Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two

The days when Guan Bai was away was really difficult for the wives of the generals gathered in Osaka. Although they lived in a big house filled with woody fragrance, they were actually treated as hostages.Some people dress up and go to the temple to worship Buddha.Most people are afraid of the heat and hide quietly in the house.Takahime, the daughter of Asai Nagamasa, who is married to a high-ranking Kyoko, decides to visit her older sister, Chachahime, out of boredom. In the small royal hall with more than 15 square meters built in the Oda Yuraku Mansion, Cha Chaji played with various tea bowls, including Korean tea bowls and celadon tea bowls made in Ming Dynasty, but more of them were Rikyu and Furuta Ori Various tea bowls made by Minister Jiro.Red, black, and white are different. They are different colors due to different fire conditions. There are even rainbow-like patterns, shapes and sizes. If you think about it carefully, you will be addicted to it.

"Is sister admiring the tea set?" Gao Ji spoke more maturely, "Could the rumors be true?" She sat beside Cha Cha Ji and picked up a tea bowl. "What rumors, Gao?" "Master Guan Bai is going to hold an unprecedented tea party in Qiubeiye." "Oh." "What happened to my sister?" "Nothing, don't guess!" "Hehe, besides that, there are other rumors." Takahime held the tea bowl, as if she was about to throw it on the tatami, "I appreciate the tea set so much, and Rikyu Layman will scold me after seeing it. Hey, sister, People say that Guan Bai is going to marry his sister. Have you heard this rumor?"

"I don't know." Cha Cha Ji replied indifferently, putting away the tea bowl. "I don't think so either. I've been puzzled by this rumor for a long time." Gao Ji shrank her neck and laughed, "My sister has such high eyesight, how can she relate to someone who is older than her father and so vulgar?" White……" "A Gao!" Chacha shouted.Gao Ji said disapprovingly: "Whenever I think of my husband, I seem to see Master Guan Bai, and I can't help laughing." "Agao, restrain yourself!" Chacha Ji reprimanded impatiently.

Gao Ji shrank her neck again with a smile: "My husband will be back soon. If I laugh because I think of Guan Bai again, then..." "A Gao!" Chacha snapped and pushed open the window.As the breeze blew, Gao Ji smelled the orchid musk that Cha Cha Ji liked.Chacha muffled: "What do you think of your husband? Do you like it or hate it?" "This..." Gao Ji held her breath, pondered for a moment, and said, "Well, I like it and hate it at the same time." "When do you like it and when do you hate it?" "It's impossible to say something like that."

"Hmph!" Chacha Ji sneered, "You have no sense of shame for a long time, now you only have lustful charm!" "How can my sister speak so harshly!" "When he stretched out his hand, your body felt like it was going to melt...Hmph!" Gao Ji was so angry that she puffed up her cheeks, "What's wrong with a wife acting like a baby to her husband? No one can say that flattering her husband is lasciviousness. My sister is not married yet, she is jealous of me!" "Hehe." Chacha Ji laughed loudly.Gao Ji actually said that her sister was jealous, which proves that she is upright and has no intentions.Chachaji often thinks, does a woman who is conquered by a man love him or hate him?She wanted to use her younger sister's feelings to help herself make an accurate judgment, so she smiled and said, "Hehe, let me guess what happened between you and your husband."

"You are not married yet, but you know everything?" "You don't know if you're not married? You didn't know your husband back then." "yes." "Every time after sex, you will become more affectionate, but if he gets close to other women, you will hate him." Chachaji observed Gao Ji carefully.A look of frustration flashed across her face.Jing Gao once had a concubine, she must feel stabbed.Chacha smiled: "How, am I right?" Gao Ji said: "Why did my sister ask such a question?" "I know you're willful, but it's hard to avoid such things. We can only try not to look for such troubles."

"Oh." Chachaji laughed again. She felt sad for Gao Ji's compromise with the world, so she sighed: "You are too weak!" "However, it's not appropriate to disobey your husband! A woman should not be jealous." "Hehe, I got it." Chachaji shook her head violently, her attitude suddenly became severe, "You have become a man's slave, and if you let Gao Ci manipulate you at will, you will only please him. I fully understand." "Ah!" Gao Ji suddenly raised her eyebrows, "Sister, I don't know, things between husband and wife are not so easy to explain clearly."

"When he was with other women, when you thought of this, you wanted to cut him into pieces?" "No, it's not that serious." "Then, you have already lost." After Chacha Ji finished speaking, she called the maid, "Bring some snacks." The two remained silent, rather than saying they were unhappy, it was better to say that they felt that there was no need to discuss this matter any further.Gao Ji naturally became an ordinary wife who obeyed her husband, but Cha Cha Ji was still rebellious and refused to give in a single step.The maid brought tea and pastries, and the two used them in silence.

