At noon on January 20, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), the Hongye Army arrived at Hamamatsu Castle and stationed outside the castle town. It has been 7 years since Yu Qiuping last came to Yuanjiang. Everything in Yuanjiang has been completely new, except for that
The gem-like crystal clear Lake Hamana is still the same as it was more than 20 years ago.
At this moment, Yu Qiupei and Tokugawa Ieyasu are standing side by side on the Hamamatsu Castle Castle Tower, looking at the beautiful scenery of Lake Hamana - this place was formerly called Hima Castle. Yu Qiupei also stood here more than 20 years ago, with the same angle.
I went to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lake Hamana, but the old friend around me had already passed away.
"Momiji, what are you thinking about?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked when he saw Amakihei standing there motionless.
"I miss my elder brother, and His Highness Sena." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, and then slowly sighed, "More than 20 years have passed by. Time flies so fast."
"Yes, time is unforgiving." Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded in agreement, and sighed, "Now even the children have grown to our age."
"Sanlang is fine, don't worry." Yu Qiuping heard the longing in Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, smiled and comforted, "Their family is in harmony now, and it's good to live like this, away from this world.
disputes."
"But I'm afraid that Saburo won't be able to stay any longer. What samurai doesn't want to return to the battlefield? Let alone that kid, Saburo."
"I'm afraid Lingzheng and Princess Wude don't want him to go to the battlefield. It would be nice to be safe." Yu Qiuping shook his head, "I hope that tomorrow the world will be peaceful, and there will be no more wars and no more deaths."
"I really want to thank Hongye for the Saburo incident."
"Don't thank me. Didn't Takechiyo say thank you in Azuchi? Lingzheng and Saburo also thanked me endlessly before. Why do you and your family thank me endlessly?" Yu Qiuping smiled and stopped those who wanted to kneel down.
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
"I can't thank you enough for this matter." Tokugawa Ieyasu stubbornly shook his head and knelt down reluctantly.
"I just saved my nephew. I watched him grow up, and I couldn't possibly watch him die." Yu Qiuping simply sat down against the fence and patted Tokugawa Ieyasu on the shoulder.
"In the eyes of Hongye, a good person who attaches great importance to love and justice, this may be just what you should do. But in my eyes, it is just a help in times of need." Tokugawa Ieyasu pursed his lips and raised his head, "I'll tell you the truth.
, if the situation were reversed that day, and the son and his wife were in such a dangerous situation, I asked myself whether I could do what Hongye did. The most I could do was give some advice, but if I had to risk my wife and children being angered or even endangering the family,
I will definitely back down."
"As a warrior, you should no longer have human emotions. Whatever you do, you must put the interests of the family first. It is impossible to let personal relationships override the interests of the family." Yu Qiuping repeated again.
What Tokugawa Ieyasu said to him many years ago, "That's what you think, right? So in your eyes, my behavior puts personal relationships above family interests, so in your eyes, it's beyond common sense."
No amount of thanks can be given enough for your help.”
"Mongye is right, the concepts are different." Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded slightly.
"Maybe Takechiyo, you are right..." Yu Qiuping put his hands on the fence, raised his head and looked at the sky, and sighed, "My willful behavior caused the two brothers who were not easy to reconcile to turn against each other again.
, Youer was also forced to go to Antu, and the Yuqiu family may not know what kind of tests they will face in the future."
"But now I feel that Momiji is right." Tokugawa Ieyasu said meaningfully.
"We convinced each other?" Yu Qiuping burst out laughing when he heard this. He stood up with both hands, and then stretched out his hand to pull Tokugawa Ieyasu up.
"It doesn't matter anymore. Being able to get back together with Momiji is more pleasant than anything else." Tokugawa Ieyasu also laughed, "Come on, I'll be the host today, deep-fried tempura."
The level of the Tokugawa chefs is as good as ever. Even Yu Qiupei, who has never been a big fan of fried food, was full of praise for his fried tempura.
"Don't forget about business." Yu Qiuping wiped his mouth after the meal and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "My main task here is to preside over the marriage between Yu Yimaru and Ajiang."
"We have already made preparations here. The date and the shrine have been picked. It just depends on the meaning of the red leaves and how to arrange it." Tokugawa Ieyasu drank a large bowl of tea and said while wiping the water drops on his chin.
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"What can I mean? Everything about etiquette is up to Zhuo Jing. She is the princess of the Imagawa family, and she knows more than me." Yu Qiuping laughed easily. It was really comfortable to be the hands-off shopkeeper. He would only need to follow the instructions of Imagawa.
Just go up and read a few lines according to Kaede's instructions, and Imagawa Kaede will take care of all the details.
"It's you." Yu Qiuping glanced at the guards outside the room with concern. Upon seeing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu stepped back knowingly.
"I heard from Saburo that you didn't like Yu Yimaru's kid very much before." Yu Qiuping lowered his voice, always paying attention to Tokugawa Ieyasu's expression, for fear of offending him. After seeing that the latter looked fine, he continued, "Now
Saburo is under house arrest, are you ready to make him your young master?"
