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Celebrating 17 (1612) January 9 -
For post-war processing, the New Year's Eve event and Hideyoshi Tokugawa, who had no time to breathe and were responding, finally celebrated the day he left the mansion of the two Articles.
Before that, he asked for his room to continue to say hello to Jiayang, who remained in the capital.
But there was no sign of Jiayang there, and his side chamber, the Atcha bureau, was snorting at the dispensation alone.
"Oh, isn't that good? Don't stand there. Come here."
"No, I just wanted to say hello to your father."
"Was I? But the Great Lord..."
"Is it still Osaka today..."
As Hideyoshi sighed, Tea's Bureau nodded with a frown.
As a matter of fact, Jiayang flogged his old body and hoisted to Osaka Castle from morning to evening, as he did every day.
But never to enter the castle.
Because his purpose is, "The popularity of moat landfills".
In other words, he did not lag behind and continued to scrupulously oversee whether the conditions of 'harmony' would be fulfilled.
"I hope I just can't break my body..."
Hideyoshi said worryingly, Tea's Bureau nodded with a smile.
Hideyoshi, wondering why she smiled, leaves her neck hanging.
Then she cut herself out before Hideyoshi asked her anything.
"Heh heh, no matter how different you are, you didn't lose the affection of your parents and children,"
"It's obvious. My father is a dear family to me."
The bureau of Tea narrowed its eyes to see the dazzling things against Hideyoshi, who wrinkled between his eyebrows all the time, saying in a gentle tone.
"I want to let the Great Lord hear those words. I'm sure you'll wake up."
Hideyoshi then slowly shook his head to the side.
"Unfortunately, Father will remain the same."
"Oh well, how does that seem?
"My father is the Samurai of the Three Rivers, so I apologize for this. Take care of yourself even if you're at the Tea Bureau."
With that said, Hideyoshi left.
The bureau of Tea, left in a single room, stared out.
It's cheerful today that reminds me of spring.
He crushed without a soul as he held back the dazzling, shining sunlight from coming into his eyes with his hands.
"If you forget that people are brought to life by the love of men, it's like living under a sunless sky"
and…….
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After Hideyoshi left Kyo, ten days later, the burial of the moat in Osaka Castle, and the collapse of the castle exit, was completed.
Compared to the years they created, less than twenty days were spent breaking them.
What a sneer.
Now, Tokugawa Jiayang, after seeing the popularity to the end, left Kyo with the Bureau of Tea and others.
And when I stopped at the village of Kunimitsu, where the workshop of the artillery was gathered, I also came to the site myself and instructed him to increase the production of the artillery.
From this action of his, it was clear that 'making Osaka Castle a symbol of peace' was nothing more than a beauty, as Dada Zhengzong excellently told him.
Thus Jia Kang finally arrived at Sun Fu Castle after letting 'Prepare for War' take place in various places without fail.
How dare you go to the capital? It was actually a month later, in mid-February.
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Speaking of February on the lunar calendar, it's time to hear the spring footsteps already.
Especially known for its mild climate, Sunfu had a pleasant day of chirping the little birds waiting for the cherry blossoms to blossom.
In the meantime, Chihime, as sad as ever to remind her of autumn, was still sitting on the edge today staring into the sky.
But the difference was that there was not only the orchid of the samurai and Aoyagi, but also another person who had been stalking her.
It was a tea station.
"O Thousand Halls. It's a beautiful day."
Chihime turns a blind eye to those who speak.
There was an appearance of the Bureau of Tea with a gentle smile on its face.
Without further interest, however, Chihime snapped with a small voice after returning her gaze to the sky again.
"Yes."
Even to her unsatisfactory attitude, Tea's bureau never changed her expression.
And I sat next to her.
"What do you see in the blue sky in the eyes of a thousand lords?
The clear voice of Atcha's bureau sounds like a shiitake.
But Chihime answered nothing.
Silence persists for a while.
Only the whimpering voice of the little bird wrapped around it.
... Then came a glimmer of tears on the cheeks of a thousand princesses.
And she said in a trembling voice.
"Excellence. Well..."
The bureau of Acha smiled nicely when she saw a thousand princesses still staring at the sky at her temper.
And instead of tearful fabric, he offered her a single letter.
"I keep it from the High Court"
And, said Atcha's Bureau, Chihime keeps looking up at the sky in tears, without even giving me a glance.
"Dear Thousand!
Orchid tried to make a thousand princesses by accident, but the bureau of Tea took control of it with one hand, and said, "Now let me read you straw."
Then he opened the script with a flowing gesture and began to read out the script in an unusual and powerful tone.
"To a thousand. Will you be doing it to your breath? Will you eat properly and sleep properly..."
