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Tianzhangyuan's feet were wearing spotless white tabi socks.

To be fair, Tianzhangyuan's feet are not too small.

Converted into modern units of measurement, there are approximately 38 yards.

This size is in line with her exceptionally strong body (height 1.6 meters) for a Japanese woman in the 19th century.

In order to raise her legs, the hem of her blouse slipped slightly, revealing her beautiful ankles.

Because he was afraid of being discovered by the three women outside the sedan, Qingdeng could only use his eyes to ask - Your Highness, what are you doing?

Although it was a very primitive eye contact, Qingden was sure that his meaning was conveyed very clearly.

However, the other party simply ignored him.

She had a happy expression on her face and a malicious smile that suggested something evil.

Under Qingdeng's gaze, she tilted her upper body, raised her right arm against the railing, and rested her head boredly on her right palm, exuding a lazy aura.

Then her feet became restless.

What happens next cannot be described in detail.

All in all, the content is still very sound, and Tianzhangyuan did not do anything too extreme or sentimental.

It's just that... despite this, Qingdeng still suffered a great deal of stimulation.

The itching feeling like ants crawling all over the body, the sense of betrayal as if he was doing something bad, and the unspeakable sense of shame all attacked Qingdeng!

Just a little bit... really just a little bit, he made a strange noise again.

He had to raise his hand to cover his mouth, using physical means to isolate himself from the accident.

Souji: "Tachibana-kun, did you bite your tongue? Are you okay?"

Qingdeng said hurriedly:

"It's okay! Because the sedan chair was very rocky, I accidentally bit my tongue! It's just a little skin break! Don't worry!"

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Outside the sedan——

"Oh...it's okay."

After saying that, Souji turned to look at Sanako and Kinoshita Mai beside him.

The other two also looked at each other.

The three women looked at each other... They all found a hint of confusion on each other's expressions.

Although they couldn't explain why, they always felt that Qingdeng was strange.

Under normal circumstances, they might have broken the casserole and asked, or even directly opened the car door to see what Qingdeng was doing.

However, they are now in the Shangluo queue of General Zhengyi.

In full view of the public, it was inappropriate for them to "entangle" Qingdeng for a long time.

What's more, this sedan is a royal sedan given by the general.

In this way, they can no longer touch the sedan chair.

Finally, Sanako made the final decision:

"Okay... Since you want to rest, then you can have a good rest. We won't disturb you for now."

After saying that, she waved to Kinoshita Mai and Souji, and the two girls nodded in agreement.

The three women held Carrot and left slowly.

Little do they know that if they forcefully open the car door, they will see an incredible "view" that far exceeds the mere Lake Biwa...

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Qingden raised his ears and listened carefully to the movement outside the sedan.

It wasn't until he was sure that the three women were gone that he slumped down in his seat with relief - truly relieved!

After he regained his composure, he climbed up and said angrily to Tianzhangyuan:

"Your Highness...what are you doing...? There are some jokes you can't make...!"

Tianzhangyuan pouted, his eyes were innocent and his expression was regretful.

"What...why did they leave so quickly? I still wanted to play for a while..."

With that said, she took back her feet.

At the same time, Qingden quietly changed his sitting position, retracting his buttocks and bending his waist low, as if to hide something.

"Huh? Sheng Qing, why are you sitting like this? Isn't it awkward?"

"If I sit up straight, it will be awkward for you and me."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go back to the topic just now."

Qingden took a deep breath and immediately changed his tone to a serious tone.

"Your Highness, please allow me to say to you in a solemn tone: Please don't do such a thing again."

"We were lucky this time and were not discovered."

"It will be hard to tell next time."

"Can you imagine if someone caught you using your feet to... come on... forget it, correction."

"Can you imagine the commotion it would cause if people found out you were doing such unspeakable things to me?"

"So, why did you make such an exaggerated joke?"

Qingdeng rarely showed a tough attitude in front of Tianzhangyuan.

Tianzhangyuan seemed to sense Qingdeng's seriousness, so he also suppressed the evil smile on his face.

"Well...why is this?"

She tilted her head as if thinking... At least on the surface, she looked like she was thinking hard.

Soon, she smiled slightly and asked and answered herself:

"I'm not sure either~ Maybe it's just a whim~~"

Qingden twitched the corners of his mouth.

"On a whim? This..."

He was about to continue what he said, but was intercepted by Tianzhang Yuan:

"Okay, okay, Sheng Qing, let's just treat what happened just now as a happy accident."

"I see you enjoyed it just now, didn't you?"

The evil smile that disappeared not long ago appeared on Tianzhangyuan's pretty face again.

"It would be great if I could just use a Western camera to take a picture of you~ The picture I took is definitely a heirloom-level masterpiece~~"

Qingdeng smiled bitterly and said:

"Spare me... If you really take a picture of my expression just now, I may smash your camera and burn your photos at all costs."

Tianzhangyuan showed a satisfied expression.

"Okay, let's leave what happened just now."

As soon as she finished speaking, she changed the topic abruptly.

"Ah, that's right. Didn't that girl just say that the scenery outside is beautiful? Let's take a look together."

