At noon on January 15, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), the Hongye Army entered the Mikawa territory. Yu Qiuping suddenly received a letter from Kyoto. After reading it, he casually handed the letter to Mori Ranmaru and asked him to put it away.
"What's going on?" Sen Changke rode his horse two steps forward and asked Yu Qiuping, still carelessly ignoring etiquette.
"Is this what you should ask?" Asahina Taihei immediately protested dissatisfied, "Also, the guards must use honorifics when speaking."
"Why do you care so much? Guards. If you can keep him alive in a fight, you are a good guard." Morinagako casually pointed the direction of Yu Qiupei with his boneless side tip, which made Asahina Taihei angry.
Unclear.
"It's news from my lord." Yu Qiuping was in a good mood and didn't care about Sen Changke's rudeness.
"What instructions came from the main hall? Do you want us to go directly north from Mikawa to raid Shinano?" Morinagako immediately became energetic when he heard the news from Oda Nobunaga.
"Hahahaha... No, it's a private matter." Yu Qiuping laughed when he heard this, "My lord asked me to go to the place where Young Master Tokugawa is under house arrest to see Princess Wu De."
"What?" Mori Nagako shook his head in great disappointment.
"After all, it's the affection of licking a calf." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Even if Princess Wu De offends him like that, the father still misses her in his heart."
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In the early morning of January 16, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Yu Qiupei and Imagawa Kaede boarded a small boat at the port of Nishio, and were escorted by people from the Shima navy to go to Tokugawa Nobuyasu. Mrs. Tsukuyama and Oda Gotoku were placed under house arrest.
The island is located on the side of Mikawa near the mouth of the strait at the junction of Ise Bay and Mikawa Bay. It is a small island with overgrown grass. There is no human habitation there at first glance.
"Your Highness, we can only send it here." The general of the Shima Navy who came to escort saluted Yuqiu, "Turn ahead and there is the port. We usually do not allow anything except fresh water, food and daily necessities.
Close to the island.”
"I know, thank you." Yu Qiuping saluted the departing fleet of the Shima Navy. Soon after, the boat docked at the somewhat crude port on the island. Yu Qiuping jumped onto the dock with all his strength.
, then turned around and wanted to help Imagawa Kaede. Imakawa Kaede glanced at him with a smile on her face, then jumped up lightly and in a much more relaxed posture than Yu Qiuping.
The accompanying Mori Ranmaru and Hagaya Honoko immediately laughed. Yu Qiuping rolled his eyes at them in embarrassment, turned around and wanted to walk to the shore, but suddenly found a figure moving in the bushes near the sea not far away.
"Uncle?" A voice of surprise came from the bushes. Yu Qiuping looked closely and found that it was Tokugawa Nobuyasu who was dressed in commoner clothes. He also had a fishing rod on his back and a fish basket in his hand.
"Sanlang?" Yu Qiuping was also quite surprised. He explained a few words to Imagawa Kaede and asked her to take the guards and gifts to visit Mrs. Tsukuyama and Oda Gotoku first, while he jumped into the bushes by the seaside.
Walking towards Tokugawa Nobuyasu.
"Uncle, why are you here?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu came up quickly. He didn't even notice that his trouser leg was cut by a branch, and he was about to salute Yu Qiuping.
"I'm here to preside over the marriage between Miss Asai and your brother Yugimaru. I'm also bringing reinforcements to cooperate with your father in attacking the Takeda family. I came to see you on the way." Yu Qiuping hurriedly supported Tokugawa Nobuyasu and replied.
"Ah? Why is there such a marriage?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu was stunned when he heard this. Seeing that he didn't understand, Yu Qiuping explained the whole story to him.
"That's it." Tokugawa Nobuyasu nodded as if he suddenly understood, then scratched his hair and said with a smile, "Yu Yimaru is a good boy and sensible. He will definitely not mess up the marriage like me. He will be a good person."
Husband’s.”
"I was in danger earlier, and the Tokugawa family was also in danger. Thank you uncle for helping me regardless of the past grievances!" Tokugawa Nobuyasu mentioned the marriage, and then remembered what happened last year. Regardless of Yu Qiuping's objection, he stepped back half a step and walked towards
Yuqiu made a big gift in parallel.
"What are you talking about? Your Majesty and I are like brothers, and I have watched you grow up. You call me uncle, and I can't help you? It doesn't have to be like this." Yu Qiuping can't pull him up no matter how hard he pulls.
, and had no choice but to let Tokugawa Nobuyasu show his courtesy before helping him up.
"How can uncle's kindness be underestimated?" After standing up, Tokugawa Nobuyasu shook his head and bowed deeply to Yu Qiuping again, "Last year, the Oda Hall was furious, and my father begged all over the Oda family.
Everyone is still at a loss. I have all realized at that time that I have to take responsibility for my past absurdities. I didn’t expect that uncle, you would go to this step for me. You would rather let me and the Yuqiu family be angered than to lend a helping hand. It’s so important.
I have nothing to repay you for your kindness. I am willing to be an ox or a horse in the next life to repay Your Highness."
"You can repay me by living a good life with Wu De." Yu Qiuping smiled and patted Tokugawa Nobuyasu's shoulder, sighed, "Besides, it wasn't me who saved you in the end, Wu was the one who saved you."
Germany. If she hadn't come forward, what would I have done?"
