Chapter 1124 The Loyalty of the Li Family(2/2)
Maeda Toshiie said.
"If it hadn't been for the letter from my master, who is as busy as you, how could you have time to specially invite me to come for questioning?"
Oda Nobunaga sighed and said.
"Smart people, smart people.
I have been busy mobilizing the military and organizing supplies these days, and I have been so busy with the matter of going to Luo. But I have a doubt at this time, and I would like to ask you, a smart person, to help me clear it up.
Why? Why would Shiba Yoshigan, who is far away in Echigo, know that I am going to Luo?"
Maeda Toshiie said seriously.
"Of course I told the Lord.
I am the acting officer of Owari Shiba and a retainer of Shiba. The affairs of the Oda family going to Luo will involve the interests of the Shiba family. I must inform the lord and ask him to know what he knows.
In addition, I kindly ask His Majesty Oda to pay attention to your respectful speech and not to address my lord by his first name."
Oda Nobunaga's expression changed drastically, he stared at her and said.
"Odaisuo? Kenshin Gong? Well, what a great Inuchiyo, you let me down so much.
I thought you were mine. But I didn’t expect you were his from beginning to end."
Maeda Toshiie kowtowed to the ground and said.
"Your Majesty Oda, I am doing this out of duty and for your consideration."
Oda Nobunaga's smile was full of anger and a little twisted. She felt a little hot, took off her kimono with one hand, exposed half of her jade arm, pointed at Maeda Toshiie and said.
"Yes, it's my duty. Mr. Qianxin is so lucky to have such a loyal minister like you.
What a pity, what does this have to do with me?
I gave you the opportunity to perform meritorious service and rewarded you with 20,000 shi of territory. This is your reward for me? Inuchiyo, why don’t you die?”
Maeda Toshiie said solemnly.
"I am willing to devote myself to the peace of the Shiba Oda family and the friendship between you and my master until my death."
Seeing the maeda Toshiya's appearance of not being afraid of being scalded by boiling water, Oda Nobunaga's wanton laughter echoed in the room. She waved the letter and said.
"I have been so blind all these years that I didn't realize that you are still a Marquis Zhuge Wu?
Then I dare to ask the wise Lord Wuhou, guess what is written in Qianxin’s official letter?”
Maeda Toshiie said calmly.
"The Lord is coming back."
Oda Nobunaga narrowed his eyes. She didn't expect that Maeda Toshiie really guessed it right.
When she saw the letter, she was filled with shock and anger. She was so busy trying to figure out who was stealing the letter that she didn't think about anything else.
At this time, she saw Maeda Toshiie's calm tone with a hint of strange thoughts, and couldn't help but hum.
"He really is Zhuge Liang, yes, you guessed it right.
Then guess again, what will I do with you?"
Looking into Oda Nobunaga's violent and stern eyes, Maeda Toshiie said without fear.
"Don't you miss him? Don't you want to see him?
It has been more than three years since he left Owari Province for Luo in the winter of that year, and it is now almost the early spring of the fourth year."
Oda Nobunaga was furious, and Maeda Toshiie's words "do you miss him" made his heart feel cold.
She paused and said angrily.
"It's none of your business!"
Maeda Toshiie smiled, feeling a little lonely.
"I miss him, I miss him so much.
He is my master, and you are my Bole. I really don’t want you to go into confrontation.
I know him very well, and I have seen everything he did in recent years and in Kanto.
He is still the same boy as before, without any change."
Oda Nobunaga remained silent, and Maeda Toshiie kowtowed to the ground again, saying sincerely.
"Your Majesty Oda, you are not against him. Wouldn't you rather believe in the two-faced people these days who hide their swords in their smiles than join forces with my master?
How did General Ashikaga die? A clue can be seen from the information sent back by Lord Niwa Nagahide.
The Miyoshi family was no longer the Miyoshi family during the Miyoshi Chōkei period. Her family did not have the strength to go to Luo, and General Ashikaga was killed by his own people in the shogunate.
These shogunate warriors killed their masters, and then they wanted to support another puppet to take over and continue to enjoy their own power.
Can you trust such people? Would you rather trust these people than give the loyal and benevolent master of my family a chance?
When I sent the letter to Echigo, I knew that my lord would definitely choose to come back. He is from Owari, and he is one of our own!
Please put aside your prejudice, the Spo family is not your enemy, but your comrade-in-arms."
After saying that, Maeda Toshiie lay down on the ground and waited for his defeat.
Although she is the acting official of Owari Shiba, the status of Owari Shiba is quite special and belongs to the foreign domain of the Oda family.
What if Oda Nobunaga really goes crazy and deprives her of the 20,000 koku territory? No matter how awesome the Shiba family is, they only have 200,000 koku, and they are still far away. Can they really come to Owari Mino and kill the Oda family?
Maeda Toshiie knew this day would happen when she wrote a letter to Echigo. But she thought about it and wrote the letter anyway.
She couldn't put Shiba Yiyin into an embarrassing situation for her own selfish reasons. That was her master, the one she loved, and she had to take this risk.
Although Oda Nobunaga was surly, Maeda Toshiie knew that he still had a chance.
Over the years, there has been a vague rumor in the Owari samurai family. It is said that since his two sexual encounters with Shiba Yoshigami, Oda Nobunaga has almost never touched his husband, No-kun.
For this reason, there was a major purge in Oda Nobunaga's inner courtyard, and a batch of servants serving her mother Tsuchida Imperial Palace were replaced.
Oda Nobunaga looked at the sincere face of Maeda Toshiie and couldn't help but sigh. The little girl who was blowing her nose behind him has finally grown up.
Maeda Toshiie betrayed her, and with Oda Nobunaga's temper, he would never trust this traitor again.
This guy was just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, making him think that she had given in. Unexpectedly, she had such a deep feeling for Shiba Yiyin, and she was willing to sacrifice her own future for him.
Maeda Toshiie's title was given to her by Shiba Yoshigan, but everything she had except her title was given to her by Oda Nobunaga. If she disobeys Oda Nobunaga, she will have nothing.
Chapter completed!