As she spoke, she reached out to lift the curtain.

Qingdeng almost had PTSD-like emotions towards the object "curtain".

Seeing that Tianzhangyuan was about to lift the curtain, he subconsciously reached out his hand and tried to stop him.

Tianzhangyuan saw this and said with relief:

"Sheng Qing, don't worry, did you hear everything just now? They are already far away and no one will find them."

After saying that, she opened the curtain, leaving a narrow gap, and put her left eye on it - for a moment, she showed a surprised expression, her eyes suddenly widened, and her body suddenly stiffened.

"Your Highness?"

Tianzhangyuan's reaction caused Qingdeng's confusion.

So, like Tianzhangyuan, he stretched out his hand to lift the curtain next to him and put his right eye close to it.

Because he stayed in a dark environment for a long time, his eyes could not adapt to the light for a while.

There was a vast expanse of white in front of me, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

He had to frown, lower his eyelids, and use dense long eyelashes to filter the light.

After his eyes gradually recovered...a vibrant and beautiful picture slowly unfolded in front of his eyes.

A huge freshwater lake glowed with green light under the clear sky.

It is Lake Biwa that is known as the "Lake of Life" and is listed as a symbol of Japan like Mount Fuji.

The water of the lake is sparkling, and the light reflected by the ripples is dancing nimbly and dazzlingly.

A vast expanse of warm spring fertile fields extends from the side of the sedan chair to Lake Bipa, spreading widely on its shores.

The April sunshine pours down without mercy, making the boundaries between the fertile fields and the blue sky blur, as if they have merged.

The breeze blowing from the lake is refreshing and pleasant.

Continuing to look into the distance, one can vaguely see green rice fields like a chessboard, interspersed with low houses and curling smoke, wild deer staggering on the shore of the lake, and soft white clouds embedded in the sunny and windy blue sky...

A peaceful scene.

A scene of flying kites and leaping fish.

What the three girls said just now was not wrong - the scenery outside is indeed beautiful and worth seeing.

On such a sunny day, with such a beautiful scenery of steaming clouds and glowing clouds, one cannot help but feel the wonderful feeling of "walking straight along the road under your feet, you will be able to reach the sky".

Looking at such a beautiful scenery, Tianzhangyuan blinked his beautiful eyes vigorously a few times, as if to confirm whether there was anything wrong with his eyes.

"Shengqing, look, what a beautiful scenery! It's completely different from the scenery in Satsuma and Edo!"

She said this, then unconsciously reached out and grabbed Qingdeng's sleeve with great force, as if she was worried that Qingdeng would run away.

Her sudden and unusual behavior startled Qingdeng.

He turned his head, glanced at his sleeves that were being tightly grasped, and then cast a surprised look at the other party.

That evil little devilish smile and that iconic cunning expression were all gone.

The only thing that caught Qing Deng's eyes at this moment was the pure smile and the childlike joy that jumped out of his eyes.

Although her emotions were expressed in a restrained manner, her feelings were truthfully and thoroughly conveyed to Qingdeng.

This is the truest reaction.

When people are moved by the unparalleled beauty, they will become speechless and confused.

Because it was a feeling that cannot be described in words.

Tianzhangyuan, whose attention was taken away by the beautiful scenery, did not recover for a long time.

She stared intently, her eyes shining with the same color as the sparkling light.

Qingdeng couldn't bear to disturb her, so he didn't say anything and allowed the other party to grab his sleeve.

As the queue in Shangluo continues to advance, the beautiful scenery gradually fades away and eventually disappears into a dense forest.

It wasn't until this moment that Tianzhangyuan slowly came back to his senses and belatedly realized that he was clutching Qingdeng's sleeves tightly.

"Ah, sorry...I seem to be too excited..."

Qingdeng said "It's okay", and then couldn't help but ask:

"Your Highness, is this your first time coming to Dajin?"

Tianzhangyuan shook his head.

"No, this is my second time here. I came to Otsu once during the 3rd year of Ansei (1856)."

In the 3rd year of Anzheng - when he heard this, Qingden suddenly stopped talking.

Of course he knew what this time meant for Tianzhang Academy.

That year, Tenzouin was adopted as the adopted daughter of the Konoe family, renamed "Fujiwara Keiko", and then officially married into Edo.

Tenjoin was born in a side line of the Shimazu family in Satsuma. Although she was later adopted as an adopted daughter by Shimazu Saibin (the former lord of the Satsuma clan), her family status was still not good enough to marry a shogun.

According to the rules, the Imperial Palace of the Tokugawa Shogun family, starting from Takaji Takako, the third shogun's wife, was usually welcomed by the five shogunate families (Ichijo, Nijo, Kujo, Konoe and Takaji) or the imperial family. It served as a link between the imperial court and the shogunate. The default of trust.

Even those who come from the Wu family must be the adopted daughter of the Wushe family before they can be admitted to the Imperial Academy.

In ancient Japan, it was very common to change father, mother, surname, and first name.

Firstly, it is because of unhealthy lifestyle that the infant mortality rate is extremely high.

