Yamazaka Yukimori's eyes were soft and there was a hint of sweetness in the corner of his mouth. How lucky he was to meet him in the blooming season of his life.
Always inadvertently, I forget that I am not worthy of him. I don’t ask for results, I don’t ask for companionship, I don’t even ask for having him, and I don’t ask for him to love me.
I just want to protect him and fight to the death for him in the most beautiful years. If I can fall into his arms and get a drop of sincere tears, I will live and die without regrets.
Yiyin in the room felt someone outside and asked.
"Who's out there?"
Yamazaka Yukimori was stunned and speechless.
"...it's me."
"Yamanaka Princess? What's going on?"
Yamanaka Yukimori gently opened the door, bowed and asked.
"What would you like to eat tonight, Your Highness?"
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"If it's convenient, add a piece of salted fish. Fish soup is also fine."
Yamanaka Yukimori smiled sweetly, cheered, and bowed to leave. The Kamao clan standing by was puzzled.
Wouldn't it be better if you just ask a servant? Why should we care about such a trivial matter if we work together?
She suddenly remembered that Shima Shengmeng and Yamazaka Yukimori had left together just now, and her heart suddenly beat loudly, and she lowered her head and pretended to be nonchalant.
Okay, guys, please take your time and play by yourself, I don’t dare to think about anything, I don’t know anything.
———
One day later, Yoshiyin still hadn't seen Honjo Mino, and only received a piece of good news from her. Beixin was stable.
Terutora Uesugi threatened Hokushin and suppressed Takeda Harunobu with the force of a decisive battle. The two families faced off in the north and south of Kawanakajima. Echigo temporarily resisted the threat from the Takeda family.
While Yiyin was relieved, he was puzzled by Honjo Shino's behavior.
The two of them had cooperated in quelling the chaos between China and Vietnam. This Ji was a smart person and knew the importance. Why didn’t she accept the kindness she released?
Yiyin didn't know that at this time, the village was really in a state of distress and had too much time to take care of itself, so how could he dare to go to the palace to light a fire again.
Teruhora Uesugi, with a stroke of his pen in Zhongetsu, absolved Ohkuma Asahide and Honjo Shigenaga of their crimes and allowed them to attach themselves to Shiba Yoshigan. This act seriously violated the interests of the Uetsu samurai family.
The rule of the Fuchu Nagao family in Echigo was based on the Joetsu samurai family as the core and the two Nagao families in China and Vietnam as assistants.
The surrendered guardian old ministers and Shimogotsu Yangbei Zhong, except for Usami Sadamitsu and Nakajo Fujishi, who were recruited to help, the rest were local forces that were suppressed and exploited.
The guardian old ministers led by Ohuma Tohide adhered to the same faction, and the Yangbei youth faction headed by Honjo Shigenaga was graciously given to Shiba Yoshigan by Uesugi Teruhide.
This is equivalent to depriving a large part of the power of the Central and Eastern Subordinates from the rule of the Nagao family in the mansion and giving it to the Shiba family.
And Teruhora Uesugi had just obtained the position of Warden of the Kanto Governorate, and the name of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family had been formalized as the Nagao family in the prefecture as the Yamauchi-Uesugi family, which aroused doubts among internal and external retainers and allies.
Can Terutora Uesugi still represent the interests of the fuchu Nagao family and the other two samurai families belonging to the Nagao family?
Although Yoshigan Shiba used the Hokkaido trade route to show his favor to the new Uesugi retainers, Uesugi Teruhora also tempted them with the prospect of conquering Kanto.
However, both the near and far benefits have not yet been realized. Most of the Wu family are short-sighted, and the benefits do not exist until they are realized.
Before the first batch of goods from Sakai Port arrived at Echigo Naoetsu, the Joetsu samurai family would not believe the Shiba family's sincerity.
With the Takeda family and the Hojo family advancing on Shinano and Ueno respectively, it was hard for them to believe that Uesugi Teruatora's Kanto strategy could succeed.
The three alliances of Imagawa, Hojo, and Takeda are growing in power. Uesugi Terutora's ally Murakami Yoshikiyo was beaten to the point of panic, and Nagano Yasumasa was shocked three times a day.
How could they have confidence in this situation?
Terutora Uesugi himself led the Joetsu elite to fight in Shinano, and Honjo Minoru took care of him at home.
The Uesugi samurai didn't want to cause trouble at this juncture, but it was Uesugi Teruhora who asked for it.
She gave Yoshihiro Shiba the residence of the government office, Uesugikan, where she gave orders.
This signal was over-interpreted by the Joetsu warriors, and our village was instantly crushed to the ground by pressure from all sides, unable to move.
Has His Highness been deceived by male lust and lost his mind?
Is Sibo Yiyin the concubine in the flames of war, or the Daji on the deer platform? All major national affairs are ready to be played by the men of the Sibo family?
Disaster for the country and the people!
If the name of the palace is changed, we no longer recognize this place? Honjo Minano, your dog is so brave, how dare you accept such a random life?
Don’t want to mess around anymore!
Yoshigan Shiba didn't know that the Imperial Palace was the renovated government office of Terutora Uesugi, so he was confused and waited there for the Joetsu samurai to come to see him.
Honjo Shino did not dare to tell him the truth, fearing that if he left, he would have to face the wrath of his master.
She even dared not go to the audience, fearing that the angry Joetsu samurai would simply attack her and go to Kasugayama Castle to hack her to death.
At most, a few Ji warriors in the lead would commit seppuku to apologize to their lord. When the warrior family was fighting for power, when had they ever been afraid of the dead?
Only then did Honjo Mino realize that he had thought about the matter too simply. He thought he could just pat his ass and run away, leaving the finishing trouble to Uesugi Terutora himself.
But now she realizes that she may not be able to survive until Terutora Uesugi returns, and she will have to die in Kasugayama Castle first without ever resting in peace.
At this time, I can only act like a turtle and take it one day at a time.
Shiba Yigen sent her a message and pretended not to hear it. The Joetsu samurai family also pretended not to hear the angry shouts.
Honjo Shino, who is deaf and blind, spends his days in Kasugayama Castle looking forward to the early return of his lord. These days are too difficult.
———
Teruhora Uesugi received an urgent report from Honjo Mino, detailing the situation of Uetsu's instability.
She glanced at ten lines, and the smile on her face gradually grew stronger.
Terutora Uesugi is not a fool. Doesn’t she know the impact that Yoshigan Shiba’s residence in the palace will have? Of course she knows that this is the result she needs.
Although the Ashikaga Shogunate was a weak lord, he was only the co-leader of the samurai alliance.
However, in the strict samurai society, the prestige accumulated by the Ashikaga shogun for more than a hundred years has deeply penetrated into the hearts of the samurai warriors everywhere.
To the Ji Warriors, men are just playthings, tools for marriage, and objects for the reproduction of the next generation.
Who would be willing to fight against the Ashikaga Shogun over a man? Who would be willing to be accused by the Ashikaga family of being an enemy of the samurai family for robbing the Ashikaga Shogun's palace?
I do!
Uesugi Teruhora roared in his heart countless times, wishing that all the samurai families in the world knew that I wanted to compete with Ashikaga Shogun for a man!
Although she has a strong mind, this kind of thing is extremely costly and foolish for the Wu family, and she cannot let her retainers accompany her to do this foolish thing.
The Wu family gathers under one family name to seek benefits. The family fortune is the capital for everyone to make a living together, not for your family governor to use it to soak up men's wallets.
This kind of behavior that violates the principles of the samurai family was originally impossible to achieve. But Uesugi Teruhu was lucky, and the man she wanted to rob was too valuable.