Chapter 422

Chapter 422

Chapter 422
In mid-September of the 16th year of Tensho (1588), Hideka brought Kamei Tomoko, envoys from Ryukyu's own country, the head of the country, Sima Siryu, and Lord Taniyama to meet Hideyoshi in Luo.

Before leaving, Xiujia deliberately left Kagawa Kagezaru in Okayama, asking him to take good care of the potatoes he planted in Higashimaru Ninomaru, and not allowing anyone to come close to stepping on them.

Xiujia didn't know how long it would take to go to Osaka this time, so he was told to pick off the buds after the potatoes bloomed, and wait until the stems and leaves growing on the ground turned from green to yellow, indicating that the potatoes can be harvested.

Hideka returned to Osaka this time, bringing Juhime and Naoko with her, while Kiyohime was left behind in Okayama Castle because she was pregnant.

Speaking of which, the little tadpoles of the Xiu family are really full of energy. It only took 2 years for the women who followed the Xiu family to conceive like melons.

But at a time when medical skills are relatively backward, the birth of a child is not the final result. There are too many possible deaths before he reaches adulthood. How to raise them is the ultimate problem.

On the way from Okayama to Kyoto, Hideka saw the true face of Lord Taniyama for the first time, and he was indeed a beautiful woman, as Kamei Suzuki said.

During the intermission, when Lord Gu Shan came out of the sedan chair, Xiujia casually glanced at her, like Mr. Chen Hong who played the role of Princess Taiping in "Daming Palace Ci" from memory.

To be honest, because her appearance is so memorable, even the Xiu family couldn't help but stop not far from her.

Kamei Tomoki, who was following the Xiu family, raised his eyebrows in embarrassment. He wanted to persuade the Xiu family, but he didn't know where to start.

Not to mention the Xiu family, all the men in the team were attracted by the beauty of Mr. Gu Shan. Mr. Gu Shan seemed to be used to being noticed by everyone, and he didn't care about the eyes of the people around him.

But after hearing from her maid that even the Xiu family was looking at her, she took the initiative to invite the Xiu family to have a cup of tea with her.

Since the beauty invites her, the Xiu family will naturally be disrespectful.

To Xiujia's surprise, the beauty in front of him actually made tea for Xiujia himself, and the tea she brewed was white tea from Fujian.

Her movements became more skillful and standard, making Xiujia even more curious about her identity.

Picking up a cup of tea that is facing you, the aroma of tea penetrates into your heart and spleen through your nose, and you take a sip of the tea, the sweetness and aroma of the tea remain between your lips and teeth.

"Good tea" Xiujia couldn't help but exclaimed, "My Lord, it's my blessing to invite me to have this good tea. It tastes like white tea from Jiangxi or Fujian."

Hearing the tea species reported by the Xiu family, Mrs. Gu Shan seemed a little surprised and asked, "Your Highness, do you know the origin of this tea?"

Xiujia explained, "I often trade with merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and I often import tea from Fujian and Zhejiang. I still know some varieties of tea from the Ming Dynasty. Over time, I fell in love with tea and learned some tea-making skills.

On the contrary, you, as His Royal Highness the Lord of the Ryukyu, actually know such a set of tea skills, which really amazes me. "

Lord Gu Shan explained, "My mother taught me these things. She is the daughter of an official whom my father knew when he was dispatched by imperial order."

"Ah, that's how it is. I said how do you know how to make tea?"

Xiujia's response was not what he was thinking to say, but what he actually wanted to say, "No wonder you and your maids have such a big gap in appearance, and your skin color is much fairer. It turns out that you have neutralized the good genes from the mainland."

However, the Xiu family did not believe a word that their father had obtained the daughter of an official of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the daughters of officials had been engaged since they were young, and they must be the official wives of the Ming matchmaker.

Even the daughters of concubines will mostly marry promising scholars as regular wives, and few will marry as concubines.As far as the Xiu family knew, this old man of Gushan was not born to the first wife of Yuchuan Shishang Chaomiao.

In addition to this, there is another evidence that although the Ming Dynasty imposed extreme shackles on women and allowed them to learn various boudoir crafts such as female reds, few people taught people how to make tea. Women like Si would learn the art of this.

Of course, although the Xiu family already had an answer to the origin of Weng Lord Gu Shan, since he said that he was an official, there was no reason to slap him in the face.

Xiujia took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Coincidentally, our Highness Guan Bai is a person who loves the tea ceremony, and he has Qian Lixiu and other famous tea cookers by his side. His Highness's tea cooking skills will definitely win the favor of my father." Caring."

"Your father?" Lord Gu Shan asked curiously.

Xiujia explained his past and said: "My biological father is the Ukita Nao family of Bizen King, who died in battle when I was 9 years old. It was His Highness Kanbai who adopted me as his adopted son, and that's why he raised me so big. .”

The Lord Gushan was also bold, and said in front of the Xiu family, "When I was in Shuri, I heard that my husband died in battle. I thought I would be a widow for the rest of my life. I didn't expect my father to tell me that he would kill me. Dedicated to a great nobleman of Japan, that is, Your Highness.