"It's very hot here too!" "Yes, it's not cool anywhere." "Sister, what you said just now is a rumor, who do you plan to marry?" "Young, handsome, official without a concubine!" "There are people like that, what if the status is low?" "Then wait until the status becomes higher, and then tell me." "This pastry tastes so-so." Gao Ji said. "Hehe, it looks like you're thinking of handsome men!" Gao Ji put down her teacup abruptly and stared at her sister.But Chachaji was still cold and thoughtful.Footsteps sounded outside.After a while, Oda Yuraku appeared at the door.Yule returned to Osaka before Hideyoshi.

"Oh, Mrs. Jingji is here." He nodded slightly to Gao Ji, sat down in front of them, and said nonchalantly, "Master Guan Bai will be back in the day after tomorrow. The second miss is temporarily avoiding it, go talk to my aunt." Gao Ji looked at Cha Cha Ji suspiciously, and said, "Okay." She saluted and left. After hearing Youle's words, Chachaji's face suddenly became stiff.After Gao Ji left, Youle waved her fan silently and kept looking out the window.The Podocarpus pines and stone lanterns in the courtyard are exposed to the scorching sun, and the sounds of oars and cicadas that make people fall asleep can be heard from a distance.You Le said: "Chacha, relax." Chacha didn't answer, she just stared at her folded hands on her knees.Youle continued: "Uncle wants you to do whatever you want. However, your answer last time was really puzzling."

