At the temporary station in Otani Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was furious and summoned the princesses for discussion.
On the throne, Ashikaga Yoshiaki said angrily.
"The original ceremony to send me off to Mino Country was cancelled. Asai Nagamasa said he was unwell and could not see me, so he sent his retainers to express his regret."
Wada Weimasa glanced at the Ashikaga twins, whose self-esteem was getting stronger and stronger, and who took themselves more and more seriously, and shook his head secretly.
Shiba Yoshigan has arrived in Mino Country, and she still has time to care about Asai Nagamasa's attitude that has turned ambiguous. She feels that she has been neglected, and it is really indifferent.
Hosokawa Fujitaka on the side was even more embarrassed. She had just received a letter from home. The two house governors, Hosokawa Motonsune and Mibuchi Haruin, jointly asked her to do her best to maintain the friendship with the Shiba family.
Friendship is awesome!
The Hosokawa-Mibuchi family introduced Hosokawa Fujitaka as their representative, and put aside the recent wave of contact with Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
As a result, Sibo Yiyin came back quickly, and the two mothers at home fell out whenever they said they wanted to! Are you trying to use Hosokawa Fujitaka's daughter as a monkey in front of you?
Ashikaga Yoshiaki groaned when he saw the two girls sighing but not speaking.
"You don't have anything to say?"
In fact, the most panicked person present was Ashikaga Yoshiaki herself, because she had no way out.
The gate of Kofukuji Temple has also been opened, and the genealogy of the Ashikaga shogun has been laid out. After returning to secular life, she would either go to Luo to become a public servant, or find a place to commit suicide.
The most important thing is that when she faced Shiba Yiyin, she was full of inferiority complex.
He is the widow of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, holding a sword and leaning against a white flag. Ashikaga Yoshiteru left him a gold seal before his death. All the martial arts families in the world recognize this royal palace and this direct descendant of the Genji family in Kawachi.
What is Ashikaga Yoshiaki? Ominous twin girls? A wild nun who returned to secular life? Apart from the fact that her bloodline was recognized by the ministers, which was a small reliance, what else could she use to fight Shiba Yiyin?
The Wu family cares more about orthodoxy than bloodline. Names are not just based on bloodline, but more importantly, the orthodoxy of the family name.
The Shiba family had a special status among the Ashikaga sect, and they were a noble lineage where a legitimate daughter turned into a concubine. Yoshigan Shiba himself received the gift of acceptance from Ashikaga Yoshiteru and was a true member of the Ashikaga Shogun family.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt more guilty the more he thought about it, she said angrily.
"You guys should say something!"
Wada Weimasa and Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at each other. The two had actually discussed it, and the final strategy was to never break up with Yoshigan Shiba.
Wada Weimasa coughed lightly and said.
"Your Highness, please be patient. I do have some advice, and I hope you will adopt it."
Ashikaga Yoshiaki said irritably.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
Wada Weimasa took a breath and said slowly.
"The Odaisho came back so quickly. No one expected this. Nobunaga Oda would go to greet him in person, which was even more unexpected.
Therefore, I implore you to put aside your prejudices and go to Mino Country to join Odaisho to seek his support.
After all, Godaisho is a man, and he cannot be an Ashikaga Shogun. As long as your attitude is sincere, you should be able to gain his approval.
After all, you are the closest blood sister to your ancestors. I believe that due to the deep friendship between Godaisho and his ancestors, he will not consider looking for other distant branches to inherit the Ashikaga Shogun family beyond you. "
Wada Weimasa kept talking for a long time, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face became more and more ugly, and she felt terribly wronged.
At the beginning, you bastards swore that the return of Sibo Yiyin would be detrimental to me, so you had to leave Sibo Yiyin aside and launch the Luo incident in advance.
It's better now, Sibo Yiyin comes back quickly, and you guys can fall out faster than you can flip through a book. The upper and lower lips curled up, are you giving up?
What to seek the forgiveness of the Imperial Palace, and what to consider the relationship between the Imperial Palace and the ancestors. At the end of the day, if I, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, can be the Ashikaga shogun, I still have to ask Yoshihiro Shiba, right?
If I had known this, what was the purpose of running around and doing so many things this winter? Are you treating me like a monkey?
Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face turned as red as pig liver, his hands trembled, she said coldly.
"Is this your personal opinion?"
Wada Weimasa glanced at Hosokawa Fujitaka and kowtowed to the ground.
“I discussed it with Lord Hosokawa Fujitaka, and also wrote a letter to get Lord Niki Yoshimasa’s approval.
Your Highness, it’s not that we don’t want to do our best, it’s true. . Thinking about you. "
Wada Weizheng's face was also red, and she also knew shame. Sibo Yiyin was still a few doors away, and the others were so frightened that they were at a loss and rushed to surrender first.
