Chapter 882 Jia Mao: 'Ji Jun, are you willing to be my father?' [5500]
Da'ao, meeting place——
The fragrant tatami, the spotless environment, the exquisite decorations, the faint smell of powder... everything is the same as before.
Qingteng often visited the meeting place in the past.
Whenever Hegong or the female officials around him have any errands to entrust to Qingteng, they will summon Qingteng at this meeting place.
Tianzhangyuan would occasionally meet Qingdeng at the meeting place.
Returning to this familiar room after a long absence made him feel a little nostalgic.
At this moment, Qingdeng was sitting in the center of the meeting place, bowing and saluting expressionlessly.
After a while, he heard a rich middle-aged female voice floating in front of him:
"General Tachibana, please stand down."
It was Gogami Nagi's voice.
Since he obtained the official title of "Sakon Guard Admiral", Aoto received the honorific title of "Tachibana Admiral" after "Tachibana Aki".
Qingdeng slowly raised his head and looked straight ahead.
The first thing that caught his eye was the colorful colors.
I saw many women sitting in front of it and on its left and right sides.
Roughly speaking, there were about twenty people, ranging in age from ten to forty or fifty years old.
Right in front of Qingdeng, at the main seat of the meeting place, there was a young girl wearing an exquisite small bag, Shang Shang and Tang Yi. Her hands were folded neatly on her legs, and she looked at Qingdeng expressionlessly.
Climb up and look at each other.
She is He Gong.
In terms of appearance alone, Wagongiya's appearance is not particularly outstanding.
It's neither beautiful nor ugly, just ordinary.
However, because he had lived in the palace for a long time and was rarely exposed to the sun, and he had never participated in physical labor, his skin was very white and delicate.
As for the other women present, they were all personal female officials of the Imperial Palace, the stinky Sanba who Qingto hated deeply.
When Wamiyoshita married Kanto, all these bastards accompanied her to Edo.
Originally, according to the shogunate's practice, the imperial office should not bring so many servants to the imperial office who had married from other places.
When they arrive at Da'ao, they will naturally be equipped with experienced attendants.
When Tianzhangyuan took over the Great Olympics, they only brought a few people from Satsuma.
However, due to Wagongiya's strong request, the shogunate could only make an exception and allowed Wagongiya to bring over her entire service team when she lived in the Imperial Palace.
These stinky Sanba, like He Gong, all have the privilege of "retaining their past living habits".
Therefore, they both wore court clothes and had their hair styled in the official style.
The public respected long black and straight hair, so women in the imperial court would comb their hair back and tie it into a long low ponytail. They would not wear it into Shimada buns, buns and other exquisite hairstyles like the women of the samurai family.
Looking at these smelly Sanba that had caused him a lot of trouble, Qingdeng felt his stomach twitch, and all kinds of bad memories came to his mind.
However, there is one thing to say, public-style clothing is really beautiful, just the complicated patterns and gorgeous colors are dazzling.
These beautiful clothes greatly eased the discomfort in his heart.
Qingden calmed down his emotions for a moment, then raised his eyes, looked straight at He Gong, and said seriously:
"Your Highness, I send you my long-awaited greetings. I wish you good health."
Facing Wagoniya, Aoto naturally couldn't be as casual as he was when he faced Tokugawa Iemo and Tenzouin. So he started to speak awkward and solemn words for a long time.
Wagongiya nodded slightly to show that he had received Qingto's greeting, then turned his head and glanced at Gogami Nagi beside him.
Mikami Nagi leaned over understandingly and put his ear to Wakami's lips.
He Gong whispered something to her.
Gogami listened carefully, and after the other party finished speaking, she said loudly to Qingto:
"General Ju, His Highness said: I have often heard of your activity in recent years. Thank you for your hard work."
Qingdeng responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wakomiya glanced at Gogami Nagami again, and the latter leaned forward again.
When Qingdeng saw this, he secretly twitched his lips.
Another big reason why he didn't want to see He Gong was that it was too troublesome to communicate! This "message game" was too torture!
After waiting for a while, Gogami Nagami spoke again:
"His Royal Highness asks you: How is your Majesty doing lately?"
The "Your Majesty" in his mouth naturally refers to the current Emperor.
——How could I possibly know!
Qingdeng had no good impression of the imperial court.
He would never step foot into the Imperial Palace unless necessary.
