Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 129 The Marriage of Two Daughters and the Arrival of the Sex Court
As the news brought back from the Tongfangyuan spread rapidly, each house brought its maidservants to hold the lamps and rushed to Xiu's house.

Not long after, the three stepmothers of the Xiu family, Qing Ji, and Nan Ji all brought their maids to the courtyard of the Xiu family, and even Naoko appeared at the end of the line.

The appearance of Naoko naturally didn't get good looks from other people. Xiujia even saw Qing Ji scratching her face with her eyes. It seems that this little girl is a bit jealous.

There were too many maids in the courtyard, so Zhuang Qingzhi had no choice but to call the guard team and drive most of the maids out, and each Highness could only be served by one maid.

Taking advantage of this time, the mothers of the Xiu family also quickly learned about the situation from Ami and the others, while Qingji and Anan were there to comfort them.As the chief steward of the inner hall, Peer Yuan sat on the side of the room with the Xiu family, looked at the current situation coldly, and waited for his subordinates to report back.

Qing Ji was the first to speak. She felt a little bit sorry for her sisters, but she complained from the side, "They came to accompany me because they saw that I was depressed. If Your Highness thinks they are wrong, will you punish me as well?" Let me send them back to Kyoto together."

When Qing Ji said these words, there was a moment of silence in the noisy hall just now. Even Xiujia and Tongfangyuan looked at Qing Ji in surprise, and the female envoy who followed Qing Ji heard Qing Ji's words and knelt down in fright. down.

After all, Qing Ji had a special status, she was married in as the main wife, and grew up with the Xiu family as a bride-in-law. With this status, she actually told the Xiu family to send her back to the capital.It's tantamount to discrediting Yuxi's family and Juting's family.

Qing Ji, who had already spoken, realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly knelt down, begging for forgiveness from the Xiu family and Tong Fang Yuan. Just as the Xiu family was about to speak, Tong Fang Yuan snatched her away and said, "Qing Ji, you Worrying about His Highness for several months, why don't you take a rest? Why don't you take your Highness back to rest?"

Well, Tongfangyuan has already set the tone, Qingji borrowed the donkey to make an apology, Qingji's own female envoy dragged it down again, and it was just a reprimand.Although the matter cannot be said to have been revealed, everyone will not pursue it at the moment.

Because of Qing Ji's incident, the Xiu family, who had been rather passive just now, had the upper hand at this moment.Xiujia first said to Tongfangyuan, "I came back from the battle in Sanuki for Yuxi's family. I didn't have a moment to rest to meet important guests. When I returned to the inner hall, I had to prepare dinner by myself. As maids, are they incompetent?"

"As the head of the family, do you have the right to dispose of the maids in the house, and you didn't punish them, but let them go out of the city and go home, and they are safe. I really don't know what I did wrong. I need my mother to be so troublesome. Come."

Tongfangyuan thought for a moment, then whispered to Xiu's family, "Let's not talk about the others. After all, Amei and Xiaoling grew up with you. They are childhood sweethearts. Put them back now. No arrangement will be made, which will arouse suspicion instead."

"There is no decree saying that the head of the family must arrange in-laws for the personal maids, right? It is the right thing for me to release them. As for whether they live well or not afterwards, it is their own fate."

What Xiujia said at this moment was very decisive, without even a trace of emotion, which caused the cries of Amei and the others who were crying outside just to put down, to resound here.

Tongfangyuan, Qingji, Anan and the others looked at the 12-year-old boy in surprise, as if he was not what he was before.

At this moment, the Xiu family did not have the usual caring and warm appearance, but instead looked like a scheming cold-blooded beast.

Even Naoko, who just came to Yuxi's house, frowned beside him, although he didn't say a word.

Everyone who is doing this knows that there is no problem with the Xiu family's words, but from the perspective of human emotions, it is somewhat difficult for the Xiu family to act so impartially.

Tongfangyuan carefully examined the child who had undergone a drastic change, pondered the words of persuasion in his mind, and said, "Your Highness is right, but is it that our Yuxi family is the only one who has no face for His Highness?"

"But has your Highness ever thought about it? After all, Xiao Ling is the daughter of Master Akashi, and His Highness is planning to reuse her brother Akashi Quandeng, but now His Highness is mean and ungrateful to return her. What will the retainers think of the Akashi family?"

Tongfangyuan did not persuade the Xiu family to take back their orders and let the two stay at home, but acquiesced in the Xiu family's decision to send the two out, but the handling method needed to be modified.

As soon as Tongfangyuan opened his mouth, it almost sealed the fate of the two of them.Since Tongfangyuan no longer chooses to let them stay, their fate has only one way out.

But I have to say that Tongfangyuan, the daughter of Huafang Zhengxing, has excellent political acumen after all. Her words reminded Xiujia whether he had considered Zhou Xiang when dealing with Amei and Xiaoling.