It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing.
But the situation is stronger than the people, Oda Nobunaga has already ran to meet Shiba Yoshigage. Among the people around Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who dares to be an enemy of Yoshigami Shiba?
Not to mention the warning issued by the family superintendent of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, Niki Yoshimasa was also frightened into a quail.
Niki Yoshimasa is the most powerful samurai family among the former ministers of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. He occupies Sakamoto Castle and has under his command the Hime Warriors, a group of five hundred Ashikaga horse warriors.
But the problem is that the official Odaisho, Shiba Yoshigan, has returned, and the Ashikaga Hui public may not be willing to continue to support Ashikaga Yoshiaki, a poor official.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki is a p, can she fight?
Shiba Yoshigan cut all the way from Higashi Konki to Minami Konki, and then from Minami Konki all the way to Nishi Konki. How could the Ashikaga Army God be in vain?
The Battle of Norada, the Battle of Yamato, and the breakout battle at Kyokoji Temple were all fierce battles that made him famous.
In the entire recent martial arts family, no one was willing to be hostile to him. Either he was a former comrade-in-arms, or he was a defeated general at the time, so why not give him a p.
Niki Yoshimasa, the former guardian of Iga, knows best how chaotic Iga country was in the past. But Shiba Yigen led the ragtag group of Iga clans and achieved epic results.
Are you facing Tsuyoshi with Shiba Yiyin? Even if Yoshimasa Niki was given three vats of chicken blood and ten bear bile, she wouldn't dare do it!
Since everyone is cowardly, they have no choice but to submit to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, a poor official.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was angry and anxious when he heard that Niiki Yoshimasa also supported it. She turned her gaze to Yagyu Sogan who was standing beside her. This heroic swordsman turned his head silently.
His daughter Munenomi Yagyu is still the payee of the Shiba family, so Munenomi Yagyu certainly doesn’t want to offend Yoshigan Shiba to death. It was okay to do little tricks behind her back before, but when Shiba Yiyin came back, how could she dare to do it again?
Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked at Koji Yoshinaga again. The leader of the Guards who came out of Kofukuji Temple with her, he did not avert his eyes, expressing his loyalty to her and obeying her orders.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't help but sigh, Koji Yoshinaga is indeed a master of spear skills, but what can she do alone?
Since returning to secular life, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who has been gradually growing up in the compliments of concubines, felt serious frustration for the first time.
She silently swallowed today's bitter pill, but swore in her heart. After she becomes Ashikaga Shogun, she will never be manipulated by anyone! Especially that man!
Sibo Yiyin, let’s see!
Ashikaga Yoshiaki let out a sigh of relief and finally figured it out. No matter what, becoming Ashikaga General first is the most important thing, so he said.
"Tomorrow I will leave for Mino Country. I will go to Gifu City to ask for an audience with Odaisho, and ask him to make decisions for the Ashikaga Shogun family and avenge the past!"
All the concubines kowtowed to the ground and said.
"Your Highness is wise!"
Tanashika Yoshiaki nodded numbly, neither happy nor sad.
Yoshigan Shiba never thought that he hoped to make more friends and win over the samurai family in order to deal with Oda Nobunaga's threat, but others may not appreciate it.
The person he planned to show favor to, the soon-to-be shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, was resentful of him, and this strategy was doomed to fail before it even started.
Yoshigan Shiba, Nobunaga Oda, and Yoshiaki Ashikaga, the three forces will finally converge in Gifu City and go to Lukan to overturn the Miyoshi family.
But before they reach Luo, the differences between the three forces are already visible to the naked eye, and they don’t know how much trouble they will cause in the future.
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Just when Ashikaga Yoshiaki was determined to compromise, at the residence not far from where she was stationed, Asai Nagamasa walked into the inner courtyard with a tired look on his face.
She discussed it with her ministers for a day, and finally decided to keep a distance from Ashikaga Yoshiaki and wait for Yoshihiro Shiba's attitude.
Although Wada Weimasa, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and even Oda Nobunaga all expressed support for Ashikaga Yoshiaki. But after hearing the news that Shiba Yoshigan had returned, the entire Asai retainers group shrank.
Oda Nobunaga's idea of killing the Rokkaku family is very attractive, but if Yoshihiro Shiba does not support Ashikaga Yoshiaki, then the Asai family will have to think again.
No one knows the terror of this imperial court better than the Asai retainers.
When Noragada joined forces, Shiba Yoshigan led less than sixty mounted wild warriors who had been patchwork together, and directly overwhelmed Rokkaku Yoshiken's main formation. Rokkaku Yixian couldn't even keep his horse seal and fled in confusion.
It can be said that the strong Rokkaku family business left behind after the death of Rokkaku Sadayori was completely wiped out by the wave of Shiba Yoshiyin. Rokkaku Yoshihide never recovered from the fall.