Now, Your Highness, you don’t want me, and you have dedicated me to your Guan Bai, so I am a gift from a son to his father. "

Xiujia corrected, "Your Highness's words are wrong, you are the witness of the goodwill between Ryukyu and Japan."

Hearing the Xiu family's explanation, Mrs. Gu Shan took a sip of tea and laughed loudly, "Anything is fine. I will definitely do what I promised Your Highness, but please complete what you promised me, Your Highness."

The Xiu family held up a cup of tea to pay homage to Lord Gu Shan, who was opposite, raised his head and drank the tea in the cup and said, "As for your brother's succession to the Ryukyu king, my Xiu family will definitely do my best."

Unexpectedly, the solemn answer from the Xiu family caused the complexion of Mrs. Gu Shan to change rapidly. She asked Xia Tian, ​​"What do you mean? Is Your Highness going to make a slip of the tongue? Your subordinate promised me that he would take good care of Mrs. Siwu for me." .”

"Sisi what?" Xiujia asked in surprise, and was suddenly stunned by the question from Mr. Gu Shan.

Master Gu Shan replied very firmly: "It is my child. Your subordinates promised me that they will take good care of me."

"You have a child!" Xiujia said in surprise. After finding out that she was impolite, she apologized to her and left for a while. She found Kamei Ziji who was not far away and pulled her aside and asked, "Why does the Lord Gushan have a child? What's the matter?" Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Kamei Tomoki was at a loss when asked by Xiujia, he replied, "I just introduced the background of the Lord Gushan to you, and you stopped me after you heard about the age, wife and widow. , I wanted to introduce you but didn't ask me to say it, so I sent it to Guan Baidian in a blink of an eye."

Xiujia patted his forehead with some headaches, and continued to ask: "Then where is the child now? How old is the child?"

"That's the son of Lord Weng and his ex-husband. The boy's name is Mrs. Si Wu. He is just 5 years old this year. He was imprisoned in Shenglian City together with his uncle and cousin. I don't think it's inappropriate to drag the family with a gift for His Highness." , that’s why we temporarily left it in Ryukyu.”

After hearing Kamei Tomoki's explanation, Xiujia mocked angrily: "You are kind enough to help me get rid of my worries."

Then he continued to ask: "What did she say you promised her, and what did you ask her to promise you?"

Kamei Tomoji replied, "Actually, Master Gushan is very resistant to serving Guanbai Palace. Although he is willing to go to Luo, he is not willing.

I am afraid that she will confess Ryukyu's situation to His Royal Highness Guan Bai, or even more extreme, she will make a conspiracy to assassinate her. In order to make an excuse, my family talked with her again before leaving last night.

Using his son as a bargaining chip, he finally forced Lord Gu Shan to agree to serve His Highness Guan Bai, but the time was too tight. He wanted to inform His Highness this morning, but His Highness asked me to report later. "

Xiujia scratched his forehead in embarrassment, and waved Kamei Tomoki back, saying that he already knew about it.

Now that I think about it, it's no wonder Gushan Lord was so enthusiastic about him just now. The reason for his feelings is that he has a handle on his side.

To be honest, blackmailing a woman with someone else's child is a very base practice, and Xiujia himself is very shameless.But now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be launched, and it can only help Kamei to make things right.

"It's about me." The Xiu family returned to Lord Gu Shan with some embarrassment, looked at her and hesitated to speak.

After thinking about it, since Kamei Tomoki has already established the image of a bad person for Mrs. Gushan, it is too late to make amends, so she simply goes all the way to the end, oppressing her to obey him with fear.

So the Xiu family changed their expression, looked at her with a ferocious face and said, "I almost forgot about this, after all, in the small country of Ryukyu, you are only the size of a sesame mung bean in my eyes.

Don't worry, I will definitely fulfill what I promised you. Integrity is the foundation of my rule over all peoples. I will not embarrass your child.

only"

Hearing the turning point of the Xiu family, Mrs. Gu Shan asked eagerly, "Just what?"

The Xiu family spread their hands together, pretending to be innocent and said, "It's just that it is the most vulnerable grade for children. You also grew up in Ryukyu. You should know the environment there. It is really difficult for children to grow up smoothly. I I can only let Kamei Ziji take care of it to the best of his ability. When encountering natural disasters and diseases, snakes, insects, rats and ants are accidents, it is too remote, and I really can't supervise it."

The attitude of the Xiu family caused Lord Gu Shan to break down a bit. He excitedly shouted at the Xiu family, "Why is this! This is what you promised me yesterday!"

The situation on Lord Gushan's side attracted the attention of many people around, and the Xiu family signaled to their bannermen to block off those who wanted to come forward to watch the excitement.

After the Xiu family asked Sanada Nobushige to take away the close friends of the Lord, the Xiu family approached the Lord Gu Shan and comforted him affectionately, "Ma'am, don't worry about it here, I haven't finished my words yet.