"It's embarrassing to say that I'm still young at this age, but I still have the youngest son. Apart from Saburo, there is only one male in the family, Yugimaru." Tokugawa Ieyasu helplessly patted the back of his head, "I did owe him a lot in the past. Thanks to Saburo,
This gave me the opportunity to make up for this child."
Yu Qiupei remembers that Yu Yimaru in the previous life was the later Yuuki Hideyasu. He was obviously the second son, but he was never liked by Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the previous life, Tokugawa Ieyasu would rather support his newly born youngest son (Tokugawa Hidetada)
, and refused to give the grown-up Yu Yimaru a chance. After the Battle of Komaki Nagakute, Hashiba Hideyoshi asked Tokugawa Ieyasu for hostages. Logically speaking, the youngest son should have been handed over, but Tokugawa Ieyasu put his age
The eldest Yugimaru was sent to Hideyoshi Hashiba, and Yugimaru lost the right to inherit the Tokugawa family governor. This shows how much Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't like this child. Later Yugimaru was sent to inherit the Yuki family, and he was worshiped.
Hideyoshi was named Yuki Hideyasu because of the character "show" in his name.
However, even though he encountered all kinds of discrimination from Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yuki Hideyasu did not complain at all. He kept in mind the kindness of his biological father and did his best to serve his father in the Battle of Sekigahara. After the war, he was transferred to Echizen, although he still suffered
Despite Tokugawa Ieyasu's suspicion, he still worked hard without complaint until he died of illness.
Yu Qiuping didn't know whether Tokugawa Ieyasu would be kind to Yoshimaru in this life, nor did he know if he was really kind to him, whether this kindness was due to the need for family rule or the relationship between father and son. If it had been in the past, Yu Qiuping would have doubted that this was just the case.
It was Tokugawa Ieyasu's hypocrisy. However, the heart-to-heart talk just now made Yu Qiuping change his view of Tokugawa Ieyasu - he is also a human being of flesh and blood, not a scheming machine.
"Yu Yiwan must take Yuan Yuan in advance to get married. Have you thought about his name?" Yu Qiuping asked another somewhat embarrassing question.
"I received the word 'faith' from His Highness Oda, but Nobuyasu is already Saburo's given name, so let's change it to Nobutada, Tokugawa Nobutada." Tokugawa Ieyasu had obviously already made a plan.
"Does it have the same name taboo as my young master? Don't need to avoid taboos?" Yu Qiuping frowned and pointed out that Tokugawa Nobutada and Oda Nobutada had the same name.
"I asked His Highness Oda, and His Highness Oda said he doesn't mind. This can also show the Tokugawa family's undying loyalty to the Oda family." Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and shook his head and said, "Your Highness Oda's temperament,
He doesn’t look like someone who is good at comparing words.”
"That's right." Yu Qiuping also laughed when he heard this, "Then I will choose a day to marry them."
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On January 22, the eighth year of Tianzheng (1580), Yu Qiuping married Tokugawa Nobutada and Asai Jiang in Hamamatsu City, Yuanjiang Kingdom. Seeing the two and a half older children wearing adult clothes and somewhat awkwardly following the cumbersome etiquette, Yu Qiuping
Qiuping felt unspeakably sad.
Yu Qiuping also watched Ajiang grow up. Asai Nagamasa passed away before she could remember it. She could only hear her father's story from the memories of her sister and mother. But she was fortunate that she was still young at the time and did not have to experience it.
The pain of separation and death is like Chacha.
As the little girl in the family, she is usually pampered by her mother and older sisters. Imagawa Kaede and Yu Qiucen also love her very much. She is a girl who has grown up. But she suddenly has to marry a foreign country and live with the older sister she has been with since childhood.
My mother is separated and has to live with some strangers. She doesn't know anyone. I don't know how difficult her life will be.
She is only 7 years old... Yu Qiuping couldn't help but sigh. Looking at the small body and the childish face under the somewhat loose robe, it seemed that Imagawa Kaede and Ashi sighed again and again about the true fate of the women of the martial arts family in the troubled times.
Portrait. Such a young child, who knows nothing about love and marriage, is forced to marry for the benefit of the family, without the freedom to pursue happiness - even this idea is nipped in the bud before it even occurs.
At this time, in the center of the wedding scene, the newlyweds were standing face to face. Ajiang's eyes were still red and swollen, and his expression was a little dull. He looked at the boy called "husband" in front of him coldly. She didn't quite understand.
What does this title mean? I only know that I will become husband and wife with this stranger in the future, in this place surrounded by strangers.
"Don't be afraid, they are not bad people, and I am not a bad person." Yu Yiwan broke the silence, saying softly like the big brother next door comforting his sister, "It must be very lonely to be sent here suddenly! I can accompany you.
You play, let’s play games together!”
Chapter completed!