Chapter 3 Chapter Three

As soon as Chacha got up, she immediately ran to the house of little sister Daji.The frost marks in the courtyard are shining brightly, and the morning light is all over the ground. She slipped through the icy corridor, and stood outside the lattice door in deep thought, and there were two hearty voices from inside.Chacha was momentarily stunned.The intimacy shown during the conversation between the two made her surprised, uneasy, and indignant: What's going on? She originally thought that with Da Ji's temperament, she would continue to stubbornly confront the young man this morning, with a tough attitude... In this way, it was a waste of time to think of a way to deal with Hideyoshi all night, and instead planted even more Worrying seeds.Chacha is disappointed and indignant.

Originally, Chacha also came to persuade them to pretend to be harmonious, leaving Hideyoshi dumbfounded.Recently, Chacha is very disgusted with Hideyoshi's arrogant and arbitrary face.Maybe it's not just personal hatred for Hideyoshi, but the rebellious heart of the unfortunate sisters in adversity. Yesterday, when Hideyoshi said naturally and directly that he wanted the two of them to live together, Chacha was more disgusted than Da Ji and Yu Yiwan.She was so angry that she didn't even pay any attention to Daji who went to discuss with her, and just concentrated on trying to find ways to embarrass Hideyoshi.

Chacha returned to her room, slowly thinking about the countermeasures.If Yu Yimaru really gets close to Da Ji so that Hideyoshi can make a fool of himself, it may backfire. Recently Tsuda Zong sent Ishida Sancheng to find Chacha, and Hideyoshi also reminded her not to get too close to Sancheng.From his tone, it seemed that after Sancheng talked with Chacha, he lost his temper and reprimanded Sancheng. Chacha thoughtfully put her hands on the edge of the stove, stared at the white ash, and finally clapped her hands and called the maid. "Go and call Hinata Mamoru." she ordered.Saji Hinata Morihide is the husband-in-law of Hideyoshi's younger sister Asahi Hime, who is in charge of the inner court. He is an honest and gentle middle-aged man.

After Saji Hinata entered the room, Chacha's attitude changed. She was originally gloomy and severe, but now she suddenly became lively like a bird in spring. The whole person changed suddenly and smiled. "Master Hinata, Chacha has something to explain to you, and I want to borrow your resourcefulness." "Oh, that's great. I will definitely advise you." Hinata believed that Chacha would always be a wayward woman in a deep boudoir, he smiled with satisfaction, "What is it that made the lady frown?" "Hinata Mamoru-sama, I'm here to ask for your opinion, please don't tell Hashiba-sama!"

"Yes, yes. Easy to say, easy to say." "What exactly does Lord Hashiba want to do to me?" "how?" "A few days ago, after talking with me, Ishida Sakichi seemed to be severely scolded after returning home." "Oh." "Who does your lord want me to marry, do you know?" "Hahaha." Hinata laughed with a good-natured expression on his face, "It's Missy's fault." "It's mine, isn't it?" "Miss is beautiful and elegant, talented and intelligent, that's why the marriage has been delayed until now."

"Oh, you mean that Chacha is annoying..." "No, the lord is worried. The lord once joked: 'Chacha has reached the age of marriage, but since she hates me so much, she will definitely disobey her husband.' You are too willful in front of the lord! " "Hehe." Chacha smiled.While laughing, she realized that the corners of her mouth were twitching, and she almost blurted out some words, but she still hesitated to speak, "Ah, strange! If that's the case, I'll pretend to be obedient to him from now on!" "Hahaha, this is very good. In this way, the lord will be very happy, and will start to find you a good husband."

"Master Hinata! What's your impression of the new Yugimaru?" "what!" "Can't Yu Yiwan hold the Yuanfu ceremony yet? I want to marry him!" Chacha didn't know what to think, but said it without thinking, and she was greatly relieved. Saji Hinata watched Chacha intently.His gaze was like a sword, trying to figure out if she was serious.But Chacha is not the kind of shallow woman who is easy to see her true colors. The tragedy began when Xiaogu Castle fell.The entanglement of misfortune and distrust of people constantly tempered the mind of this young woman.This woman who is full of doubts about the world knows her weapons quite well-she has nothing but feigned charm.

