoshimoto pampered her and treated her later, there would still be a knot in his heart.
"This child is unnecessary. She should not have been in the world."
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"I won't allow you to abandon my child." Imagawa Kaede said calmly. In her soft tone, there was a firmness and determination that ordinary people can't understand.
"Madam," Amano Jingtoku frowned and said coldly: "Your Highness has already agreed. Madam, please be more understanding and don't embarrass me."
Imagawa Kaede's eyes did not waver at all, but he repeated calmly: "This is an order."
"Your Highness has already..." Amano Keide said again.
"It doesn't matter what he said." Imagawa Kaede interrupted coldly. After saying this, he coughed twice violently because of his physical weakness.
Amano Jingtoku was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping was also stunned for a moment, and turned his gaze to Imagawa Kaede. Imagawa Kaede also looked at Yu Qiuping, her eyes full of begging - but also firmer than ever before. She again
Why doesn't she understand that what she is going to do now will make things difficult for her husband, a warrior and the leader of the family?
But she still had to do it because it was her child.
"Listen to her." Yu Qiuping couldn't meet Imagawa Feng's eyes and was defeated. Why didn't he want to protect his child?
"Your Highness!" Amano Jingde said anxiously: "Are you crazy! Do you want the Yuqiu family to bury this child with him?"
"No," Yu Qiuping wanted to excuse himself, but suddenly he had an idea and thought of an excuse that could convince Amano Jingde and everyone else who might have opinions about the Yu Qiu family because of the twins: "In our Ming Dynasty,
!Twins are a blessing! Families that give birth to twins can enjoy eternal wealth!"
"But this is Japan..."
"I know!" Yu Qiuping interrupted, "But I am from the Ming Kingdom, right? Your Japanese curse can offset the blessings of our Ming Kingdom!"
Amano Keitoku was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do. Japan has always admired Chinese culture, and seeing that its own traditions were in conflict with the traditions of the Ming Dynasty, Amano Keitoku was also a little shaken. Perhaps, he was born in the Ming Dynasty.
Can His Highness Yuqiu really avoid this fate? Amano Keide glanced at Imagawa Kaede again, and the latter's firm eyes gave up the idea of ​​abandoning his eldest son.
"Forget it," Amano Keide sighed and made a compromise, "In that case... then..." He turned around and pointed at the second young master, "Your Highness, please declare to the public that the second young master is the eldest son, and
The eldest son is an insignificant second son."
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Amano Keitoku meant. He believed that Naoe Tadayei and Imagawa Kaede also understood what Amano Keitoku meant.
The eldest son is the legitimate heir to the family governor. If the eldest son cannot succeed to the throne smoothly, whether it is because his father abolishes the eldest son because of his preference or his brothers are eager to seize power, it will bring endless harm to the family through civil war and conflicts.
Therefore, if the eldest son is the eldest son, he is the legal heir. If he unfortunately dies young, although the second son can also be the heir, it is a little less interesting. What is even more worrying is that such a frail and sick person has not yet passed away.
The child on the right hand is destined to be unable to fulfill his responsibilities as the family governor. And his other brothers may also feel dissatisfied and try to seize the inheritance rights. If he lives until Yu Qiuping dies, then he who inherits the family governor may be unable to do so because of his own abilities.
The defect brought disaster to the Yuqiu family. Even if Yu Qiuping or the retainers discovered this problem and later tried to let the second son succeed to the throne, they would encounter resistance in the family because the second son was not the eldest son. The eldest son might even
Resisting with his supporters will lead to endless troubles.
Therefore, it is indeed foolproof to claim the second son as the eldest son. Moreover, as twins, it is impossible for outsiders to know who was born first. Yu Qiuping and others said who is the eldest son, who is the eldest son.
Yu Qiuping was about to nod in agreement, but Imagawa Feng said again: "I refuse. The child in my arms is my eldest son."
"Madam!" Amano Kyoude was really anxious. His voice, which was always low and cold, also rose in pitch, "Why are you doing this? Why do you have to let the eldest son be the eldest son?"
"Because he was born first." Kaede Imagawa said matter-of-factly.
"I know!" Amano Jingde said solemnly: "But how much trouble will he bring to the Yuqiu family as the eldest son? Don't you know? The second young master is more suitable to be the eldest son than him!"
To be continued...