Akechi Mitsuhide said with a sad look on his face.

"Lord Gongfang, you have misunderstood the Great Imperial Palace.

Did you know? Takada Yukino is not an ordinary person. She was a retainer sent to the ancestors by the Odai. She has excellent swordsmanship and is also a shogun's bodyguard.

When Miyoshi went to Luo and killed the general, Takada Yukino was a loyal minister who followed the ancestors and fought until the last moment!

She endures humiliation and survives in this world because of the entrustment from her ancestors. The golden seal of the general was brought out of Nijo Castle by Yukino Takada, who risked his life to escape the siege of the rebels!"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was stunned and looked a little ugly.

The two seals of Ashikaga Shogun, one is the imperial sword granted by the emperor's court to conquer the barbarians, and the other is the gold seal of the Japanese king granted by the Ming emperor.

Takada Yukino risked his life to break out of Nijo Castle and bring out the golden seal, which was a great contribution to the shogunate.

Wada Weimasa said.

“Gong is merit, fault is fault.

Takada Yukino has made great achievements, and if the Shiba family tells the general, the shogunate will naturally reward her heavily.

But she killed someone in the street and broke the shogunate's laws, shouldn't she be punished?"

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and explained.

"Wada-sama is wrong, Takada Yukino is carrying out the last orders of his ancestors and serving the shogunate.

Before his death, the ancestor was still thinking about the future of the Odaisho, so he gave the famous sword Mikazuki Munechika to Takada Yukino and asked her to use this sword to protect the Odaisho.

Rumors are rampant in the castle town of Kyoto, slandering the reputation of Odai. Takada Yukino drew his sword and killed people to open the eyes of the ancestors. There is nothing wrong with it. This is an act of great loyalty and righteousness."

Wada Weimasa was stunned. Ashikaga Yoshiteru's gift of the sword before his death was not a secret. It was a beautiful story widely circulated in the shogunate. Everyone had heard it.

But at this time, she couldn't admit it.

If it is admitted that Takada Yukino's murder was justified, then Matsuda of the shogunate's security team deserved to die.

Later, the shogunate's security team indulged in rumors and slandered your Majesty, which was compounding mistakes upon mistakes.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki indulged in the promotion of the Matsuda family, and the slap given to him by Yoshigan Shiba was in vain.

This truth makes sense, but Wada Weimasa cannot admit it, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki cannot afford to lose this dignity.

If he admits that he is wrong, how can Ashikaga Yoshiaki give orders to the shogunate in the future? How can people like Wada Weimasa enjoy the dignity of the shogunate by relying on a general who has become a joke?

Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Wada Weimasa, and Hitoshi Yoshimasa were all unwilling to continue, Akechi Mitsuhide sneered secretly and said sincerely.

"The Great Imperial Palace was thinking of the kindness of the ancestors, and in a moment of anger, he behaved inappropriately in the council meeting, embarrassing the general.

I ignored the confinement order and risked my life to come to Kyoto just to persuade the Odaisho to calm down. The shogunate's vitality has been severely damaged by the Kyoto Incident, and there must be no further civil strife.

In fact, before I arrived in Kyoto, Odaisho already had some regrets. As I said before, Odaisho was a man and had no intention of getting involved in the power of the shogunate.

He just hated those villains who spread rumors and caused trouble, hurting his own reputation and hurting the reputation of his ancestors and generals.

Now that things have come to this, the Grand Imperial Palace is also disheartened and asks me to come to Nijo Imperial Palace to see you.

I am here this time to petition the general on behalf of the Grand Imperial Palace, asking the General to allow the Imperial Palace to retire from his residence and become a monk to pray for the ancestors."

"What?"

The three people sitting here were all shocked. None of them expected that Sibo Yiyin would give in so completely.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was filled with emotion, rubbing his sleeves and not knowing what to say.

Shiba Yiyin was kind to her. Without Shiba Yiyin giving her the golden sword seal, her status as a general would not have been recognized by the world's martial arts families.

But in order to monopolize the glory of the direct descendant of the Genji family in Kawachi, she acquiesced in the Ise Sadato's chaos and wanted to remarry Yoshihiro Shiba to someone else, and she felt a little ashamed in her heart.

It's just that her greed for power overshadowed her gratitude.

At this time, when he heard that Yoshihiro Shiba was about to quit the shogunate and go back to become a monk to show his innocence, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's feeling of guilt suddenly took over.

On the side, Wada Weimasa and Niki Yoshimasa were overjoyed. Shiba Yoshigan is really Renyi!

This matter seems to have been instigated by Ise Sadaka, but if the general is not moved, what can Ise Sadaka do? In the final analysis, the general is greedy for profit and does not care about human affairs.

But Shiba Yoshiyin actually endured it, and because of that angry slap, he proposed to retreat from his residence and become a monk, so that the general could save his face.

