Coming out of Taiyuan Xuezhai's room gloomily, Imagawa Yoshimoto soon encountered something that made him even more gloomy. At the door of the fourth-floor dormitory, Ginkgo and Shouguini had already started to quarrel.
"How dignified is it for the majestic mistress of the Imagawa family to secretly sneak out and disguise herself as a maid to accompany the army? If word spreads, wouldn't it bring shame to the Imagawa family?"
Shouguini's usually calm voice was a bit sharp at the moment, which showed that she was really angry.
"Mom, if you are afraid that the news will spread, why are you shouting so loudly? Are all the deaf people in the guardhouse that day?" Ginkgo also choked unceremoniously, without any intention of giving in.
(Author's note: When I typed the words here for the first time, I typed "Are all the dragons in the Tianshou Pavilion?", and suddenly burst into tears, ah, dragons...)
Asahina Yasutomo, who was still eavesdropping from a distance, was so frightened when he heard these words that he hurriedly ran down the stairs and happened to bump into Okabe Motsuna who was going upstairs - inevitably there was another fight.
"Is this your apology attitude?" Suguini's tone continued to rise, and Imagawa Yoshimoto could even hear the latter's cane shaking on the floor, "Kneel down and apologize!"
"Mother, I have been very restrained towards you, please show some respect! I married to be your husband's wife, not to be your maid. Why do you speak to me like this?" Shou Guini
Ginkgo's attitude obviously also angered Ginkgo, and she, who was always kind, was a little angry at the moment.
"Mother, Ginkgo, why don't you two..." Imagawa Yoshimoto walked cautiously along the corridor, trying to persuade them to leave. However, the two women in the quarrel turned around and said for the first time
They said in a deep voice in unison: "Don't worry!"
"Oh! Okay! There is really no way!" Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and retreated without saying a word. The resentful aura behind him made him want to run away quickly. On the stairs, he also pulled away Okabe Gento who was fighting.
Tsuna and Asahina Taito - I have to say that it is much easier to break up a fight with a man than it is with a woman.
"The quarrel between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is already troublesome enough, can't you two save me some trouble?" Imagawa Yoshimoto grabbed the back collars of their clothes and asked with a smile.
"To tell you a joke, there are people who are drunk but not drunk. They run around on the stairs carelessly and bump into people without apologizing."
"What, didn't you just give in then? You didn't, but you didn't have eyes either? How dare you accuse me?"
As expected, Okabe Momotsuna and Asahina Taito started bickering again.
After escaping from the castle tower, Imagawa Yoshimoto was riding his horse around the city aimlessly. He suddenly remembered that it was late autumn and the maple forest in Kitayama should be the most beautiful. So he rode his horse north, taking him with him.
Okabe Momotsuna and Asahina Tai headed north towards the two guards. Climbing halfway up the mountainside and bypassing the boulder, the familiar mountain of red maples came into view. Imagawa Yoshimoto asked the two of them to wait outside while he
Then he went into the forest alone to enjoy the scenery. Suddenly he saw something and missed people, and he remembered the woman who was singing poems against him in the maple forest three years ago.
The next moment, under the familiar maple tree, I saw a woman leaning against the tree, looking around constantly - it was Shuang Ye.
"Miss Shimoye?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned when he saw this, and then he called.
"Young Master?" Shuangye was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then turned around in disbelief, almost shedding tears in surprise.
"Isn't this a coincidence? It's rare for me to come to Kitayama to appreciate the maples, and I unexpectedly encounter them again?" Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed, but after laughing for a moment, he found that Shuangye was almost crying.
"You deceitful liar..." Shuangye clutched the corners of her clothes tightly, biting her lips and whispered, "Why haven't you been here for two years?"
"Hey..." After Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned for a moment, he immediately understood the hidden meaning of the girl's words - she has been waiting for Imagawa Yoshimoto in the maple forest for the past two years, and maybe even longer -
In the 5th year of Tianwen (1536), the two met by chance in the maple forest. And in the 6th year of Tianwen (1537), the time when Imagawa Yoshimoto encountered frost leaves in the maple forest was probably not an accident - but something like this.
It's the same thing every time - Shuangye has been waiting in the maple forest, waiting for Imagawa Yoshimoto, so he meets Imagawa Yoshimoto who comes occasionally.
But now it is the 9th year of Tianwen (1540)... It has been 3 years since the last encounter. No wonder Shuangye asked "Why haven't you come for two years"... In other words, in the past two years, the girl has been silent
In the maple forest, I wait day and night for a person who I don’t know will come, just so that I don’t miss that precious “encounter”.
It’s been five years…
"Miss Shimoye..." Imagawa Yoshimoto felt very uncomfortable in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he finally confirmed, "But have you been waiting here?"
"Young master knows it, but you still don't want to come again?" Shuang Ye asked with red eyes.
"To be honest, I really don't know..." Imagawa Yoshimoto showed an awkward forced smile, "I have never made an agreement before... to meet here every year."
"Didn't they say, 'If the young master has any confusion in the future, he can still come to the little girl again, and the little girl is waiting for you at any time'?" Shuangye realized that he had not noticed his implicit intentions at all, and lowered his head in shame and annoyance.
