The general trend of the world cannot be changed by human power.
Ashikaga Yoshiji and Hatada Harusuke finally have their heads clear. If they remain stubborn, today's situation for the top officials of the Kyoto shogunate will be their tomorrow.
As the saying goes, the sky is brighter when you take a step back. Only by letting go first can you find a way to survive.
I heard a lot about the mountain city and lived in the museum.
The first snow in early winter had just fallen, and I didn't feel cold when it started to snow. But after the snow stopped, the heat was absorbed by the snow, and it actually chilled my heart.
Braziers have been placed in the four corners of Yiyin's dormitory for a long time. High-quality smokeless charcoal materials are burning in the brazier, and sparks will pop out from time to time.
There is also a larger fire pot placed on the porch outside the sliding door, which keeps the coldness brought by the winter wind far away.
The room was as warm as spring, and the two shadows under the candlelight sometimes merged and sometimes entangled, like a busy shadow puppet show.
I don't know how long time passed, but with a satisfied low voice, the fused shadow finally stopped moving.
Yiyin took a deep breath and reached out to touch the woman lying next to him. The woman trembled, endured the exhaustion after the incident, and took the initiative to get up and pick up a towel from the dressing basin and wring it dry.
Closing his eyes and enjoying the woman wiping the sweat off his body, Yiyin said slowly.
"You should rest for a while first. If you're not in a hurry, wipe yourself down. You're so tired that you're covered in sweat."
The woman paused her hand and said sadly.
"Does the saint think that I am not serving you well? Indeed, I am old and weak. I am covered in sweat when I move, which suffocates the saint."
Yiyin opened his eyes and sighed helplessly.
"Who said you are old?"
He reached out and touched the woman's face and smiled.
"You are mature, I like it."
The woman looked up at Yoshinobu with a very complicated expression. She was Takeda Shingen's closest lover, and she voluntarily gave up everything and went to Luo to serve Takeda Yoshinobu's Takasaka Masanobu.
Masanobu Kosaka is already very beautiful and was ridiculed by Takeda Shingen as the most beautiful woman in the world. His appearance is indeed extraordinary.
But time flies by. During the Battle of Kawanakajima ten years ago, she was already an important minister of Takeda. Now she is getting older and is far less youthful and energetic than a girl like Date Masamune who was in her prime.
In this medieval era, when the average life expectancy was only more than 20 years old, one could call herself an old woman at 30. Masanobu Takasaka really felt that she was old, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes could no longer be covered up.
But in Yiyin's view, this is simply nonsense.
Women in their thirties are the time when they are mature, especially the warrior Ji in the world of female lords, who has a good physique and does not look old at all. On the contrary, she is more charming.
Over the years, Masanobu Kosaka, as a retainer of Takeda Yoshinobu, traveled around with the same people. Yoshigan ate these ripe peaches frequently, and as he ate them, he developed feelings for them.
Takasaka Masanobu and Yamanaka Yukimori are the two most beautiful warrior girls that Yoshigan has ever encountered in his life. Compared to that cute and stupid little deer, Takasaka Masanobu looks more interesting even though he is a few years older.
It's a pity that Yiyin has had many good fortunes over the years, but Masanobu Kosaka has never gotten pregnant.
In the past two years, Kosaka Masanobu seemed to have given up. Originally, she and Takeda Shingen were lovers, and she deeply loved Yoshigami, so she regarded Takeda Yoshinobu as her own daughter and cared about her deeply.
As for Yoshigan, she would occasionally recruit Kosaka Masanobu to come and have in-depth exchanges, which also made her the most important minister of the Takeda family and the secret envoy who could communicate with the saint.
Hearing Yoshigan's explicit expression, Kosaka Masanobu's face turned red. He lowered his head and continued to wipe the saint's body and massage his muscles to relieve fatigue after intense exercise.
Yiyin closed his eyes and continued to enjoy the beauty's service, and asked casually.
"How are you doing when Yoshinobu is doing?"
Kosaka Masanobu replied.
"Everything is well, young master.
