When Yoshigan Shiba was in Echigo, he was struggling to reconcile with Shini, easing the growing hostility of the Kanto Secretariat towards the Uesugi family.
In Suruga Province on Tokaido, inside the Sunfu Castle Castle Tower, the screams of women were heard filling the sky.
Outside Takeda Harunobu's living room, Kosaka Masanobu was fully clothed and sitting motionless on a horse in the atrium.
Today, the castle tower is heavily guarded inside and outside. Takeda Harunobu's most trusted flag has been handed over to Kosaka Masanobu, and the atmosphere is like the honjin shogunate on the battlefield.
Hearing Takeda Harunobu's cry of pain from behind, Kosaka Masanobu's face turned blue, biting his lower lip and clenching his fists.
The only sounds inside and outside were the sharp orders of the midwives and the running footsteps of the midwives.
"Get hot water quickly! Bring it over! Use force! Take a deep breath! Keep boiling water!"
At this moment, a Ji warrior walked quickly outside, and several people around him had already stepped forward with their guns drawn, as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Kosaka-hime, it's me!"
Kosaka Masanobu said coldly without raising his head.
"go out!"
The visitor was stunned for a moment, glanced at the inner court behind her, and showed a slight hesitation.
Kosaka Masanobu stood up from the ground, took a step forward with a gun, and shouted.
"go out!"
The visitor was intimidated by her aura and couldn't help but take a step back, his face suddenly turned red. This was Takeda Noburen, the chief of the Takeda Ichimen after the death of Takeda Nobushige.
As the head of the family, he should have been the first person in the Takeda family under Takeda Harunobu. But when Takeda Harunobu gave birth, he ordered Kosaka Masanobu to guard the castle tower and excluded her.
Originally, I felt like I had been slapped in the face, and it was red and painful. Now I was shocked back by Kosaka Masanobu's murderous intent, which hurt my self-esteem even more.
Takeda Nobulen couldn't help but said angrily.
"Kosaka Masanobu! What do you mean? Are you on guard against me as a bandit?
What kind of attitude do you have!"
Kosaka Masanobu raised his gun and said coldly.
"My lord has an order, ordering me to guard the castle tower and not allow anyone to intrude on her retreat. If there are any intruders, regardless of their status, they will be killed on the spot!"
Lord Takeda Nobulen, don’t make things difficult for me, please get out!”
Takeda Noburen was irritated by her tough attitude and stepped forward and said.
"I want to see who dares to kill me!"
Takeda Noburen is the leader of the sect and the sister of Takeda Harunobu. Although Takeda Harunobu retreats in the name of Qingshu, the Kaibi community knows very well that their master is giving birth to a child.
In ancient times, giving birth to a child was a life-and-death experience. Although Samurai Ji had an unusual physique and rarely had difficulty in childbirth, it was hard to say that this child, Shiba Yiyin, was in trouble.
Takeda Harunobu was pregnant for ten months and had not been feeling well for a single day. She was in agony and suffering. The samurai under her command were inevitably worried that there would be a hemorrhagic collapse during the delivery.
If something unexpected happens to Takeda Harunobu, she has not yet married and given birth to a daughter, and Takeda Noburen is the most likely next governor of the Takeda family.
Because of this, Kosaka Masanobu was very wary of her sudden visit, which led to this tense situation.
Takeda Nobuyan refused to retreat and pressed the handle of the knife. Kosaka Masanobu took another step forward and was about to stab the spear in his hand.
At this moment, in the inner courtyard behind her, Takeda Harunobu's shouts suddenly stopped, followed by a burst of baby crying and a midwife's joyful shout.
"It's happening! It's happening!"
The two girls who were facing each other outside looked at the direction of the inner court at the same time. Kosaka Masanobu looked happy, but Takeda Noburen stiffened for a moment, and then showed an overjoyed expression.
The midwife hurried out of the inner courtyard, knelt in front of Kosaka Masanobu, and said.
