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The general fell ill - as soon as the news came out, there was an uproar.

In an instant, from outside Luo to Luo Zhong, from the streets to the alleys, people were talking about the general's condition everywhere in and outside Kyoto.

At the same time, various "conspiracy theories" are rampant.

Isn't General General always in good health? How do you say you are sick?

And what a coincidence, I fell ill at this juncture.

The front foot just came to Kyoto, but the back foot is sick? What a coincidence!

Something fishy! There must be something fishy!

"The general is pretending to be ill!", "He didn't want to fight the barbarians, but he couldn't ignore the court's voice, so he used this method to escape"... Voices like these spread throughout every corner of Kyoto.

It’s no wonder that people in Kyoto have such thoughts.

After all, Tokugawa Iemo's illness did come too "timely".

Even Qingdeng couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise after learning about this - are you fucking kidding me?

Qingdeng didn't care at all about the clamor from the outside world.

After learning that Tokugawa Iemo fell ill, he immediately put down everything at hand and rushed to Nijo Castle as quickly as possible.

What exactly happened to the general, whether he was pretending to be ill, and whether those conspiracy theories were true or false, all became clear after seeing Tokugawa Iemoji with his own eyes.

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Kyoto, Nijo Castle, the shogun's residence——

"Qingdeng, I'm sorry...for making you worry...ahem...!"

Tokugawa Iemo opened the thick quilt on his body and sat up slowly.

"Okay, okay, stop talking, come on, drink some water."

As Aoto said this, he grabbed a glass of warm water at hand and forced it on Tokugawa Iemo without any explanation.

Looking at the glass of warm water in front of him, Tokugawa Iemo smiled bitterly:

"It's hot water again... I really can't drink it..."

"Stop talking nonsense and drink quickly. Since you are sick, drink more hot water."

With that said, Qingden pushed the water glass in his hand forward a little.

"Really...why do you look like mother..."

Although he said so, he still took the water glass obediently and took a big sip.

At this time, a bald man sitting directly opposite Aisho, who was taking Tokugawa Iemo's pulse, silently let go of Tokugawa Iemo's wrist.

Tianzhangyuan, who was sitting not far away, saw this and immediately asked:

"Yuan Yan, how is the situation?"

This bald man's name is Duo Jiyuanyan, and he is one of Tokugawa Iemo's personal physicians.

Being a doctor in the Edo period was a pretty respectable profession.

Certain doctors, such as the shogunate's royal medical family, were considered a privileged class, enjoying a very high social status and holding various ranks.

However, not all doctors are from the privileged class. There are also ordinary doctors who suffer from three meals a day.

Most doctors in the Edo period shaved their heads like monks. Shaving was not compulsory. The exact reason why they shaved their heads has never been clear.

According to legend, it is a legacy from the Warring States Period.

During the Warring States Period, military doctors shaved their heads to mark themselves as non-war personnel.

Important positions within the shogunate are basically hereditary, and doctors are no exception.

The general's doctors are collectively called "Odoctors".

Dian Yaotou is the top seat of Ao Physician, and is hereditary from the Hanjing family and the Jinda Road family.

Ordinary Austrian doctors are divided into two categories. Among them, internal medicine was inherited by the Taki family, and surgery was inherited by the Katsuragi family.

The surgical skills in the feudal era were quite backward, so physicians...that is, doctors from the Duoji discipline accounted for the vast majority of Austrian doctors.

Descendants of the famous doctor Tanba Yasuyori in the Heian period practiced medicine for generations. His descendant Tanba Motoyasu changed his name to Doho Motoyasu and became the royal medical officer of the second generation Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada of the Edo shogunate.

Anyuan, the fourth generation after Yuanyasu, changed his surname to Daji, and thus became a family of royal doctors for the general.

As soon as Tianzhangyuan finished speaking, Duoji Yuanyan immediately lay down on the ground and said seriously and respectfully:

"Your Highness, Dashu Gong's health has improved a lot."

"It's just that he's still very weak."

"Next, I will prescribe a new medicine."

"After taking this new medicine, you will be able to recover as before within 15 days as early as one month or as late as one month."

"Of course, the premise is that Dashu Gong must rest and not work too hard."

After listening to Duo Ji Yuanyan's words, Qingdeng and Tianzhangyuan both showed expressions of relief.

Tianzhang Hospital: "Yuan Yan, thank you for your hard work. Go down and get the medicine."

"yes!"

Duo Jiyuanyan saluted, then picked up the medicine box and turned to leave.

With Doji Yuan's exit, only Aonto, Tokugawa Iemo and Tenzouin were left in the room.

Qingdeng sighed softly:

"Fortunately, it's just acclimatization and catching a cold... It's really a blessing among misfortunes."

Tianzhangyuan nodded and agreed:

"yes……"

It's a pity that there is no online live broadcast at the moment.

If there is a live broadcast on the Internet, Tokugawa Iemo's current situation can be broadcast live to the public.