Since the Second Highness came, the Third Highness has become much more sensible, and the three young Highnesses get along very well with each other, which also makes me feel more relaxed."
Yiyin smiled helplessly.
Kousaka Masanobu spoke up for Uesugi Miyuki intentionally or unintentionally, and he was obviously pointed out by Takeda Shingen. These women are all human beings, and each one is more considerate than the last.
The relationship between the Uesugi and Takeda families seems to have become closer.
Takeda Shingen knows how to be a good person, and Uesugi Kenshin cares most about Uesugi Miyuki's daughter. As long as Takeda Shingen shows his support for Uesugi Miyuki's rise to power, Uesugi Kenshin will be her strongest ally.
As for Takeda Yoshinobu, the Takeda family never thought that she could inherit the Shiba family business.
After all, from the day Takeda Shingen and Kosaka Masanobu dented Yoshinobu into various postures in Yantian City, Takeda Yoshinobu had lost the possibility of inheritance.
Being born without love and taking the divine seed by force is the original sin that Takeda's descendants bear.
Although Yoshigan doesn't care about this, the martial arts family in the world cares about it, and Takeda Shingen cares about it, so there's nothing we can do about it.
Yiyin sighed.
"Yi Xin is a good child, and you are treating her too harshly."
No matter how well Takeda Yoshinobu does and how hard he works, his biological mother and godmother will praise other people's children. This is indeed very unfair to Takeda Yoshinobu.
Kosaka Masanobu shook his head and said.
"This is His Highness Takeda's sin, and it is also my sin. Young Master has borne it for us.
Fortunately, the Takeda family has great blessings, and His Highness Takeda still has a young master to look forward to, but I...Yantian City blasphemed the saint, and I deserve nothing in this life."
Yiyin touched Kosaka Masanobu's little face and sighed.
"Don't think too much. If you work harder, maybe you can get it?"
Kosaka Masanobu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"After so many years, the saint has given me many opportunities, but I am useless...I have given up my heart and found an outstanding girl in the clan to join my lineage and become my adopted daughter.
Please rest assured, Saint, that the descendants of Kosaka Masanobu will serve the descendants of Takeda Yoshinobu from generation to generation and carry out their loyalty."
Yiyin said helplessly.
"What do I have to worry about? I understand your loyalty, and Takeda Shingen also understands it. It's just a pain for you.
Don't always follow Takeda Shingen's nonsense. I see Miyuki's excellence and don't need your help to blow the pillow.
You should praise Yoshinobu more, she is not easy, she has been burdened with too much at such a young age, and her temper is as dull as a little adult."
Kosaka Masanobu smiled awkwardly.
"A sage is no more than a saint, it's just that the young master's birth was unlucky..."
Yiyin interrupted.
"What the hell, don't listen to the nonsense of those people outside. I never said that Takeda Yoshinobu has no inheritance rights. Every child of Yoshinobu Shiba is qualified to inherit my business."
Hearing what Yoshihiro said, instead of being happy, Kosaka Masanobu became more frightened and kowtowed to the ground.
"Sage, be careful! What you say will harm the young master!"
Yiyin sighed helplessly.
"I know, I know, you think too hard, but the child is innocent.
My daughters are all good children, and their palms and backs are full of flesh. I will not favor one over the other.
It's up to you how much trouble you want, but I have something to tell you today.
All descendants of Shiba are of my bloodline, regardless of high or low. The future lord of the world, General Shiba, does not have the supreme status that he always promises.
She should be the most talented among the sisters and support the family for them.
Whoever is capable among the Sibo God descendants will become this family, and the heirs will not be ranked according to their bloodline.
Do you understand?"
Takasaka Masanobu sighed.
"The saint loves his calves deeply, but the reality is always unsatisfactory."
Yiyin snorted.
"I know you don't believe it, but I will protect my daughter and all my daughters.
The world takes turns, and we still don’t know whose house we will go to tomorrow. Maybe five hundred years from now, General Shiba will be a descendant of Takeda Yoshinobu.”