Didn't Ashikaga Yoshiaki want to monopolize the title of direct descendant of Kawachi Genji? Yoshigan became a monk and gave her a step down.

The conflict aggravated by that slap in the face was reconciled by Yiyin's concession. The general already had his face, so why bother?

Wada Weimasa asked.

"Mingzhiji, you can't joke about this.

Did the Great Imperial Palace really entrust you to tell him that he wants to retire from his residence and become a monk to practice?"

Akechi Mitsuhide said solemnly.

"Master Wada is joking, how dare I talk nonsense in front of the general, this is indeed what Odaisho meant."

Wada Weimasa nodded and said seriously to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"My lord, I have heard about the Mikazuki Munekin given to Yukino Takada by our ancestors, and it is indeed true."

Since Shiba Yoshigan was so generous, Wada Weimasa immediately admitted the legitimacy of Takada Yukino's murder. As soon as the ancestor sign was pulled out, Takada Yukino's Tenchu ​​was whitewashed.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded and said.

"How dare Ise Sakyo try to sow discord between me and Odaisho, it's really hateful!

How can I still distrust the Great Otai Suo? I must deal with this villain severely!"

Wada Weimasa glanced at Akechi Mitsuhide and agreed.

"What the general said is true.

Once Ise Sadao leads the evaluation committee and completes the evaluation of Luozhong's legal system, we will deal with her!"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded, Akechi Mitsuhide understood.

The monarch and his ministers were still worried. They held the Ise Sadakyo in their hands and talked about the Rakuzhong legal system, but they kept Oda Nobunaga as their back-up man.

Akechi Mitsuhide sneered in his heart.

Yesterday, Oda Nobunaga met with Yoshihiro Shiba and reached a tacit understanding. The foreign aid Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought was gone.

Akechi Mitsuhide said seemingly unconcerned.

"Of course it is up to the general to decide when to deal with the Ise Sadaka.

The Grand Imperial Office will leave the capital soon, but Tenchu ​​will continue to be implemented."

Ashikaga Yoshiaki frowned and asked.

"What does Ootaisho mean?"

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head helplessly.

"Rumors in Kyoto have hurt Odaisho's feelings towards his ancestors and hurt the reputation of the Asholisbo family.

Gu Shen

Tenchu ​​was a righteous act by Takada Yukino against those who spread rumors in order to protect the reputation of the Ashirisbo family.

The attack on Takada Yukino made the Odaisho furious. This was an extreme provocation by the rumormongers against the Asholisbo family.

The Grand Odaisho has ordered that Miburou continue to carry out Tenchu, and those who participated in the ambush of Takada Yukino, regardless of their background or background, must die."

Akechi Mitsuhide's words "One for the Ashikaga family" left Ashikaga Yoshiaki speechless.

At the beginning, Ise Sakyo made a plan to throw dirty water on Yoshigan Shiba, and then use the excuse of hurting the reputation of the Ashikaga family to remarry Yoshigan Shiba and kick him out of the direct line of the Genji family in Kawachi.

Now, Akechi Mitsuhide is also clinging to the reputation of the Lisboa family to build momentum.

Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki has admitted that Takada Yukino's actions were an act of justice and a legacy passed down by her ancestors, then those who ambushed her were traitors who were disloyal to the Ashikaga family.

For the sake of the reputation of the Shiba family and the Ashikaga family, Yoshigan Shiba has every reason to insist on punishing the traitors and maintaining the dignity of the two families.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was speechless and looked at Wada Weimasa. Wada Weimasa frowned slightly and said.

"Akechi-sama, you can't persuade the Odaisho. After all, it is the military strength of the Oda family that is responsible for the security of Kyoto.

Tenchu's move is too quiet, and the Oda family may not sit idly by and ignore it. If there is a misunderstanding and conflict, it will not look good."

Wada Weimasa was using Oda Nobunaga to hint that the Shiba family's request should not be too excessive.

But Akechi Mitsuhide smiled slightly and said.

"Odaisho went to Tofukuji Temple yesterday and reached an understanding with His Highness Oda.

The Oda family will not stand in the way of Tenchu, please rest assured, Mr. Wada."

Wada Weimasa was shocked and looked at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who also had a confused look on his face. Neither of them even knew that Oda Nobunaga had met Shiba Yoshigan yesterday.

This is why Oda Nobunaga was angry yesterday and issued a gag order to Hashiba Hideyoshi.

As a result, Hashiba Hideyoshi was afraid that someone would cause trouble by talking too much, so he even concealed the fact that Yoshigan Shiba went to Tofukuji Temple.

Yoshigan Shiba went to Tofukuji Temple with great fanfare, and the Oda family covered it up afterwards. Yoshiaki Ashikaga didn't know anything about it, and it was even more shocking to learn about it from Mitsuhide Akechi.

Did Yoshihiro Shiba and Nobunaga Oda reach some kind of insider deal to keep the Nijo Imperial Palace a secret?
To be continued...