"Miss, do you like Yu Yiwan?" "Well. How does he look to you?" "I advise you to give up this idea, in fact..." Hinata Mamoru suddenly held his breath, and said cautiously, "Don't tell others that I sympathize with you, so I told you the truth, and it must not be leaked!" "certainly." "He is about to hold the Yuanfu ceremony. Ishikawa Suzu, who sent it to Yuyi Maru, is negotiating with the lord that it will be held for him in the New Year. Even the name and territory have been decided." "territory?" "Yes, in the coming spring he is Yuchai Miheshou Xiukang, who receives a salary of 10,000 shi in Hanoi. It's as simple as that."

"Hideyasu, it's Hideyoshi's show, Ieyasu's Yasushi!" "Yes, the adopted son of the lord, the real son of Mr. Tokugawa. No matter when and where, he can't get rid of this ominous status. In fact, the lord didn't really want him to come, didn't the lady notice?" "Then, is he a tenon that unites the two families?" Hinata Mamoru shook his head sympathetically. "The lord wants to use him as a bait to lure Ieyasu to Osaka, so he is more pathetic than ordinary hostages. If you say you want to marry him, the lord will suspect that you have ulterior motives. This is not a joke."

"Oh, after you say that, I want to marry him even more." "Don't be willful! You can't take this joke!" "If Lord Tokugawa sees through this conspiracy and doesn't come to Osaka, Yu Yimaru will be killed?" "I don't know about that. But, Yu Yimaru is only here temporarily, that's for sure. He will be entrusted to Tsutsui Junqing to take care of him soon. It is because of this that the lord jokingly put him in the same room as Da Ji. .” "Oh, he's leaving here soon?" "Yes, his situation is different from that of the ladies. On the surface he is an adopted son, but in fact he is a hostage." Chacha's face was gloomy, and her voice lowered. "Hey! How could Yu Yiwan not know? By the way, I will ask Master Hashiba to give me Yuyiwan."