"In retrospect, I did owe her a lot. I failed to be a good husband, and in the end I disappointed my uncle and father." Talking about the past, Tokugawa Nobuyasu whispered sadly, "Marrying alone in a foreign land, Wu De
She also felt bad. She must have been very upset when I often quarreled with her, and it was true that I went too far in the last time. So when I later heard about the incident, and even being imprisoned and waiting to die, I never resented her.
I always felt that I was doing something wrong. I didn’t expect that in the end, she actually... was willing to let herself die, and also wanted to save my life. It was really..."
"As long as there is love, everything can be overcome." Yu Qiuping glanced at Tokugawa Nobuyasu, "What happened to you later?"
"To be honest, uncle, I feel much more comfortable on this island than in Okazaki City. I can spend time with Gotoku and my mother. Besides being a little annoyed that I can't help my father," Tokugawa Nobuyasu heard.
Yan Que laughed, and after asking Yu Qiuping to sit down, he also sat down on the stone next to Yu Qiuping.
"After that incident, Gotoku and I never had a single quarrel. I finally had time to fulfill my responsibilities as a husband. In fact, she is such a gentle girl..." Tokugawa Nobuyasu raised his head.
, looking at the mist on the sea in the early morning, murmured, "Although I have always wanted to apologize to her, I feel that she has always wanted to apologize to me, but neither of us was embarrassed to speak, and we never mentioned that matter again.
, pretending as if it never happened.”
"It's okay, let the past go. There's no need to say anything. Just know the other person's thoughts in your heart." Yu Qiuping smiled and comforted, "After experiencing life and death, the lost and recovered emotions are the most precious."
"Yeah, I just feel so regretful sometimes... Why didn't I treat such a good girl well so many years ago?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu shook his head apologetically, grinning at himself, "She still
You are willing to come back and be with me. I, Saburo Tokugawa, will never forget this feeling in my life."
"By the way." Yu Qiuping pointed to the fishing rod and fishing basket that Tokugawa Nobuyasu had put aside, and asked in confusion, "Didn't I say that the Shima Navy will deliver food to you? What are you doing?"
"Fishing." Tokugawa Nobuyasu replied matter-of-factly.
"No, no, no, of course I know you are fishing." Yu Qiuping was angry and funny towards his nephew, "I'm asking you what you are fishing for?"
"Oh, oh." Tokugawa Nobuyasu, who was distracted, finally realized, "Gotoku said she wanted to learn how to make sashimi with her mother, and I'll get them some ingredients." Tokugawa Nobuyasu said as he put the bait on the fish.
hook and throw the fishing rod toward the sea.
"Princess of Five Virtues? Are you going to learn how to make sashimi with your daughter?" Yu Qiuping burst out laughing when he heard this, "Princess, isn't she someone who doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers?"
"Haha, that was all before." Tokugawa Nobuyasu also laughed, "My mother has always been a good cook. In the past, she looked down on the five virtues, and she secretly said that the princess of the Imagawa family actually wanted her.
Cooking. But when we came to this island, the meals delivered every day were too cold and unpalatable. My mother would sometimes cook us a meal, which was a rare delicacy. When we came to this island, not only Wude and I
We stopped arguing, and Wude and his mother stopped arguing, and they even said they wanted to learn how to cook."
"That's great." Yu Qiuping listened and smiled unconsciously. He had seen Tokugawa Nobuyasu since he was still an infant, and he had always regarded him as his nephew.
Yu Qiuping was also happy from the bottom of his heart that he could save his fate and watch him live a happy life.
"Oh, you said before that Yu Yimaru would be a good husband, why?" Yu Qiuping suddenly remembered what Tokugawa Nobuyasu had said before.
"That child has had a hard life since he was a child, and he has learned things early. He neither fights nor grabs, but he can remember the little favors given to him for a long time." Speaking of his younger brother, Tokugawa Nobuyasu couldn't help but sigh, "That child is his father.
He was the child of his mother's maid. Because his mother was of low status and there were rumors about her bad behavior, his father disliked them both. After he was born, he was sent to Lord Honda outside the city to be raised. His father
I didn’t recognize him either.”
"Later, when he was three or four years old, I happened to meet the child when he came back from hunting and learned about his life experience from Lord Honda." Tokugawa Nobuyasu said this, still feeling a little annoyed, "
I was so angry at the time and thought how could my father be so unkind. In fact, when I thought about it later, I was pretty bad at the Five Virtues. I won’t go too far, let’s continue.”
"I was so angry at that time that I felt that the child was pitiful and I had to give him an explanation. I took him all the way to Hamamatsu Castle and prepared to confront my father in public." Tokugawa Nobuyasu smiled bitterly, and then
He shook his head and said, "But that child has learned so early. He just refused to let me quarrel. At this moment, my father happened to come over. When the child saw me calling him father, he also called me father.
grown ups'."
"After the father realized what he was doing, he was very moved. He probably regretted his previous indifference to the mother and son, so he took him to the city to raise him. The child was really sensible. He didn't cry when he came to the city.
He doesn't make trouble, never has any airs, and all the guards and maids like him. He later begged his father to bring his mother in too, which was very filial to his mother." Tokugawa Nobuyasu praised his little brother, and suddenly he didn't
The float of the fishhook in the distance shook up and down.
Upon seeing this, Tokugawa Nobuyasu immediately stood up, pulled the rod hard, and saw a big fish being dragged directly out of the water. Tokugawa Nobuyasu swung the fishing rod, raised his hand to catch, and killed the struggling fish.
He pinched it and stuffed it into the fish basket.
Chapter completed!