It's just that who to choose to marry needs to be carefully considered.After all, Amei and Xiaoling have been in the center for a long time and know many secrets about Yuxi's family. If they find someone to marry and spread the word, it will be the Xiu family who will be ashamed.

Therefore, the person chosen must be a confidant who is of the right age and deeply bound to the Xiu family.

In the end, after careful consideration, Hideka finally said, "After the Battle of Sanuki, many samurai in the family made meritorious service, and some of them have indeed reached the age of marriage.

"I don't think it's better to marry them to the new members of the family. First, as the main family, it means to be considerate of the subordinates. Second, it can communicate the relationship between the generation of the family tree and the new members. What does my mother think?"

Seeing that Xiu's family was not there and insisting on sending the two back, Tongfang Court finally let go of the big stone in his heart, and said, "It's the best way to handle this matter. Your Highness is naturally clearer than me about matters outside the museum. You really need to think about who to choose for marriage." , can't lose the prestige of Yuxi family and their family."

Seeing that Tongfangyuan agreed, Hideka said, "I am planning to marry Xiaoling to Suga Masatoshi as the main wife. He is from my entourage. He was the leader of Mitsuhide Akechi in the Battle of Yamazaki, and he was named for his meritorious service." Xiajinjing City is [-] stone."

"He is just in his early 20s this year. He is an up-and-coming samurai among the younger generation. He has a good relationship with Akashi Quandeng on weekdays. Marrying Xiaoling to him will be loved by Masatoshi Suga."

Hearing this, Tongfangyuan nodded slightly and said, "In my 20s, I became the lord of a city with my own meritorious deeds. My name is Wanshi. The future is bound to be limitless. It is very good for Xiaoling to marry him."

"As for Amei, I plan to marry her to Qiu Shangjiu's family as a continuation. He is from the Nizi family, but he was the first retainer to follow me. Now he is the lord of the 1-stone city of Shangyue City. He is in charge of the family's standing equipment and is my right-hand man. .”

"I once promised Guoyi's employment agency that I would marry a high-ranking surname for him. Ami was born in the Miura family, after the Huanwuping family. The family is not low, and now I have fulfilled my promise."

It has to be said that the Xiu family's handling at the moment is relatively perfect, and will minimize today's impact. Masatoshi Suga and Akigami Hisa's family are the backbone of the Xiu family. Marrying the two of them can not only play a role The purpose of attracting retainers can also properly solve the face problems of the Uki family, Miura family, and Akashi family, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Tongfangyuan had some concerns about the grades of Qiu Shangjiu's family. After all, he is a veteran who is nearly forty years old, and Amei is just 16 years old, and she can even be her daughter.

However, I heard that Qiu Shangjiu's family is the confidant of Xiu's family. After joining the family for only 6 years, he also won the territory of 1 shi in Shangyue City by virtue of his meritorious service. It can be regarded as touching the threshold of the daimyo. It's a marriage.

In fact, the Xiu family originally planned to marry the two of them to Suga Masatoshi and Maeda Keiji, but considering Maeda Keiji's inconspicuous personality, when people came to his house, they would definitely gossip about the secrets of the Uki family. With the personality of the mouth, rumors will inevitably spread all over the sky, so it is better to choose to send the two of them back to their hometown.

As for Zhuanglin Yixin and Ikato Heiji, they have reached marriage contracts with Xiangxi Jiaqing and Zhuang Qingzhi's uncle Zhuang Xinzi respectively, and dedicated themselves to the unification of the Xiu family and the Sanuki noble family.

After Tongfangyuan and the Xiu family finalized the details, they announced the result to them, "Your Highness and I have found a good marriage for you, why don't you come and thank Your Highness?"

Both of them heard what Xiujia said just now. Although Amei envied Xiaoling for marrying someone of the same age, she felt a little upset that she was going to accompany an uncle, but the two of them knew that it was the best. In the end, he wiped away the tears, crawled on his knees to Xiu's house and saluted Xiu's house, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward, and thank you for the kindness of Tongfangyuan."

Xiujia nodded, acquiescing to this ending, but still said to them, "I hope you will remember today's lesson. When the Qiushang family and the Suga family represent the two sides of the family, you must strictly abide by the rules and don't embarrass the family."

The atmosphere in Tongfangyuan became tense again, and he interrupted from the side, "Look at what you said, why put so much pressure on you?"

Then he said to the two of them, "You have worked hard in our family for so many years, and now that you are married from this family, it also represents the face of our family. In this case, I will accept you as adopted daughters on behalf of Xiandian, and let you take the status of daughters of Yu Xi's family." Marrying Qiu Shang and Jian's family, the dowry is all arranged by the family, and it will definitely not let you lose your face."

Tongfangyuan was like the patriarch personally wiping his ass, not only comforting the two of them, but also comforting the hearts of all the female relatives in the palace.

After all, everyone has a heart, they really don't know if today's A Mei and Xiao Ling will be tomorrow's themselves, now that they are properly arranged, everyone can finally feel at ease.