"..." "To be honest, when my uncle found out about this, he really gritted his teeth! If I hadn't been well-versed in the world, I might have killed him with one knife." "..." "Let me tell you frankly. My feelings for you are already a little out of the norm, unlike ordinary uncles and nephews." Youle, whose temples were already white, said such words, Chacha never expected, and was momentarily shocked.You Le avoided Cha Cha's sword-like gaze, and said bitterly: "I hate Guan Bai so much, I just want to kill him!" "Oh?" "Don't make a fuss, it's inevitable between relatives. Men and women seem to have no special relationship with age, status, righteousness, and ideas. It is precisely because of this that the world is so wonderful." "Uncle, stop talking!" "No! It is because I have such feelings that I hate Master Guan Bai. He took away the jewel in my palm..." "uncle!" "Think about it seriously, you and I are men and women, and similarly, adults and you are also..." "uncle!" "Hey, I'm the younger brother of You Mansion, but I want to curry favor with Hideyoshi, who is a retainer—the man who controls the world! We are both men, why is there such a big difference?" You Le covered his face with a white fan, and the circles around his eyes were already darkened. famous. Chacha was angry and hated, why did this uncle tell his heart clearly?If he was a weak man who had his woman taken away by a strong man, it would not be surprising that he behaved like this.But between uncle and niece, how could it be like this?Why didn't uncle bury this feeling deep in his heart and force himself to obey Master Guan Bai? Youle understood Chacha's question, "Are you wondering why I am like this?" Chacha silently raised her head, lowered it again, and sighed: "Chacha doesn't know, Chacha's square inch is in chaos!" "Your Excellency will return to Osaka in the next day, and return to Beijing after the Obon Festival. He may enter the palace to meet the emperor at the end of the month. On the first day of August, he will receive congratulations from everyone in Juledi. And this day may announce that the Grand Prix will be held in Kitano on the first day of October. About the tea party. He also made clear to me about you. " Chacha raised her head and said the word "clearly express", which hurt her self-esteem.She said angrily: "Chacha is not Guan Bai's woman!" Not only did she say so, but there was also a look of resistance in the depths of her eyes. "Listen. My lord said that I want you to move to the capital, but I didn't say that I would move to Juledi. The ones who moved to Jule are the wife of Dazhengsuo and the wife of Beizhengsuo. My lord said that it was decided long ago and cannot be changed." Chacha unconsciously bit her lip and stared at Youle.Is Hideyoshi hiding her because he is afraid of the Beizheng Office? "I'm sorry for you. No matter how you say it, you are also the niece of the Youfu. Even if you can't become the main wife, you should be treated according to your status. However, all this is intolerable. You must be handed over to Lord Guan Bai. Thinking of this, uncle will burn all inside!" "..." "Therefore, Uncle decided to ignore Lord Guan Bai, and only wanted to hear from you. What do you want to do about this matter? Uncle will do what Chacha wants, there is no other way!" Chacha didn't answer, she blinked slightly and sighed.She doesn't quite understand Youle's annoyance, but she knows that her uncle is unlikely to make any decisions about her, and she has to decide for herself. "Chacha, you must have thought everything through. Uncle will do as you wish. Tell uncle what you plan to do!" There is a pleading meaning at the end of Youle language.After hearing this, Chacha's heart became heavier. Youle actually didn't want to hear Chacha's idea right away.According to common sense, it would be most appropriate for Youle to order this kind of thing, and it would be most appropriate for Chacha to follow suit.But knowing this, he lost his mind and confessed all his feelings for Chacha.He was already in disarray. What if Chacha vowed to die?By then, Youle will most likely put aside everything and become a truly brave man.He had long been looking forward to such a day in his heart before forcing Chacha to make a decision. Chacha continued to be silent, and You Le said again: "Uncle thought, if he sincerely obeys Lord Guan Bai, it's fine, but it's not the case. A weak man has no choice but to follow the strong... It won't be like this forever, perhaps, this weak man is waiting The man collapsed from exhaustion." "..." "You also have a lot of ideas, because you like adults and obey, because he is strong... No, this is the concept of ordinary women in the world. You are different from them. He killed your biological father, took your mother's life, and followed him... No, because he stole the world from the Oda clan, you want to take it back from him?" Chacha's mood has calmed down a lot, and she has already noticed that her uncle's heart is in turmoil.It's not surprising that a man goes wild over a woman.But Chacha suddenly realizes that she has tolerated Hideyoshi, she is baffled.Uncle is right, love between men and women has nothing to do with age. Yellow-brown dry skin, sideburns mixed with sparse white hair, sunken eyes, pointed lips...all of them are extremely ugly, but Chacha seems to be deeply attracted by this "ugliness in the world". "How? I want to tell the adults exactly what you think. This is the only way I can think of." Chacha blushed.She didn't know where the courage came from, and said unexpectedly: "I'll go, go to Guan Bai's side, and take revenge!" Youle's face was livid.After a long time, his face was full of astonishment: "Revenge?" "Yes." Chacha said softly.Youle felt creepy about the word "revenge", but Chacha didn't seem to think too much about it, she just blurted it out after hearing Youle's words. Youle seems to be inciting Chacha.If one day, Chacha confides all this to Hideyoshi, how good would it be then?To prevent her from going to Hideyoshi, You Le Xin said. "What's wrong with Uncle, suddenly sweating all over his face?" "No, oh, it's too hot." "Uncle's complexion is not good either." "It's okay, it's okay." You Le hurriedly took out a towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling exhausted, he was the one who pushed himself into a dangerous situation, and only hoped that Chacha would not go to Hideyoshi and say something inappropriate.Cha Cha Ji wants to go to Hideyoshi for "revenge".Youle knows how a woman will change when she is around a man.The intersection of men and women will produce an incredible power, which makes people close and lingering.Men and women are beasts and evil spirits in the boudoir. "Chacha," You Le Fang said after a while, "Uncle thinks you are really pitiful!" "But, if you go for revenge..." "Yeah, it's really worrying to approach him with a deep hatred. It's all uncle's fault!" "What did uncle say?" "Ah! You approached him with hatred in your heart. Uncle was upset while thanking you for your kindness to me." Chacha raised her eyebrows suddenly, maybe she would not tell Hideyoshi about her uncle's grievances, but just faced the facts helplessly and surrendered to Hideyoshi.However, her uncle's words hurt her deeply, causing her keen mind to tremble, and she said to herself: Uncle is wary of me! At least, Youle did have a place in Chacha's heart in the past.Youle is the younger brother of the late Lord Youfu, but he is unable to compete with Hideyoshi, so he pretends to be a gentleman and lives under Hideyoshi's wings.He neither followed Hideyoshi wholeheartedly nor openly rebelled. He was a man of insight.His eyes are sharper than ordinary people, and he can see through the so-called morality in the world, but now, he cares about his children because of their love. When Chacha said that he was going to Hideyoshi's side for revenge, he immediately became embarrassed and became a humble villain.Chacha was very disappointed: Uncle would do this!Her respect for Youle was swept away, and when she thought of Youle's slavish appearance in front of Hideyoshi, as well as her cautiousness when getting along with tea friends, she suddenly felt disgusted.How can an uncle who is so willful, selfish, and afraid of Hideyoshi deserve to speak out about the love between men and women? "Uncle!" Chacha's eyes flashed with malice, and her voice became sharper, "You mean, I should not harbor resentment when I go to Lord Guan Bai's side?" "Yes, otherwise you can't handle it." "Well, I've changed my mind." "change idea?" "I can't forget my hatred for Lord Guan Bai, so I can't go to his side. Please tell my uncle what I mean." Chacha turned her head to the side as if nothing had happened.Youle was even more embarrassed.If she said that first, there is still a way.But now she has changed her mind, if she forces her because she is afraid of Guan Bai, then it will be his fault.Youle seems to be played by Chacha. "There is no need to hide anything, please tell Master Guan Bai exactly." "Cha Cha!" "How? To my lord, I can't talk about any childlike affection. I hate him, and I can't go. Please tell him clearly!" Chacha becomes the mother leopard who wants to push Youle into a corner.Of course, this is probably due to the usual jealousy of women.Youle just trembled, speechless. Chacha's feelings at this time are like a wild horse that has run free.Why is uncle so dirty?The more she thought about it, the more she felt happy and hateful, and said softly: "Or just say, I didn't take him seriously at all. Tell him, my hatred for him will never go away!" You Le is still speechless, Wei Gan stares at the roof.Chacha grinned, and Xuan Yi said: "Uncle bickers since he is not Guan Bai's opponent, so just listen to me and do as I want." "Cha Cha!" "I've made up my mind not to go!" Youle closes his eyes.Chacha is indeed an extraordinary woman, but she never expected that she would come so sharply for Youle's selfishness.She should know that this is inappropriate, but she refuses to give in. This woman is too temperamental.Although there is no unparalleled road in the sky, where is the road?Youle was thinking this way, and Chacha's words became more aggressive: "The affairs of men and women are different from ordinary worldly affairs. This is especially true in front of Guan Bai's majesty!" "..." "I'm annoyed, and I can't tolerate living at the disadvantage of Beizheng!" Chacha said through gritted teeth. Youle suddenly became very sad, and his heart was already in a mess.However, Chacha is also almost crazy, which is all due to her ups and downs.Her irascible temperament, which was never forgiving, finally brought trouble to Youle. "What's wrong with Uncle?" Chacha asked, "Why didn't you tell me that you have a new trick? Didn't you think about it before speaking? Uncle, please tell Chacha, what should Chacha do?" "Chacha, it's my uncle who didn't think well." You Le said, a large tear of sorrow fell on the tatami, "Uncle said something inappropriate, please forgive me Chacha." "This... this, uncle didn't talk in his sleep?" "No! It's the truth. It's really been kept in my uncle's heart for a long time..." "Hmph!" Chacha was furious.She has the same blood as Nobunaga's in her body, as long as the opponent is in a mess, she will take advantage of the situation and kill people without armor.But Youle is just a gentle and timid person. "Oh!" Youle continued, "Uncle is incompetent, he just wanted to speak his mind, but it hurt Chacha's heart. Please forgive me." "Hmph!" Chacha was dissatisfied, and said, "Truth is selfishness. I have no ideas, but want to test me! Hmph! His courage is like a cat, and his heart is like a snake!" "Tea tea?" "Hmph!" Chacha suddenly leaned out, "If not, take me out of here immediately, escape to a place where Guan Bai can't find me, and talk about men and women there!" "This……" "If you don't have the guts, you're a cat! I was intimidated by Guan Bai's prestige from the beginning, and I completely followed his will, but pretended to say this and that to me, just trying to play with me, and his heart is like a snake!" "Cha Cha!" "Annoyed? Hmph! If you are really annoyed, kill me on the spot. You can go and sue Guan Bai, my Chacha hates him forever! Kill me, come on, kill me!" Youle was so angry that his eyes were filled with gold stars.Of course he didn't have the guts to kill Cha Chaji, Chacha had seen this a long time ago, so he dared to say that. "Will you kill me, or