The outpouring alone opened the eyes of a thousand princesses wide.
And out of excitement, her cheeks stained slightly peachy.
That's......
It's a letter from my beloved husband, Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
And she was aware.
The letter was sent from Hideyoshi "before," so...
But she still looks up at the sky and does not turn her face toward the station of Tea.
Atcha's bureau also continued without showing a bare gesture of concern such as the change in Chihime.
"I arrived safely at Osaka Castle, so I don't have to worry about anything."
"Yes......"
The voice of Atcha's Bureau overlaps with the voice of excellence.
Chihime felt Hideyoshi right next door.
She replied with a sweet voice, as she replied yet with outstanding reliance.
"I am truly sorry that I have been busy with New Year's Eve events and have thus been delayed in writing to your thousand"
"... that's not true. Thousands are delighted..."
"Don't you miss me"
"... a thousand is lonely"
"Isn't it hard?"
"... a thousand is hard"
"But a little more patience. I will surely pick you up a thousand."
"What...?
Finally, Chihime turned her attention to the Bureau of Tea.
And Tea's Bureau also faced Chihime again.
"And let's swear to God, I will do a thousand 'bits and pieces'!
Sharpening is a ritual in which a woman cuts her hair when she is an adult.
Chihime planned to do it this year with her mother, Princess Jiang, at Honmaru in Edo.
Hideyoshi swore to me that he would do it with his own hands.
That is, on her important day, she swore that she would definitely be on her side.
Let's just say it's a good reason to let her tear glands break again.
"Wow! Hideyoshi!
Finally, Chihime begins to cry as she covers her face with both hands.
Her back. Tea's bureau was kind enough to close the letter.
"Until then, please wait with a smile on your face. Because I like a thousand smiles. I asked for it. Toyotomi Hideyoshi"
Against a thousand princesses who kept crying, Tea's bureau put just a letter on her lap.
And he told her back in a gentle tone.
"At the end of the day, I have kept your words from the High Court." This letter was delivered by Souyoshi Ishida. In handing over his writ, he told him: Master Hideyoshi is back, 'he said. "
By "back," I mean that Hideyoshi's contents have returned to "Taiichi Kondo" again, regardless.
Thousand princesses nodded again and again, understanding it correctly.
A thousand princesses who keep crying.
But it was clearly different from the tears I had shed before Tea's Bureau came to visit.
It's warm and... it's like a 'Sun Wheel' tear of the day.
Until then, only the darkness of 'disappointment' filled her heart with the light of 'hope'.
Then, wondering even for myself, nature and tears cease.
And......
The next thing I saw was a dazzling, sober smile like after the snowmelt -
Seeing that smile, Acha's Bureau nodded small as she narrowed her eyes, quietly leaving the spot behind.
And I prayed in my heart.
- Brilliance of the 'Sun Wheel' also in the heart of the Great Lord...... Please. He who will succeed His Highness Tai, the Son of the Sun Wheel.
The next day...
Even that day, on the edge in front of a room at Sunfu Castle, there was a figure of a thousand princesses.
With her hips there, she looks out at the blue sky with her legs hanging out.
But what's very different from her until yesterday is her expression.
That's a bright, beautiful smile, yet like a sunflower.
The yellow sleeves looked good on her smile.
That's where the orchid came in. No heart or her expression is bright again. There will be no need to mention the reasons for this.
"Thousands. We've brought some famous tea from Sunfu."
Chihime opened her mouth with a full grin as she honestly turned to the orchid.
"Thanks!"
Her smile also infects the orchid.
And when the orchid sat down next to the thousand princesses, he handed her a tea bowl with fried tea.
Thousand princesses slowly including it in their mouths.
And I brought the word with a happy face.
"Ha... yummy"
"Hehe, that's good"
"Orchids, by the way. Does the Lord know that Hideyoshi likes tea?
The orchid turned his eyes round to the question of the thousand princesses.
She watches Chihime and Hideyoshi make tea together many times when they were still living in Osaka Castle.
I mean, she knows the answer.
But she told a 'little lie' to a thousand princesses shining in front of her.
"No, I've never heard such a story before"
and.
Then Chihime continued with an ever-brighter voice.
"Right! Actually, this happened..."
Chihime begins to delightfully share her pleasant memories with Hideyoshi.
Pure, beautiful 'love' was there.
Orchids can't keep their natural and eye-catching hot as they hear it.
Still no tears to show.
Because the girl in front of you looks better with a smile than a tear or something.
So keep smiling yourself, and lean on her to live.
"The Successor of the Sun Wheel," Toyotomi Hideyoshi brought with her the light of hope in her chest...