In this way, a crisis was finally resolved under the mediation of the Tongfangyuan. Although the people in the castle were curious about what happened in the Honmaru Palace last night, everyone in the Palace spoke with one voice for their own future.

The final version that came out from the palace was: Master Ukita's sympathetic maid was adopted as an adopted daughter by His Royal Highness Daixian of Tongfangyuan, and married to the two great names Akikami Hisaka and Masatoshi Suga.

The matter of Ukita Honmaru Gakukan is over, but the impact of this matter is not over yet.After Qing Ji went back, because what she said was so shocking, she was educated directly by the envoy she brought from Kyoto, and finally wrote a letter to rule her parents in Kyoto.

Tongfangyuan also understood the problems in the family and wanted to discipline the maid.

But after all, she is Hanafang Masako's daughter. When she married in, Hanafang's family was just a wealthy family of Qianshi, who had not received systematic court education.

Feeling powerless, she could only write to the Faxianyuan (Hideka's biological mother) in Kyoto to ask for advice.

The mother of the Hide family, who was far away in Kyoto, saw such a big incident in Okayama, even the wife of the Hide family, who was originally from Kyoto, was brought into disorder by these little girls and forgot to respect her. humble.

Of course she understands what will happen to her family if this continues, and she must find a woman from a high school in Kyoto to teach her the rules.

After many inquiries, they invited a heavyweight for the Uki family——Takeda Shingen's second daughter Jianshenyuan.

Before the change of Honnoji, Anayama Nobukun and Ieyasu visited Nobunaga together, and as hostages, he took his son Katsuchiyo and Kenseiin together.

When the Honnoji Incident happened, Anayama Nobukun and Tokugawa Ieyasu were visiting Sakaicho, while Misexin and Katsuchiyo were waiting for Nobunaga's arrangement in Kyoto.

After the incident at Honnoji Temple, Nobukun Anayama left his wife, son and Ieyasu Tokugawa and fled in a hurry. He was killed by local people on the way across Iga. The Sanjo family of her natal family sought asylum.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who returned to Hamamatsu Castle, took the opportunity to annex Anayama Nobukun's Suruga, so that their mother and son had been staying in Kyoto for more than a year, and they had suffered from the eyes of the Sanjo family.

If there is no intervention of the Faxian Institute, they should send someone to pick them up from Kyoto after Tokugawa Ieyasu felt that the Shinano Raiders were struggling, and give them 450 shi Zhixing as a sign of protection, and publicize that they will properly accommodate Takeda's survivors.

Now I heard that Faxianyuan wants to help his son. The 69 Shi Daming Yuxi Family of Xiguo is looking for someone who manages the inner palace. Since childhood, he was disciplined by his mother, Mrs. Santiao, as the daughter of a public servant, and took the initiative to seek help from the Santiao family.

Santiao’s house, which has long bought the house where the mother and son lived for free, wished they would leave sooner. Now that they can send a favor to Yu Xi’s family, why not do it? The manager of the inner palace of the family.

In Kyoto, Juting Jiqing, who had received letters from her maid envoy for many years, also knew that Qing Ji had uttered wild words in front of Xiu's family, so she also sent additional public envoys to Okayama along with Jianshenyuan, ordering them to discipline Qing well. Ji.

The arrival of Jianxingyuan undoubtedly put a layer of pressure on the maids in the Okayama inner hall who were used to being wild before. On the day of their arrival, they held a meeting with Xiujia and Tongfangyuan to determine the management system of the inner hall.

The Xiu family directly called Tsushaki Sanzhicheng to him, and showed her the results of the investigation. Seeing that the sex court began to rectify the maids with bad mouths, and after using rattan to educate them, they directly demoted them from the maids who served close to them. They are the most inferior female envoys, and they say that after they have worked hard for a year, Yuxi's family will come forward and marry the low-level warriors who have meritorious service in the family.

Then he began to rectify from Nan Ji's side. The person who just sat with the lord was Nan Ji, who was born in the countryside. She ate at the same table with her maid since she was a child. How could there be so many rules.

But the sex court not only punished her maid, but also educated her, directly depriving her of the time to practice swordsmanship and archery, and took classes with Qing Ji, who had made mistakes before, to relearn female virtues.

Seeing that the killing power of the sex court had worked, the maids in the inner hall finally began to realize that no matter how good the relationship between the lord and you is, there is an insurmountable gap between the two in terms of identity.

Although the inner hall of the previous Xiu family was full of harmony, but the maids and lords were as familiar as the neighbors, more or less disrespectful, the arrival of the sex court brought this atmosphere to an abrupt end.

Sure enough, professional things should be left to professional people to do.

Katsuchiyo, the son of Jianseiyuan, is only 6 years old this year, and he happened to be brought by the Xiu family to receive education with the Xiu family.

The introduction of Jianxingyuan and Katsuchiyo planted a seed for the Hideo family to intervene in the Kanto situation, and also created an opportunity for the Hideo family to win over Takeda's survivors.

(End of this chapter)