die together?" "If... If I don't choose, what will happen to you?" "Humph!" "Ah! I have nothing to say, except to apologize. I hurt your heart by saying something I shouldn't have said." Youle is indeed sophisticated, he knows that elders can't lose, "In terms of size, I Where is your uncle, he is not even worthy to be your cousin, so I can only survive under the protection of Guan Bai. But my uncle completely forgot about these things, and said words of resentment, which troubled you. Alas!" "Uncle saw his selfishness?" "Chacha! Uncle doesn't dare to kill you, nor does he have the guts to take you out of Osaka." "I can only wrong myself to serve Guan Bai?" It is the default to not answer if you are happy.He kept looking at Chacha, tears streaming down his face.Chacha gritted her teeth in hatred. In fact, Cha Cha Ji should not be glaring at You Le, but she is not the kind of person who is easy to indulge in sympathy and pain.If people confront each other tit for tat, Chacha's reaction will be very violent.However, if the other party doesn't say a word, as natural as the water in a river, she will be speechless instead.She thought that Youle's words were pure nonsense, but his sincere and repeated apology confuses her: Maybe this is the original intention of my uncle, and he used those nonsense to cover up his true intention of wanting me to serve Guan Bai. Chacha sneered and said, "Whenever I get a chance, I want to get ahead, it's really like a snake!" "Oh!" You Le only sighed. "Is this an upright man? He says that his affection for me has surpassed family affection, but the first thing he thinks about is his own safety!" "Uncle's words are all nonsense." "Hmph!" Chacha suddenly fell silent in a sad voice.Uncle just followed Hideyoshi's will everywhere.She stood up abruptly, trying to avoid her uncle and be quiet for a while.The sun scorched the ground outside scorching hot, and the swallows brushed the emerald green leaves, but there was no cool breeze. She has deep sympathy for weak men in the world, and these have hurt her heart for a long time.She paced back and forth twice in the room, and when she faced the dazzling sunlight in the courtyard again, she laughed. "My uncle dared not kill me, and he couldn't take me out of Osaka... Hmph, do I have to save this weak uncle?" "Cha Cha!" "Don't worry, I might as well tell you straight." "Oh?" Chacha still stared at the courtyard and said: "I can't stand cowardly men! I don't like my father either, he was killed by Hideyoshi! Even Lord You Fu was not strong enough, so he was also killed by Guangxiu. Chacha gets angry when I see those low-minded men, therefore, there are only two people in this world that I can look up to—one is Guan Bai, and the other is in the palace..." Chacha laughed wantonly.She clearly expressed her thoughts, and suddenly felt her eyes moistened.This is the conclusion reached after some calm thinking.Chacha doesn't like weak men, of course, this is not her innate, but the huge shadow left by the chaotic world of the weak and the strong in her growth.Weakness, ugliness, humiliation, misfortune, and sorrow!Only the most powerful person in the world is her "beloved". Chacha turned her back to Youle, and said coldly, "There is only one person to save you, and that is Guan Bai." "Oh?" "Closing the door is the strong one, this is our fate!" "..." "I will not let him see my tears, I will bury the resentment deep in my heart, and be as carefree as Daji Gaoji." Chacha suddenly turned around and looked at Youle.She really wanted to lean on her uncle's lap and act like a spoiled child, but she didn't want to expose her weak side to him.According to her temperament, she was either crying, laughing, or talking endlessly. Chacha trembled her lips and said, "But, you can't dismiss me so casually. I'm a relative of Lord Nobunaga, and I can't be subservient to the Beizheng Office from a humble background. It's up to you to negotiate these matters." "You mean how to get married?" "Of course! Build me a beautiful city that I like." "A city?" "It's not the kind of small town with 30,000 shi and 50,000 shi. It must be comparable to Daban City, not inferior to Juledi, and it must be enough to boast of Guan Bai's prestige." You Le was speechless. "Ask Guan Bai for an affidavit, saying that I will never be allowed to live under the Beizheng Office. Don't let me live in the small shabby house in Jule! If he can't be Mrs. Guan Bai, he will never want to marry me!" And talk.Youle stared at her blankly.He felt that Chachahime's blunt words were frightening. She was worthy of being the niece of Oda Nobunaga, who was famous all over the world, and even the daughter of Mrs. Kotani whom Hideyoshi had been obsessed with all his life! "Why don't you talk? Uncle can't negotiate?" "No, this..." "Just negotiate according to my request! If it works, I will marry with my eyes closed." Youle was forced to go to Liangshan.It seems that Chacha has already made up her mind, she can't listen to what she says.But in Guan Bai's place, in the eyes of the world, isn't it Oda Youlezhai who fueled the flames of Chacha?With a happy heart, he said: "Okay! I will tell Guan Bai exactly." "It's not a complaint, it's a negotiation." "Yes, I will negotiate to make atonement. This is what Guan Bai proposed first, and I have to negotiate with him." Youle has made up his mind, even if Hideyoshi is furious, he has to bear it. You Le responded, but Chacha was at a loss, and she didn't quite understand what she just said.The aversion to Youle, the unspeakable kindness to Hideyoshi, coupled with his own willfulness, everything seems irreparable.Chacha pursed her lips tightly, and burst into tears suddenly, mixed with sorrow and joy: Does she like Hideyoshi, or hate Hideyoshi? "Chacha," Youle seemed to have regained his composure, and said, "We have said a lot of inappropriate things, even the things hidden in our hearts. No one in the world knows those things. My suffering, you No one knows about the grievances. Don't mention these things on any occasion!" Chacha stared blankly at the outside of the house again, feeling three parts sad, three parts annoyed, three parts painful, and one part dazed.Tears gushed out, wet my cheeks, and rolled down...