By then, all rumors and conspiracy theories from the outside world will be self-defeating.

Tokugawa Iemo was indeed ill, and he was seriously ill.

As for the cause of the disease, it is not complicated - acclimatization + catching a cold.

At first, Ayoto thought that Tokugawa Iemo got sick because of the meal in the Shinsengumi camp...

Because it was the first time I ate meat, my stomach couldn't bear it, and I got gastrointestinal disease. I couldn't get sick...

If this is indeed the case, and it is indeed Aoto's fault, then Aoto really doesn't know how to face Tenzouin and Tokugawa Iemo.

Fortunately... there was nothing wrong with Tokugawa Iemo's stomach.

He was simply cold and acclimated.

Qingdeng couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he felt completely incomprehensible.

I have never seen you sick before, so why did you become ill at this time?

Even Tokugawa Iemo himself couldn't answer Aonto's question.

Many things in this world are simply unreasonable.

Who can say clearly about things like illness?

At first glance, Tokugawa Iemo's sudden illness seems bizarre.

But in fact, there is a self-consistent logic hidden in it.

Tokugawa Iemo has lived in Edo for a long time. It is understandable that he would not adapt to the climate and environment here when he came to Kyoto for the first time.

As for catching a cold, it’s easier to understand.

Now is the annual rainy season. It rains almost every day and the temperature difference between day and night is huge.

It's only about ten degrees Celsius in the morning, so you have to wear an extra layer of feather fabric before going out. In the afternoon, the temperature approaches thirty degrees Celsius, making you want to take off your upper body.

This kind of hot and cold weather can make you fall ill if you are not careful...

All in all, although Tokugawa Iemo's illness was unexpected, it is also reasonable.

Tokugawa Iemo breathed a sigh of relief, and then responded with an apologetic look:

"I'm sorry... At this critical moment when I was needed to step forward, I fell ill in vain..."

Before Tokugawa Iemo finished speaking, Aoden immediately interrupted:

"Okay, don't say such things."

"Your first priority now is to recover well."

"Everything other than that is beyond your scope of consideration."

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Tianzhangyuan added:

"Sheng Qing is right, you should take care of yourself first now."

"As for negotiating with the imperial court, we will take care of it for you."

Tokugawa Iemo glanced at Aoshito and Tenzouin who were singing in harmony.

After a while, he slowly revealed an intriguing expression.

When Qingdeng and Tianzhangyuan saw this, they couldn't help but look confused.

Tianzhangyuan: "Jiamao, why do you look like this?"

Tokugawa Iemo smiled slightly:

"It's nothing, I just feel... the way you two urge me to get a good rest is like my parents."

Suddenly, the whole place was silent.

This strange silence lasted for about 2 seconds.

Two seconds later, Tianzhangyuan's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his face turned extremely red due to rapid congestion.

"Wha...what...?! Iemo, what stupid words are you talking about?!"

Tokugawa Iemo smiled and silently endured Tianzhangin's rebuke.

Strangely enough... After hearing Tokugawa Iemo's joke, Aoto didn't feel annoyed or ashamed.

Instead, he murmured seriously:

"A 17-year-old son, a 21-year-old father, a 27-year-old mother...what an incredible family..."

Tianzhangyuan turned its attention to Qingdeng:

"Hey! Why are you talking so much!"

Qingden smiles.

Tokugawa Iemo also laughed out loud.

However, because he laughed too hard, he coughed "cough, cough, cough, cough" before laughing a few times.

Qingdeng quickly put away the smile on his face, and Tianzhangyuan did not care to protest anymore.

"Okay, stop laughing and lie down."

Saying that, Qingto stretched out his hands, held Tokugawa Iemo's shoulders, and pushed him back into the bed with a slightly domineering attitude.

After lying down, Tokugawa Iemo's cough suddenly calmed down a lot.

He took several deep breaths, and then said softly in a dreamy tone:

"Now... we can only hope that Hitotsubashi will be happy..."

He didn't say anything. As soon as he said it, the atmosphere in the whole room became weird.

Tokugawa Iemo fell ill, so naturally he could no longer discuss with the imperial court matters about resisting the foreigners.

Now that Tokugawa Iemo is absent, the only person left who is qualified to hold talks with the court is Hitotsubashi Keiki.

How far can Hitotsubashi Keiki, who regards Mito Manabu as his guide and respects the Emperor from the bottom of his heart, go in this confrontation with the imperial court... To be honest, it is really frightening.

Even Qingdeng couldn't help but feel a little "thump" in his heart.

The already confusing "Baku court talks" are now becoming more and more confusing.

After Tianzhangyuan was silent for a while, he said calmly:

"I don't doubt Hitotsubashi's ability."

"Although Keiki Hitotsubashi is a supporter of Mito Studies and respects the emperor very much, after all, he has the blood of the Tokugawa family."

"I think he will still try his best to fight for the interests of the shogunate without offending the emperor."