Although the imperial court has made many moves in recent years, giving people a sense of "the rise of the imperial court," if you look closely, you will find that its status has not fundamentally changed.
There are still no soldiers under the imperial court, and the emperor is still a mascot-like existence.
Qingdeng has never cared about the life and death of the "mascot", so how can he know whether he is living well now?
As Miyano is the emperor's biological sister, she probably asked this question out of concern for her brother.
With the simple idea of "taking care of other people's brother-sister relationship", he began to rack his brains, trying to recall the rumors he had heard recently about the emperor.
It means "you have a good appetite" or "you are energetic". In short, just pick up some pleasant words.
After He Gong quietly listened, he smiled, and his originally tense facial lines relaxed a little.
Then, she continued the "message game".
"General Tachibana, His Highness would like to ask you: How is the weather in Kyoto lately?"
Just now he was asking about the emperor's current situation, but now he started asking about the weather in Kyoto.
The jump in the question made Qingdeng startled.
Of course, he was surprised. He quickly recovered and answered truthfully:
"Back to Your Highness, since the beginning of autumn, the weather in Kyoto has become extremely cool, which is a good time for travel."
"General Tachibana, His Highness would like to ask you: Will this year's Flower Festival be held as scheduled? Are there many flowers in bloom this year? Are they beautiful?"
Flower Festival - one of the three major festivals in Kyoto. It is held in spring when flowers are in full bloom. It can be regarded as one of the grandest festivals in Kyoto.
According to legend, during the Heian period in Japan, the god of plague was instigated by the spring spirit and wandered around the city of Kyoto, causing epidemics wherever he went.
People would sing and dance around the flower umbrellas in the streets and alleys to lure the god of plague under the flower umbrellas, and then send the umbrellas to Murasaki Ye Shrine to suppress the god of plague. This is the origin of the Flower Festival.
Nowadays, every time during the Flower Festival, in front of the main hall of Murasaki Ye Shrine, local worshipers will dress up as red-haired ghosts and black-haired ghosts and perform dances to the gods. Later, they will be joined by two other worship teams, one from
Flower parades from the Ueno and Murakami areas of Kyoto parade all the way here to perform dances to the gods.
By coincidence, Qingden happened to be attending this year's flower festival - together with his newly married wives.
That day, he and his wives went out together for the first time, leaving many beautiful memories.
"Back to Your Highness, I happen to be lucky enough to take my wife to attend this year's flower festival. The weather this year is very good, with five winds and ten rains, so the flowers are blooming particularly lush and beautiful."
When He Gong heard this, he immediately became energetic and impatiently moved his lips towards Gogami Nagami.
"General Tachibana, His Highness said: Please tell us in detail your specific experience when you participated in the flower festival."
Qingden raised his eyebrows, and then looked at He Gong thoughtfully, a look of surprise appeared on his face - he had roughly guessed the purpose of He Gong's sudden summons to him.
He cleared his throat and then described it concisely.
The bustling crowd, the fragrance of flowers that always lingers in front of the nose, the beautiful scenery like a picture... With his excellent eloquence, Qingdeng recreated the flower festival in words.
He Gong listened very carefully.
Because she was too serious, she subconsciously leaned forward and stared at Qingdeng without blinking, as if she was afraid of missing any word.
Just on her cheeks as smooth as porcelain, a faint look of nostalgia could be seen.
The female officials next to her all looked the same, listening to Qingdeng's story with rapt attention, either looking nostalgic or full of sadness.
Seeing this, Qingden confirmed his suspicion just now - as expected, Wagongong was homesick.
Another major reason why He Gong strongly opposed marrying to Kanto was that he couldn't leave home and his hometown.
Once she marries into Edo, it will be difficult for her to return to Kyoto for the rest of her life... It is no exaggeration to say that she will most likely never go back to Kyoto...
Being in a distant foreign country, trapped in a fortified castle, looking at the scenery that is very different from your hometown, it is inevitable that you will feel homesick.
In this era of underdeveloped information exchange, we can only rely on word of mouth to get news about our hometown.
Therefore, she suddenly summoned Qingteng, who had just returned from Kyoto, and asked him to tell them more about the current situation in Kyoto to relieve her homesickness.
As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, He Gong asked a new question:
"General Tachibana, His Highness would like to ask you: What about this year's Gion Festival? Will this year's Gion Festival be held as scheduled?"
"Go back to Your Highness..."
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This "message game" of questions and answers lasted for a long time.