"Sir, Your Highness is pregnant."
Kosaka Masanobu asked nervously.
"How is the situation, my lord?"
"Your Highness is fine, but exhausted. The child is also fine. Mother and daughter are safe."
Hearing that mother and daughter were safe, Kosaka Masanobu's face slowly relaxed. Takeda Noburen's heart tightened, and he pretended to ask naturally.
"Is it a baby girl?"
The midwife kowtowed to Takeda Xinlian and said.
"It's a princess."
Kosaka Masanobu coldly interrupted Takeda Nobuyan's continued questioning and said to the midwife.
"Okay, you go in and do your work, we don't need you outside."
said the midwife.
"His Highness ordered me to come out and ask Mr. Kosaka to go in together with the lord who is quarreling with you."
Kosaka Masanobu was stunned for a moment.
The inner courtyard of the atrium is not very large, and it seems that the sound of the two arguing was too loud, and Takeda Harunobu, who was giving birth, noticed it.
Kosaka Masanobu glanced at Takeda Noburen, who looked stiff, and said.
"Lord Xinlian, don't you want to see the lord? Please."
Takeda Nobuyan was complaining in her heart. She originally saw that Takeda Harunobu had not given birth smoothly for so long, so she thought something had happened, so she came to test it.
It happened that before Takeda Harunobu gave birth, she had a conflict with Kosaka Masanobu. Now that the child was born and mother and daughter were safe, she was hit on the edge.
Although he had prepared several reasons for asking for a meeting when he came, Takeda Harunobu was wise and wise, and it was inevitable that he would be left with a knot in his heart, fearing that it might not be good for him in the future.
But there was no room for hesitation at this time, so she nodded and walked inside.
The room where they gave birth just now was stuffy and airtight inside and outside. The two of them carefully followed the midwife into the room and cautiously approached the delivery bed spread on the tatami.
Takeda Harunobu was lying on the thick pillow with her face sideways, her hair was scattered and a few strands were stuck to her forehead. Her face was pale and her eyes were closed, as if she was asleep.
Seeing her in such embarrassment, Kosaka Masanobu felt a pain in his heart, knelt beside the bed and whispered.
"Your Highness?"
Takeda Harunobu slowly opened his eyes and smiled at his gay lover.
"I'm fine, I just used too much force and was a little tired. That guy's seed finally finished tossing me.
Fortunately you're not pregnant, it's so severe that I was afraid you wouldn't be able to survive it."
After saying that, without looking at Kosaka Masanobu's embarrassed expression, she asked Takeda Nobulen who was following him.
"How did you come?"
Takeda Xinren knelt down and saluted, expressing concern.
"Sister, are you okay?"
Takeda Harunobu looked at her with half-squinted eyes, making her sweat profusely and feeling that the unventilated delivery room was getting hotter and hotter.
"Of course I'm fine. You insist on coming in. Is there something wrong?"
Takeda Nobuyan stumbled and said.
"While you are in seclusion, the Suruga people outside are restless, especially the Sena and Katsurayama families. I am worried that they will take the opportunity to cause trouble, so I came to report.
Another news came from Toe Country: Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was besieging Kakegawa Castle, reached an agreement with Asahina Taitomo in the castle.
When Asahina Tai surrendered to Kaicheng, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not embarrass her and allowed her to take a boat to Izu Country and defect to Imagawa Clan.
The current internal and external situation is unsettled, and I am afraid of chaos, so I have come to ask for instructions."
Takeda Harunobu nodded and said lightly.
"I see."
Takeda Nobuyan was stunned on the spot, not knowing whether this sentence was a compliment or a criticism, and he did not dare to react for a moment.
Seeing that she was so afraid of him, Takeda Harunobu chuckled and said.
"I understand, you go back first."
Takeda Nobulen felt as if he had received an amnesty, and hurriedly bowed and left. Kosaka Masanobu looked at the back of her leaving in embarrassment, and couldn't help but snorted.