In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

Once we get back to Tosa, we'll rest for a few days, which will be a way of preparing for the coming chaos.

......

midnight.

Zuo Cun drank a lot of alcohol and has already gone to sleep.

Ruslan seemed to sense something, put on his clothes, and left the room.

It seemed like he was going to the restroom, but as he passed a shadowy spot in the hallway, Luslan's seemingly frail body suddenly lunged into the shadows like lightning.

"Ugh—!" A dark figure was pulled out of the shadows.

Ruslan gripped the ninja's neck, his expression blank.

"Lord Anno had clearly covered his sword, yet you still recognized him, you scum of the Shogunate."

The fingers are slender and well-proportioned, yet possess an irresistible strength.

The ninja couldn't make a sound and could only struggle incessantly in Ruslan's grasp.

"I don't care what your purpose is... but I guess it's probably just another recruitment attempt."

"You are not an inevitable part of history."

"so......"

Ruslan stared coldly at the ninja, a crimson glint flashing in his eyes.

"Please don't cause any more trouble for Lord Anno."

puff-

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Chapter 347 Marrying into the Palace

Zuocun only stayed at Ruslan's clinic for two or three days before setting off again.

However, one thing that Zuo Cun found strange was that after he sobered up the next morning, there was a faint smell of blood in Luslan's clinic.

However, when Zuocun tried to smell it more closely, he realized he had smelled something wrong.

I can only assume it's just my imagination.

Before leaving, Samura held Roslan's hand and solemnly said, "Dr. Roslan, if you ever encounter an insurmountable danger in the future, you must come to Tosa to find me."

Luslan smiled and replied, "I understand."

Zuocun left to find Takeshi Hanpeita. The establishment of the party required drafting many documents, and Ryoma had already arrived.

All that's left to do is wait.

If one party loses control, the situation will collapse instantly, and at that time, it will be a disaster for everyone... but also an opportunity for everyone.

Time slowly passed, and it came to August 1860.

After a long period of wrangling and negotiation, Princess Kazuya, the Emperor's younger sister, finally agreed to marry Tokugawa Iemochi and decided to marry him on a chosen date.

Tokugawa Iemochi, who was busy stabilizing factional struggles all day long, finally breathed a sigh of relief, which was a great relief for him.

The current shogunate is not only rife with conflict between the disgraced Nanki faction and the resurrected Hitotsubashi faction, but these groups have also split into the pro-imperial and anti-foreign factions and the pro-imperial and pro-military alliance faction, continuing their antics in a different way.

Tokugawa Iemochi is now starting to have second thoughts about being the shogun.

Revival is more awe-inspiring than rejuvenation, and more praiseworthy than founding of the nation, but revival is simply too difficult.

In such a chaotic situation, even the most wise monarch would find it difficult to handle.

Therefore, Princess Kazumi's marriage to Joan of Arc was one of the few pieces of good news that Tokugawa Iemochi had heard in the past few months.

He himself was a strong supporter of the union of the court and the military, because it would make the shogunate more stable and allow him to step back from factional struggles and do something practical for the country.

Hopefully things will get better and better in the future...

"Nobumasa Ando is in charge of this matter. He will personally escort Princess Kazumiya." He directly assigned a senior official to escort her.

"Yes, General." Ando Shin, who looked quite old, seemed a little excited.

His stance was somewhat complicated, but he was absolutely firmly on Tokugawa Iemochi's side.

He had a great conflict with Ii Naosuke, but they both supported the union of the imperial court and the military and rejected the idea of ​​respecting the emperor and expelling barbarians. However, he did not have the same extreme compromise ideology towards foreign countries as Ii Naosuke.

The shogun was able to complete his marriage with Princess Kazumi, and the "union of the royal and military" has made great progress. He absolutely supports this wholeheartedly. The shogunate desperately needs a stable environment right now.

......

The residence of Emperor Takaaki.

Princess Kazukuri is very beautiful, but she has a sour face right now.

"Is Auntie going to marry the Shogun of the Shogunate?" A young boy stood next to the princess and asked.

"Hmm." Kazuhito sighed, looking at the young man with a youthful face. "Mutsuhito, you are now the crown prince, why don't you stay by your father's side?"