After discovering that Wagongong only summoned him because he was homesick, Qingteng became more dedicated and serious.
No matter what He Gong asked, he would try his best to answer it.
He just hates the bad guys around He Gong, and has no ill feelings towards He Gong himself.
It would be better to say...he is quite sympathetic to Wagongiya.
He was forced to leave his hometown, marry someone he didn't want to marry, and became a victim of politics... exactly like Tianzhang Yuan back then.
At this moment, looking at the complicated expression of the girl in front of him - nostalgia, sadness, loneliness, three emotions beautifully mixed together - Qingto couldn't help but wonder: After marrying into Edo, will Tenzouin also miss his hometown? ?
He Gong at least has a normal husband who can communicate with each other, and he can also learn about the current situation in his hometown through Qingden.
What was Tianzhang Hospital back then? Regardless of whether anyone introduced her to the current situation in her hometown of Satsuma, just the sight of her terminally ill husband who was unable to communicate normally was enough to make her physically and mentally exhausted.
After all, it was a question of how many times she had met the former general Tokugawa Iesada.
When Tenjoin married into Edo, Tokugawa Kesada's physical and mental condition was on the verge of collapse, and his persecution paranoia was extremely serious.
He often felt that someone was coming to kill him. Not only did he not want to eat the food cooked by the kitchen, but he also locked himself in his room all day long and saw no one except his wet nurse.
When he thought of this, Qingdeng's heart suddenly felt sentimental.
Out of this sympathy, he was happy to help He Gong.
Furthermore, Wakomiya is Tokugawa Iemo's official wife - even based on this relationship alone, Aoto would not treat Wakomi badly.
Anyway, it's just a little effort and a waste of words, so just try your best to help others.
After asking several more questions, He Gong finally stopped talking.
She was silent for a moment, then turned her head and said something to Gogami.
However, she didn't say much, she just said quietly:
"General Tachibana, please stay. Everyone else will follow me and leave!"
After saying that, Gogami stood up first, folded his hands in front of him, and retreated out of the room inch by inch with the graceful steps of sticking his feet to the tatami.
Qingdeng and the other female officials present were stunned.
Judging from the expressions of the female officials, it is not difficult to see that they are very puzzled by He Gong's order.
However, just like Gogami, they would not question their master's orders face to face even if they had doubts in their hearts.
With the sound of "swish, swish, swish" the soles of their feet brushing against the tatami, the female officials filed out.
For a moment, only Qingden and Hegong were left in the huge meeting place.
Qingdeng looked around and saw that the room was much empty and there were no traces of the Stinky Three Eights anymore. He suddenly felt proud and elated.
Although he didn't understand why He Gong sent them away, it didn't stop Qingdeng from breathing a sigh of relief when the Sanbagu people left.
"...General Tachibana, thank you for your hard work."
An unfamiliar female voice... About half a second later, Qingteng realized belatedly - it was Wagong's voice!
It's funny, they have met many times and have been friends for several years, but it was not until today that Qingdeng heard He Gong's voice for the first time.
Wagongong's voice was very soft, giving people a feeling of weakness.
This fits her appearance very well.
Her slender and thin body is really fragile.
"Your Highness, I dare not take it seriously."
Qingdeng responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"General Orange, Mr. Dashu...are you okay?"
Dashu Gong is Tokugawa Iemo.
Qingden blinked and involuntarily cast a confused look at He Gong.
——Aren’t you my wife? Do you still need to ask me this kind of question?
He Gong saw Qingdeng's confusion and smiled helplessly:
"Mr. Dashu has been busy with government affairs recently. He burns ointments every day and eats at night and at night. I haven't seen him for a long time, so... I can't help but feel a little worried."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wagongiya bit his red lips, raised his right hand, and covered most of his face with his wide sleeve, revealing only a pair of half-closed eyes full of shyness.
When Qingdeng saw this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing - he finally understood why the other party had to block others in advance.
Tokugawa Iemo and Wamiya had a very harmonious relationship - this fact is well known.
Since their marriage, they have never had any quarrels.
What's interesting is that Wagongiya, who had always cried and mourned for his "sacrifice" before, suddenly became much quieter and no longer noisy after marrying into Edo.
Aoshito once heard...really just heard about it! When Wagoniya met Tokugawa Iemo for the first time, his handsome face and polite and generous demeanor directly made the girl's eyes flash with stars, and instantly changed the "Zheng Yi Dai" attitude.