Tears kept rolling in his eyes, "Master, don't you understand the meaning?"
"Ah..." Imagawa Yoshimoto took a deep breath, feeling that the situation in front of him was getting more and more difficult. He thought for a long time, and although he felt that it might be offensive, he still planned to speak clearly, so he spoke in the most tactful way, hoping
Shuangye can understand the subtext of Imagawa Yoshimoto: "Miss...have you ever been married?"
"Huh?" But Shuangye, who had always been very sensitive before, thought too simply this time. I don't know if it was because of this question that she was so confused that she couldn't think. After she panicked, she instantly raised her head, her cheeks raised.
Already blushing, he said softly with a voice as thin as a gnat: "No..."
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Imagawa Yoshimoto felt that his guilt was getting deeper and deeper, and he actually had to open his mouth to break through the subtext, and spoke so directly that he hurt this infatuated girl's heart.
"You are such a young lady, please forgive me for being abrupt." Imagawa Yoshimoto first bowed deeply and expressed his apology, "What I say next will be very rude and against etiquette. It is too much to say to a girl.
I'm really embarrassed. But after much thought, I still have to explain the matter clearly, otherwise it will delay the important event of my life."
"Hey..." Shuangye was stunned again, apparently mistaking what Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to say as a proposal - which only made Imagawa Yoshimoto's guilt even heavier.
"I got married three years ago." Imagawa Yoshimoto lowered his voice, as if he thought that lowering his voice would reduce the damage to Frost Leaf.
"Young lady, you know. Didn't the young master tell me about it at that time?" Shuangye nodded matter-of-factly.
"I have no intention of taking any more concubines..." Seeing that he couldn't escape, Imagawa Yoshimoto had no choice but to bite the bullet and said.
"Huh? Why?" Shuangye was a little confused, but it hadn't reached the point of being sad. She was just confused. "Are you going to stay away from concubines all your life because of that... political marriage ordered by your parents?"
"No, it was a misunderstanding at the time. My wife was the sweetheart I met before, but we didn't reveal our real names to protect our identities. It was only on our wedding night that we discovered that everything was a match made in heaven." Imagawa Yoshimoto said to himself
Everything is revealed, I hope Shuangye can understand, "She is the person I love most in my life and the only person I love, so I will never take a concubine again. Although it is really rude to say this... But Miss,
If you are waiting for me, please don't wait any longer... I only have a close friend for you, and I have absolutely no feelings of love."
After Imagawa Yoshimoto finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Shuangye's expression. But just from the breathing that stopped almost instantly and then became chaotic and rapid, one could understand what kind of blow the girl had suffered at this moment.
After a long time, he slowly focused his eyes. The girl in front of him was already crying into tears, but she didn't say a word, and blood flowed faintly from her clenched lips.
No woman can accept that the most precious five years of youth are wasted in vain, right?
"I'm really sorry, miss, I caused you to misunderstand. I'm willing to do everything I can to make up for my mistake." Imagawa Yoshimoto said again with guilt - but he knew that his promise could only be
It's too much to show your heart. No amount of compensation can compare to the girl's lost sincerity.
"Is 'everything' really okay?" Shuang Ye spoke tremblingly, her voice slightly indistinguishable.
"Except for 'love', everything is fine." Imagawa Yoshimoto answered honestly.
"I won't make such excessive demands, and I don't want to embarrass you." Shuangye straightened his expression and tried to regain the stability of his tone, "Every year when the maple leaves are red, come to the maple forest on Imagawadate Kitayama to find me once.
Can you accompany me and talk about Waka Feiku?"
"Of course it's no problem." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't expect the girl's request to be so simple, and he was hit by guilt again, "It's just that I am in the military family and often have military affairs, so I'm afraid I can't agree on a fixed time.
"
"It doesn't matter."
Shuangye sighed softly and said what she couldn't say five years ago:
"Before the maple leaves fall, the little girl will be waiting in this maple forest."
If I had said it bluntly at that time, wouldn't there have been such a misunderstanding? I wouldn't have been trapped by love, waiting day and night in the maple forest for someone who wouldn't come? If love didn't have a chance to age, wouldn't it be the same?
It won't be as strong as today, making people dizzy when drunk.
"Okay, it's a deal." Imagawa Yoshimoto agreed, "Miss, please forget about me and find a husband as soon as possible."
"Are you serious that you will never take a concubine again?" Shuangye couldn't contain the feelings in her heart. She knew it was rude and knew that she would only get a negative answer, but she still couldn't help asking, "In the future, you may get tired of the old concubine."
People may find that she is not interested in your favorite poems and songs. There are countless temptations around the Wu family, how can you guarantee that they will end up with you?"
"Three journeys, three realms, three kowtows, and a life of two people."
Imagawa Yoshimoto stood up to say goodbye, leaving behind a poem in a low voice, telling his love for ginkgo - it is like an evergreen rock that is not afraid of wind and rain, and is as unforgettable as the blood-stained red leaves under the sacred pavilion.
How can we lose to the change of Spring and Autumn?
The heart is like the red leaves staining the pavilion, and the autumn colors are always in harmony with the king's heart.
Looking at the pace of his sweetheart walking away, all that is left to Shuangye is lamentation:
"Everything is new, but it's just that people are old friends."