Since the Battle of Jungno Ryota, the northern and southern Omi samurai have boasted about Shiba Yinniu. Regardless of whether he is a real bully or a fake bully, no one wants to offend him anyway.
The Asai family, whether they are counselors or generals, young men or veterans, all hope that the family governor will wait a little longer to take a look and confirm Shiba Yiyin's attitude.
Asai Nagamasa was tortured by them for a whole day, but he had no choice but to compromise and give up the idea of giving Ashikaga Yoshiaki a gift.
As she walked on the road in the inner courtyard, her mind was filled with Sibo Yiyin's face.
He's finally back.
After two years of absence, no one asked me, but once I returned, I was almost surprised. He is still the same person, as bright as the sun, and no one can ignore his existence.
The corners of Asai Nagamasa's mouth rose, as if he was recalling something.
Suddenly, her expression darkened.
It turned out that Ichijun from before was waiting for her to return outside the house, reminding her that she was married.
Asai Nagamasa managed to cheer up, walked forward with a smile, and asked.
"Why did you come out? At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the weather has not warmed up yet. Be careful of the spring cold."
Ichijun, who has been dating for a year, has lost his youthfulness. He smiled and saluted and said.
"You are busy running around outside, so my waiting is nothing. Hurry up and come inside, I will have someone warm the tea for you."
The two of them entered the house hand in hand and sat on opposite sides. Asai Nagamasa took the tea soup handed over by the mayor and took a sip.
The city king opposite could no longer bear it anymore and asked.
"I heard that the retainers have some objections to the Asai family joining forces with my sister to go to Luo?"
Asai Nagamasa narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the tea soup, and asked.
"Who did you listen to?"
Ichijun hesitated and said in a squeaky voice.
“No one mentioned it, I was just a little worried.
After all, my sister is sincere, and you often say that the Rokkaku family is a serious nuisance. It is a good thing that the two companies have joined forces to eliminate hidden dangers for you. "
Asai Nagamasa frowned and looked at his husband.
She really hopes to use Oda Nobunaga's hand to completely kill the Rokkaku family. Even if the Oda family is so greedy that they want to annex the entire Minami Omi, it doesn't matter.
Oda Nobunaga has just arrived, can he stand firmer than the Rokkaku family? As long as the Rokkaku family can be killed, the Asai family is not afraid to compete with other samurai families for control of Minami Omi.
Asai Nagamasa did not think that Oda Nobunaga could be more troublesome than the Sasaki clan, a famous family with thousands of years of history.
But Yoshihiro Shiba's return caused concern among the Asai retainers. As the governor of the family, she cannot ignore the opinions of the retainers and act arbitrarily, so she can only take it easy first.
Although her thoughts are similar to those of Ichi-kun, this does not mean that she is happy to see Ichi-kun involved in government affairs, especially speaking for the Oda family.
The mayor is not Shiba Yiyin, what does he, a boy, know?
Asai Nagamasa stood up and was about to walk out. Ichijun looked at her in astonishment, then stood up and asked.
"Are you going out again?"
Asai Nagamasa nodded.
"I still have some things to do. I will spend the night in the study today. You can rest first.
Also, you never like to get involved in political affairs. This is a good habit. I hope you will keep it. "
The mayor's face froze, he was not stupid, of course he knew that Asai Nagamasa was expressing his dissatisfaction with his involvement in politics, and he suddenly became angry.
Did he want to ask about these fights and killings? It’s not because of that Spo Yiyin!
Ichikun asked sullenly.
"Is it because of that Shiba Yiyin? Just because he came back, you are not willing to help my sister?
Is he the only one in your heart? Yes or no! "
Asai Nagamasa froze for a moment, then continued walking out.
"You think too much. Managing a big country is like cooking small dishes. How can a big family business be a piece of cake?"
Ichijun looked at her retreating back, tears streaming down his face, thinking in his heart.
If you don't miss him, why are you always reluctant to have sex with me? We have been married for a year, and you seem to treat me like a guest, but you really treat me like a guest! How am I inferior to him? where!
Shiba Yiyin, you cousin! Sooner or later I want you to look good!
When he first became a monk, Ichijun thought he could ignore Oda Nobunaga's slap on the face.
But his wife also couldn't forget the vixen. The suffering of this year made the slap on the city's face seem to never fade away.
Sister, Nagamasa, they were all poisoned, poisoned by that man!
Asai Nagamasa walked out step by step. She knew that Ichijun behind her felt uncomfortable, but she really couldn't forget that boy.
She touched her flat belly and saw that she was not pregnant after getting married. The retainers had already vaguely reminded her of the continuation of the family business.
But Asai Nagamasa just couldn't face the city king. She couldn't forget that boy, so she couldn't face other men, so she couldn't get pregnant.