The general is a strong orc" prejudice.
Aoshino rarely asked about Tokugawa Iemo's family affairs.
Now it seems that the relationship between this young couple is more friendly than he expected.
"Back to Your Highness, the General is in good health, looks very good, and exudes strong vitality."
"That's it...that's good."
Because his sleeves were covering his face, Qingdeng couldn't see the change in Wagong's expression, but he vaguely heard the other party let out a long sigh of relief.
"General Tachibana, according to what I know, you will lead an army of 200,000 to launch a large-scale attack on the Choshu Domain."
"I don't know the art of war, so I really can't help you. I can only wish you success and good military fortune."
"Please be sure to destroy the disloyal ministers and restore peace to the world."
"In this way, Mr. Dashu, he...he doesn't have to work so hard anymore, and can meet with me more..."
The further down Wagongong spoke, the weaker the volume became.
By the end of the sentence, I was almost humming like a mosquito.
Only the parts of her body that were not covered by her sleeves - her forehead and the tips of her ears - were all stained with a conspicuous red glow.
Qingdeng secretly twitched the corner of his mouth, his expression became quite complicated - he has been eating dog food since just now...
On weekdays, he is the only one who feeds other people's dog food, but he didn't expect to be fed so much today.
Wagongiya’s words continued:
"Ah, and also, please help me tell Mr. Dashu afterwards that he must eat well and sleep well."
When Qingdeng heard this, he couldn't help but asked:
"Your Highness, you should be the one to say this to the General, right?"
When He Gong heard this, he immediately panicked and was at a loss.
"But, but I can't even see his face..."
Qingdeng smiled helplessly:
"Your Highness, please rest assured, I will come down to help you!"
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Edo Castle, between breaks, upper section——
The mother and son chatted passionately, unaware that time flew by.
Abruptly, a small announcement came from outside the door——
"My lord! General Tachibana wants to see you!"
Suddenly, Tokugawa Iemo's eyes lit up and he murmured:
"Finally here..."
Tianzhangyuan, who had no idea Qingdeng would come, was slightly startled.
"Eh? Sheng Qing is here?"
"Mother, I have a request, please agree to it."
Tokugawa Iemo looked at Tianzhangin with a solemn expression and said seriously every word.
Without waiting for the other party to respond, he continued:
"Next, no matter what happens or what you hear, please stay here and never leave or make any noise."
"Huh? Why?"
As she spoke, she subconsciously rolled her eyes and looked outside the room - the sound of Qingdeng's footsteps came from this direction.
"Mother, I will explain it to you later. Anyway, I'm begging you!"
After saying this with great solemnity, Tokugawa Iemo stood up and left the room, preparing to welcome Aoto, leaving Tenzouin sitting there with a confused look on his face.
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After bidding farewell to the Imperial Palace, Aomori followed Tokugawa Iemo's instructions and went straight to the rest room without stopping.
The rest room is divided into the upper section (where the general sleeps) and the lower section (where the general works). The two rooms are adjacent.
As soon as Tokugawa Iemo's front foot left the upper section, his back foot met Aoden in the lower section.
At this moment, Aoden was sitting directly in front of Tokugawa Iemo, and the two faced each other - he had no idea that Tenzōin was in the upper section next door.
"Tachibana-kun, thank you for your hard work. Wagoniya must have asked you a lot of questions, right? After chatting with you, did she feel a little more excited?"
Qingden smiled:
"I tried my best to recreate Kyoto in words. As for whether you and Your Majesty are happy... Why don't you, Your Highness, confirm it with her yourself?"
After hearing this, Tokugawa Iemo shook his head with a wry smile.
"I do have this intention, but I really can't get away recently..."
Qingden looked back with a half-smiling look.
Later, he did not continue this topic, but changed his words:
"Your Highness, to be honest, I have been talking today. First, I told you the specific battle plan of the 'Changzhou Expedition', and then I introduced the current situation in Kyoto to His Majesty the Palace. My tongue is a little tired from talking, so I won't stop.
We’re going in a circle—what exactly is the ‘important thing’ you mentioned earlier?”
As soon as these words came out, Tokugawa Iemo suddenly perked up and raised the corners of his mouth slightly:
"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point!"
He paused for a moment, and after a brief moment of accumulating strength——
"Tangerine-kun, are you willing to be my father?"
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