Hinata Mamoru was taken aback, and said: "Miss is self-willed again." He took a step forward seriously, "If you say such things, you will not be allowed to marry. These words are only for jokes, and must not be said out what!" "Hehe." Chacha felt that the more anxious the other party was, the more interesting she would be, "No, I'm going to ask to see, even if I get reprimanded, I don't care. Otherwise, Yu Yiwan would be too pitiful." "Miss!" "Oh, Hinata Mamoru-sama's face is ashen." "Don't you understand my lord's mind?" "I don't like to speculate on other people's likes and dislikes, please speak up, my lord." "This, this, I don't like to guess, this matter..." "What's wrong?" "Perhaps the lord thinks that you are more beautiful than Mrs. Kaga, so he won't let you leave him. I'm just guessing." "What?" Chacha was startled when she heard the other party's words, "Don't let me leave...what do you mean?" "The lord appreciates the young lady's talent very much, so if he marries you off, it will become a sharp sword in the enemy's hands. Therefore, he wants to keep you by his side for the rest of his life." Shocked and angry, Chacha shut her mouth.If you marry yourself, you will become an enemy, so you have to stay by his side for the rest of your life, so why not be a concubine? "Master Hinata, Master Hashiba wants me to..." "Although my lord mentioned it as a joke, if Miss doesn't restrain herself, I'm afraid..." "he……" "My lord once said with a smile that he is not worried about the second lady, nor is he worried about Miss Daji. Only Chacha can't be underestimated, and he can rest assured by keeping you by his side for the rest of his life." "He..." Chacha murmured stiffly, never expecting this.It is true that if she married with hatred for Hideyoshi, even if she did not instigate her husband to rebel, Hideyoshi would still feel uneasy.Hideyoshi's countermeasure is to collect Chacha as a side room. "Understood, miss?" "..." "Could it be that Miss saw the master's intentions and wanted to be a concubine, but deliberately made fun of me?" Chacha stared blankly at the void, if that was the case, she would have suffered a crushing defeat.She called Saji Hinata Mori, intending to stimulate Hideyoshi with the matter of Yoshimaru and Tatsuki, making him angry and irritable.But when he asked Hinata Shoushi, he found that Hideyoshi had such sinister intentions. "I originally wanted to marry Yu Yiwan, but because the adults made a joke, Yu Yiwan was snatched away by Daji." That being said, at least Hideyoshi wouldn't be able to scold Daki.She wanted to make a joke in this way, but instead fell into Hideyoshi's trap. Chacha decides to put aside Daji's matter and find out more about Hideyoshi from Hinata Mamoru. "Hinata Mori-sama." After a while, she turned to Hinata Mori again, and she was beaming with joy and spirits again. "Understood?" "No, I don't understand at all." Chacha tilted her head naively, "I want to make a bet with you." "What do you want to bet, Miss?" "Now I won't mention Yoshimaru anymore. I want to bet Hashiba-sama will treat me like Mrs. Kaga." "Miss, you want to bet with me that it won't be like that?" "Hehe! Yes! How could he have such an idea?" "Miss!" Hinata Mori lowered his voice uneasily, "Everyone has different preferences. It is said that Yugimaru's father, Ie Yasuo, married the Imagawa family in the first wife. Doting on those lowly women. However, the lord seems to be the opposite of him." "Hehe, that's why Mrs. Kyogoku and Mrs. Kaga are used as side rooms!" "Not only that, but someone said recently that he wants to take you in—the niece of the late Lord Youfu." Chacha laughed. "That's why you want me to be careful?" "I didn't say to be careful, I just hope you restrain yourself a little. Otherwise, the marriage will be in the foreseeable future. The second and third misses must also hope that the elder sister will marry first." Hinata Mamoru said seriously. Chacha immediately interjected: "Okay, enough talking? I wanted to make a bet with you, and then I'll beg the lord to let me win the bet. Forget it now!" She smiled slightly, showing her self-willedness. After Zuoji Hinata left, Chacha opened the box and took out a small guardian bag.This is the protective bag she wore around her waist when she left Xiaogu City a long time ago.When she came here from Beizhuang, she found it again. The purple brocade bag has faded and the corners are frayed.She threw it on the tatami, thinking about it worriedly, but she didn't know what to think about, her heart was as cold as frost.She feels that she has nothing to worry about in this world, except her two younger sisters.She doesn't have to pamper them specially, and she can't make them cry easily.Only they are her relatives who are connected by flesh and blood.If something happens, she will protect them and would rather pay the price and be hurt.This is the instinctive motherhood of women. "Hmph, there must be such a terrible thing." After a while, she muttered to herself, picked up the protective bag, and left quietly. The so-called terrible thing means that Hideyoshi must choose one of the three sisters as a concubine.The insidious and cunning Hideyoshi killed their biological father and their mother in Beizhuang. He would never marry the three sisters at will.That is to say, as Saji Hinata said, if you marry one, you