The boy, called Mutsuhito, smiled sarcastically: "Father? Aunt, in my opinion, there is no difference between me and Father."

"They are all just puppets in name only, but the hands that hold them are different, that's all."

"My father has the title of Emperor but no real power. As the crown prince, won't I end up like him, just a puppet of the shogunate?"

He Gong paused, looked around, and after finding no one, let out a long sigh.

What Muren said was all reality, but they had no choice but to accept it.

Since the beginning of the shogunate era, the emperor no longer possessed any real power, but existed only as a spiritual symbol in the imperial palace. Although he enjoyed being worshipped, even the shogun, the de facto ruler of the shogunate, had to be extremely respectful to the emperor.

But what is the reality?

Beneath the glamorous exterior, the Emperor and his family are nothing more than "puppet masters" in Mutsuhito's words, only these puppet masters are exceptionally glamorous.

Under such circumstances, the reverence and loyalty of all the people, as well as the imperial family's self-proclaimed "divine bloodline," all seem so ridiculous.

"Muren, you should say such things less often." Kazuhime touched Muren's face. "After your aunt is gone, you must take good care of yourself. Don't make your father angry. His health is not good, so you must be good."

Muren nodded: "I understand, Auntie."

Kazuya smiled, patted Mutsuhito's head, and left.

What awaits her ahead is a union with a man she has met before.

This is something that a woman of royal lineage must endure. She resisted at times, but ultimately chose to compromise.

Mutsuhito watched Princess Kazumiya's desolate figure as he clenched his fists.

"The union of public and martial arts..." the boy said through gritted teeth.

Although he was a teenager, Muren had spent many years learning knowledge that was of no use to him, such as the art of managing subordinates and the art of mind.

Although it was useless, it sparked Mutsuhito's thinking.

In Mutsuhito's view, the union of the imperial court and the military was simply like the shogunate defecating on the emperor's head.

humiliation.

humiliation.

This feeling filled Muren's heart.

"When I succeed to the throne in the future..." he said, composed himself, and left.

......

In a certain place in Shangzong.

A group of "patriots" gathered in a room, discussing some matters.

"I believe this marriage alliance must be sabotaged no matter what," a rather burly young man declared loudly. "The union of the incompetent Tokugawa Iemochi and the incompetent Emperor will only make this country weaker!"

"The shogunate has been far too lenient with those despicable foreigners; they should never have been allowed to exist on Japanese soil!"

"We need to make a gesture and take action to let Tokugawa Iemochi know our attitude."

He was a retainer of the Mito Domain. The Mito Domain was the most implicated in the Ansei Purge a couple of years ago, so now the Mito Domain is extremely dissatisfied with the shogunate and has been trying to cause trouble.

"What are your thoughts, Yamano?" another person asked, a samurai from the Choshu Domain.

"Assassination!"

"Kill Kazumiya! Kill Ando Nobumasa!" A man from the Mito Domain raised a vicious smile.

Zuo Cun sat in a corner of the room, watching the group of people with a smirk.

Assassinate the Prince Kazuya? Assassinate Ando Nobumasa?

Rather than expressing his attitude towards the shogunate and the emperor.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that... he just wanted to use the guise of so-called "righteousness" to vent his own desires.

This is what a "patriot" is.

This is really... incredibly boring.

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Chapter 348 Refuting the "patriots" of the various feudal lords

Samura patted Takechi Hanpeita, who was sitting next to him.

"Samura-kun?" Takechi Hanpeita was still thinking when he felt Samura's hand and turned to look.

Seeing Zuo Cun's cold gaze fixed on the group of so-called "patriots" who were discussing so enthusiastically, Takeshi Ruizan felt a chill inexplicably run down his spine.

However, he was also extremely annoyed by the discussion.

This isn't a discussion among patriots; it's a group of terrorists discussing sabotage.

"Do you want to stop it, Mr. Samura?" Takechi Hanpeita asked Samura for his opinion. After all, they were the two of them representing the Tosa Domain this time, and Samura was stronger, so it was only right to ask.

Samura nodded slightly and whispered in Takeichi Hanpeita's ear, "You tell him. Takeichi-kun is better at handling this kind of situation than I am."

Takeshi Hanpeita nodded.

He didn't really want Zuocun to respond to this matter in the first place.