The place in Ryukyu is really high and the emperor is far away, but I can take Siwutai to Okayama to take care of him nearby. There is a more livable environment here. I will find the best teacher for him and grow up with my children.

Even, if you want to see your child, I can make him my attendant. When I go to Luo to meet my father in the future, you can watch your child from a distance.

For a small price, of course."

"cost?"

Xiujia continued to explain, "Yes, it's very simple. From now on, you will be my father's close confidant. I heard that your dancing skills are also very good. With your appearance and skills, it is not difficult to become the most favored concubine by my father's side." .

If possible, I hope you can disclose some information about my father to me, so that I can deal with it earlier. "

Master Gu Shan asked in surprise, "You want me to be your partner? But, aren't you father and son? Didn't you just say that he made you grow up and gave you your current status?"

"Yeah, that's what I said. He raised me up. Does suspicion conflict with me?" Xiujia said, raised his right hand, took off the prosthesis of his little finger, and said, "This finger is worship. Given by my father, why do you think I won't guard against him?"

"My God! You are father and son! Tiger poison doesn't eat sons." It is also because Mr. Gushan received Confucian education in the Ming Dynasty, and expressed incomprehension to the deformed father-son relationship between Hideo and Hideyoshi.

But the Xiu family didn't want to explain to him, and approached him in a low voice to continue bewitching, "Your Highness, don't be surprised, this is a deal, madam, you don't want Mrs. Siwu to die early in Ryukyu, right?" .”

It has to be said that Mrs. Gu Shan is a very attractive woman, she exudes a faint fragrance, which fascinates the Xiu family who is close to her.

"Your husband died young, he was only a 5-year-old child, and he was sent to his uncle's house, I don't think you want him to be bullied by his cousins.

But it will be different if he is raised by my side, I can grow up with my children, and can even become my little servant. From now on, you will be able to see him from a distance in Da'ao, can't you? "

In this era, there is almost no awareness of confidentiality of information. The so-called awareness of confidentiality depends entirely on the consciousness of those who have experienced it. Even Hideyoshi himself often discusses state affairs with Xiuchang and the Xiu family in front of Ningning and Chacha, and wants to let Mr. Gushan snoop Intelligence is not difficult.

The owner of Gushan, whose son was threatened, had no way out, and he was ready to sacrifice his life to serve the old man.

Now that Xiu uses a better condition in exchange for some things within his ability, Gu Shan actually has no better choice.

She nodded to express her agreement, and then asked the Xiu family: "Even if I hear the information, how can I bring it out? I mean, Da Ao can come in and out at will, right?"

In fact, the Xiu family had sent spies in Juledi and Osaka long ago, but most of them were among the bannermen and maids, and their status was not high, so they couldn't get high-level information.

Now the arrival of Lord Gu Shan has made up for this shortcoming of the Xiu family, but the Xiu family will not disclose the detailed information line to him, so the Xiu family said, "You don't need to take care of these things. Connect with you.

As long as you hear someone tell you that you are originally from Shanghai, that is the person sent by me. You just need to give her the information, and she will be responsible for sending the information. "

At this time, there was no concept of "Shanghai", and the main land area of ​​Shanghai was still Songjiang, so the word "Shanghai" was a code word that ordinary people did not know.

"Shanghai." Master Gu Shan read softly, "I understand, Mrs. Si Wu also asks His Highness to take care of you from now on."

After saying that, he wanted to salute the Xiu family, but was pulled into his arms by the Xiu family.

Because the Hide family planned to discuss secret matters with Lord Taniyama, Sanada Nobushige ordered people to draw a curtain around the surroundings. Before that, because of the quarrel between Lord Taniyama and the Hide family, the servants around were afraid to approach this place. angered the two masters.

Today's semi-secret environment gives the Xiu family the convenience to handle affairs.To be honest, the beauty exuded by Lord Gushan is from the inside out, which makes people irresistible.

But the Xiu family finally held back and whispered in her ear, "Madam, should there be a further relationship of mutual trust between us?"

Without waiting for her to refuse, she said, "Tonight, dismiss the maid and clean up. Wait for me to come. Let's discuss taking care of Mrs. Siwu."

The Hide family went to Kyoto with Kikuhime and Naoko, and even if they stayed overnight in the main house of Mr. Gushan, the two wives and concubines would think that they had gone to each other's place.

Anyway, with the quarrel between Bai Rixiu's family and Mrs. Gu Shan, no one would think that they would slip into Mrs. Gu Shan's bed at night.

On the following road, the Xiu family rested in the main house of the old man Gu Shan almost every night, and the relationship between the two of them was drawn in. The Xiu family even knew the old man Gu Shan's nickname "Qianqian".

The Hide family didn't know where they were so bold, Mr. Gushan wanted to dedicate to Hideyoshi's Ryukyu royal family, and the Hide family actually gave Hideyoshi to green.

However, Hideyoshi was greened by committing crimes against the wind, and the fact that he slept with someone who was equivalent to his stepmother was really exciting. No wonder Japanese film and television works in later generations deliberately became a major category.

(End of this chapter)