will become an enemy, and if you marry three, you will establish three enemies-would he do such a stupid thing? Keeping one around makes all the difference.Of course, when he said that he wanted to take Nobunaga's niece as his concubine, and also the daughter of the Maeda family, it was not just to satisfy his desires. Reputation, maybe he has been so busy in the past that he has no time to lust for women, and now he has too much energy?But Hideyoshi is not someone who can completely abandon his ambition.Am I negligent? Chacha took the brocade bag and walked through the corridor to the second sister's room.Gao Ji was also worried that Da Ji would quarrel with Yu Yimaru, so she sent her maid Mei Ye to inquire, and she was listening to Mei Ye's report.As soon as she saw Chacha, she called out: "Sister..." Chacha waved her hand to interrupt her, "Mei Ye, stand back, I have something to say." Umeno retreated.Chacha brought the brocade bag in front of Gao Ji, "I hope you will give this to Da Ji." "This protective bag..." "Yes! This is the patron saint who saved our lives in Xiaogu and Beizhuang. Now that Daji is in great trouble, give this to her and tell her... If she still doesn't understand, I can't help it." Gao Ji didn't understand her sister's intentions, she held the protective bag and stared at Chacha silently, "Da Ji is in great trouble, what does sister mean?" "Leave it to her, the sooner the better!" Chacha urged. "I don't understand, I..." "I don't know what! Daji's life is in danger." "What? Mei Ye said that not only did she and Yu Yimaru have a dispute, but they are also very close!" "Hmph, this is even more dangerous. Gao Ji didn't know that there was a ritual in ancient times where men and women could not sit together at the age of six. If two people..." "Hehe. If that's the case, it's also due to Lord Yuchai's ruling. Daji is very smart, so maybe she pretended on purpose to cause trouble." "Gao Ji!" "Ah! It's scary, my sister's eyes are bloodshot." "To Chikuzen, we are the daughters of Asai Nagamasa who needs special care." "So what?" "For Chikuzen, Ieyasu's son Yugimaru also needs to be taken care of carefully. If something happens to the children who cannot be ignored, what should we do?" After hearing this, Gao Ji frowned and lowered her head.She already understood her sister's painstaking efforts, so she nodded and left the room. "I'll send it to her, and take a look at her by the way!" Alas, even if Daki has fallen in love with Yoshimaru, the two cannot be combined.Gao Ji repeated these words in her heart, and when she arrived in Da Ji's room, she was suddenly very strange - Da Ji and Yu Yimaru were sitting face to face in the middle of the room, as if they had just finished drinking tea. Yu Yiwan, who was guarding Daji earnestly, has grown-up figure, but his eyes are still childish.Da Ji, who was packing the teacups in front of him, looked like she was packing tea sets at home.Looking at it again, incense is still burning in the house, which makes people laugh even more. Gao Ji deliberately sat next to them, and put the guardian bag she brought in front of her younger sister, "Da Ji!" "what is this?" "This is the protective bag that saved my sister and our lives in Xiaogu City and Beizhuang. My sister asked me to give it to you. Do you know that your life is in danger now." Gao Ji glanced at Yu Yiwan.Yu Yimaru seemed to have no interest in the guardian bag, and just looked at the two girls in turn. "Oh, so important?" "Yes. My sister said, you have to carry it with you to avoid disaster." Da Ji listened, took the protective bag, and looked at Yu Yiwan strangely.Yu Yiwan nodded, as if answering the question raised by Da Jizhou's eyes.This eye-catching scene was enough to make Gao Ji, who didn't know the opposite sex very well, bewildered. "Thank you sister, I will always carry it with me." Da Ji said seriously, and looked at Yu Yiwan again.This time, it shows that the two are very close.Gao Ji blushed, and hurriedly looked away. "My sisters understand my heart, they hope you treat me well and take good care of me." "Well, yes." Yu Yiwan replied sweetly, "Please rest assured, you will never be wronged!" "This..." Gao Ji became more and more at a loss, "Yu Yi has already been with Da Ji..." "Yeah." Yu Yimaru nodded contentedly.He took a sneak look at Da Ji, straightened his posture again, and said, "We have decided to get married. Right, Da Ji?" "This... is this true, Daji?" Daji quietly lowered her head, her face was full of joy, but she didn't even blush.Probably neither of these two people thought about the future results. "If I meet Chikuzen... no, if I meet my father, I will tell him about it. The two of us intend to live like this forever, right, Ada?" "yes." "I don't have any worries now. I have sent this protective bag, which means that the sisters are all our friends!" "Yes." At this time, Da Ji's face was red to the neck.She looked at Yu Yiwan with some dizziness, and put her hands on the ground in front of Gao Ji in a posture she had never seen before, "Please thank my sister! Not only me, Yu Yiwan is also very happy, please tell her..." Gao Ji Ji's blood surged up, and she became dizzy for a while. She barely supported her precarious body, and her whole body broke out in cold sweat.Her shame, astonishment, disappointment, fear... Alas, it's too late!