Tokugawa Iemo's cheeks turned bitter:

"I hope so... Sigh... Now I can only take one step at a time and leave it to fate..."

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As for the current situation of this once-in-a-century "shogunate meeting", it can be summarized in one sentence, that is, "the shogunate is in a downturn, and the imperial court is in high spirits."

Just yesterday, April 30, the day before Tokugawa Iemo fell ill.

Emperor Tohito and other ministers of the imperial court took Tokugawa Iemo and Hitotsubashi Keiki and other high-level officials of the shogunate to the Kamigamo and Shimogamo shrines to pray for success in the fight against the invaders.

This was the emperor's request. Tokugawa Iemo and others naturally could not refuse, so they had no choice but to follow the emperor and his ministers to the shrine.

On that day, Emperor Tohito and Tokugawa Iemo walked together in a huge formation.

The scholars and people in Kyoto have never welcomed the general who conquered the barbarians.

On the day I went to Kamo Shrine, from time to time the onlookers uttered joking jeers:

"Ouch! General Zhengyi!"

This tone seems to be saying: "Hey? Isn't this the general who conquered the barbarians of the Edo shogunate? I haven't seen him for several years, why are you so embarrassed?"

The loss of the authority of the shogunate is evident.

The Choshu clan was operating secretly, and as long as it was the emperor's will, no one would dare to object.

If it had been the Tokugawa Ieyasu era two hundred years ago, facing this sealing edict issued by the imperial court, Tokugawa Ieyasu might have said contemptuously, "Emperor? How many soldiers does he have?", or " Why did Your Majesty rebel?"

But now, the offensive and defensive momentum is different.

How to fight this kind of battle where you can't fight back?

After Tokugawa Iemo fell ill, Hitotsubashi Keiki took over his post.

It is reported that after learning that he was going to negotiate with the court on behalf of Tokugawa Iemo, Hitotsubashi Keiki gasped several times.

On May 3, the Emperor went to Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine in Otokoyama, and Hitotsubashi Keiki, who became the "Shogun's agent", had to go along in accordance with the "Emperor's will."

Kazuhashi Keixi could only obey obediently.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, he suddenly complained of abdominal pain and could not take another step.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or if he had received the news in advance and relied on his "Shit Escape" to escape the disaster.

Originally, according to the plan, the emperor was going to give the sword to his generals on the top of the mountain.

If Ichibashi Keixi takes over this barbarian sword, the shogunate will really be roasted on the fire, neither advancing nor retreating.

Fortunately, Hitotsubashi Qingxi relied on "Shit Escape" to successfully muddle through.

The sword-conferring ceremony had to be canceled due to the absence of Yoshiki Hitotsubashi.

Although they have survived this hurdle, the ministers and lofty ideals of the Zunbang faction will definitely not give up.

The patriots of the Zunbang faction were extremely angry at Hitotsubashi Keiki's negative attitude of pushing and fleeing.

Someone wrote a sign on the Sanjo Bridge on May 5, accusing Tokugawa Iemo and Hitotsubashi of the celebration.

He said that Tokugawa Iemo was "faking illness", which was an insult to the imperial court and should be executed.

However, Tokugawa Iemo was the general who conquered the barbarians after all, and it was always inappropriate to openly cause trouble for him.

Therefore, they used the reason that "the general is still young" and claimed that "pretending to be ill" and "escape from shit" were all done by traitors around the general - basically they were scolding Hitotsubashi Keiki in a roundabout way. - So forgive the General.

However, "the traitor's crime must be proven as soon as possible and dealt with seriously. It cannot exceed ten days and must be punished by heaven."

The anti-barbarian faction openly clamored for "Tian Zhu" from the top officials of the shogunate... It can be said that the power of the anti-barbarian faction has reached its peak at this time.

House seemingly endless rain.

At the same time that the "Bakucho Talks" in Kyoto reached a deadlock, big trouble arose in Edo.

Huge trouble!

Nine British warships gathered in Yokohama Bay with hundreds of cannons, and formally demanded that the shogunate pay compensation for the raw wheat incident-100,000 pounds, equivalent to about 270,000 taels!

The British asked the shogunate: "How can we bear the responsibility for killing and injuring our citizens? Although the person who killed our citizens was Satsuma, the responsibility lies with the shogunate."

For this matter, Tokugawa Yoshiki, the lord of the Owari domain, rushed to Edo Castle as an agent, but he quickly fled.

As a result, the British fleet stayed in Yokohama Bay, with alarm bells ringing, and prepared to bombard Edo at any time.

The scholars and people of Edo had never seen such a posture...

For the first time, they felt the terrifying oppression of "war coming".

For a time, tabloids spread all over Edo City, exaggerating the atmosphere of terror. The townspeople, thinking about the danger this time, packed their luggage and prepared to flee.

There was chaos in Edo.

There was an entangled court in Kyoto.

There were aggressive British troops in Edo.

It can be described as being in trouble both internally and externally...

The so-called "internal and external troubles" are nothing more than this.

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