Even if you give birth to 10 children in a row, all 10 children may die within a short period of time.

The 12th shogun Tokugawa Ieyaki is a perfect example. He gave birth to 28 children, but only one Tokugawa Ieyada survived.

Such a horrific mortality rate means that if everyone does not adopt adopted sons and daughters, it will be impossible to keep the family's reputation.

Secondly, it is due to Japanese traditional concepts.

Compared with blood relations, Japanese people pay more attention to family names.

As long as the family name can be kept, as long as the family can be continued, blood relations don't matter at all.

In this way, "adopted children" and "adopted children" gradually evolved into important political cultures in Japan.

Everyone's children are sent here and there, and they don't care about blood relationship at all.

Ayoto has a ready-made example - Matsudaira Yoho is the stepson adopted to the Aizu Matsudaira family. His father is Matsudaira Yoshiken, the lord of the Takasu Domain of Mino Province.

In the 3rd year of Ansei (1856), Tenjoin went to Kyoto and became the stepdaughter of Konoe Tadahiro, one of the five regents. She was renamed Atsuhime-kun and named Keiko. Soon after, she married Edo and married the shogunate.

Qingdeng was silent.

Tianzhangyuan started talking to himself.

She smiled slightly and put on a calm tone without sadness or joy:

"That year...although I was just passing by, I did pass by this place once when I was heading east to Edo."

"It's just that I wasn't in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery at that time."

"On the way to Edo, every time I thought that I was going to marry a fool known to everyone, I suffered indescribably."

"I want to find someone to talk to, but there is no one around me. I don't know who to go to."

"I want to lose my temper, but I don't know who to vent my hatred on."

“I want to forgive, but I don’t know who to forgive.”

"I can only muddle along like this, living in a muddle until now."

Speaking of this, she tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at Qingdeng with a sweet smile.

"Sheng Qing, I've never told you, right?"

"I...want to marry the best man in Japan."

"Let me think about it, it was when I was about to celebrate my coming-of-age ceremony. My father... ah, it was my biological father - Shimazu Tadayoshi, the 10th generation head of the Imaizumi family of the Shimazu branch, not Shimazu Jin Qibin.”

"On the eve of the coming-of-age ceremony, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep."

"Once the coming-of-age ceremony is over, I will officially become a big girl who can get married."

"That night, I don't know why, but I kept thinking: What kind of man will my future husband be?"

"I can't sleep after thinking about it."

"So, my father asked me: Yu Yi, what kind of man do you hope your future husband will be?"

"I answered without thinking: I hope my future husband will be the number one man in Japan."

Tianzhangyuan's expression gradually softened.

"If you think about it carefully, I was really naive at that time."

"Obviously he is about to celebrate his coming-of-age ceremony, but he still talks about such silly things like a little girl."

Hearing this, Qingdeng couldn't help but interjected:

"Your Highness, why do you want to marry the number one man in Japan?"

"Huh? Do you even need to ask?"

Tianzhangyuan held his chest high, put his hands on his hips, and had a proud look on his cheeks.

"For a woman like me who has a good personality, good looks, a great figure, and a good family background, only the number one man in Japan can be worthy of me, right?"

After that, as if she wanted to prove that she was not lying, she raised her chest and raised her chin to show Qingden her graceful swan neck and those extraordinary and special existences.

Qingdeng raised his eyebrows and then laughed dumbly.

He neither agreed nor objected to Tianzhang Yuan's self-promotion.

Seeing that Qingdeng didn't speak, Tianzhangyuan didn't care and continued:

"Though when I think about it now, it's so shameful that I want to dig a hole in the ground."

"But I was really full of fantasies about my future husband."

"It is true that I sincerely want to marry the number one man in Japan."

"Both men and women are probably like this - in the dead of night, they can't help but think wildly and secretly fantasize about their future and marriage."

"However……"

The moment he said "however", Tianzhangyuan's facial expression changed slightly.

"Not long after completing the New Year's ceremony, my family came to our door..."

"Shimazu Saibin wants to accept me as his adopted daughter and let me marry the Tokugawa family as 'Princess Satsuma' to promote the marriage between the shogunate and Satsuma."

"At this time, the struggle between the 'Nanji Sect' and the 'Itobashi Sect' has become increasingly fierce."

"In addition to drawing the knife directly and seeing blood, both sides have used all means."

"Shimazu Saibin is a core member of the 'Hitobashi faction'."

"The reason why he eagerly asked me to marry Tokugawa Iesada was to use this to expand the political influence of the Hitotsubashi faction and make me a wedge buried within the shogunate by the Hitotsubashi faction, secretly Help Hitotsubashi Keihe ascend to the top.”

"Although the shogunate has been trying its best to conceal the true situation of the Tokugawa family, it is impossible to hide such a thing."

"Everyone knows: Tokugawa Iedada is basically a useless person who has difficulty even communicating with him."

"In Shimazu Qibin's eyes, I may be just an insignificant tool."

"But to Shimazu Tadaya, I am his unique baby daughter."

"Because of me, my father and Shimazu Qibin started a feud..."

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