Suddenly, the soft sound of a door being opened intervened in Qingdeng's consciousness.

The sound came from Qingdeng's left front.

Qingdeng's eyes glanced over conditionally.

A girl dressed as a maid hunched over and knelt on one knee outside the opened door, holding the sliding door with her two small hands.

After the maid opened the door, a beautiful young woman with her hands folded in front of her belly walked into the room calmly.

The woman is none other than Shimazaki Kazu... No, correction. Now it must be said that she is the real Tenjoin!

Tianzhangyuan was followed by six maids, who were hunched over and lined up in two neat columns, following Tianzhangyuan's footsteps.

Should we say that they are worthy of being the maids who serve Tianzhang Courtyard? These six maids who followed Tianzhang Courtyard, as well as the maid in charge of sliding the door, are all without exception - they are young and beautiful, and they are all dressed in beautiful and gorgeous clothes.

apparel.

Even the martial arts and businessmen with a small amount of money in their families may not be able to wear such exquisite clothes.

Qingden heard that in order to show the majesty of the Edo shogunate and the general who conquered the barbarians, Ooku often went to great lengths to do extravagant things.

The utensils must be of the best quality, and all servants must wear clothes that are too gorgeous to be worn by waiters.

When organizing ceremonies such as cherry blossom viewing, moon viewing, and the general's wedding, the same extravagance and extravagance are used.

It is said that it is very common for a general to spend several thousand taels of gold when he gets married.

It seems... these rumors are true.

Tianzhangyuan is no longer dressed in the "kendo uniform + protective gear". He is wearing a green blouse, a pair of feet that are no bigger than a green palm, wearing clean cloth socks, and his shoulder-length hair is tied with a white

The hairband is tied behind the head into a small ponytail that only reaches the back of the neck.

Although the Edo shogunate stipulated that after the shogun's death, the shogun's main wife and side wives must become nuns, but they do not need to actually shave their heads.

Some women who believe deeply in Buddhism and devote themselves to Buddhism actually shave their heads, become real nuns, and devote themselves to practicing Buddhism.

Some are symbolically cutting off a section of hair...for example, Tianzhangyuan falls into this category.

Watching Tianzhang Yuan enter the room, Qingdeng couldn't help but show a strange expression.

Is it because of her temperament developed from the tortuous experience of being a wife and now a young widow? Or is it because her facial features are just like this?

Qingdeng always felt that Tianzhangyuan's eyebrows, every move, every smile, all contained a strange... charming feeling.

She is not the kind of bitch who exudes "lust". I feel that she will definitely like to wear hot pants and dance on the dance floor late at night.

But... Qingdeng couldn't tell.

If Qingdeng was forced to rack his brains to think of an adjective...

Charming and charming, there is a holiness that makes people want to protect her - Qingdeng also knew that it was very strange to juxtapose these two unrelated words.

But this was indeed the first thought that came to Qingdeng's mind after seeing Tianzhangyuan's face for the first time.

She has such a charming face, but because of her status as a "monastic widow", she has to wear this elegant outfit with cyan as the main color... What a strong contrast!

After Qingdeng glanced at Tianzhangyuan's pretty face a few times, his eyes suddenly dropped.

Why is this so?

It’s all the law of gravity!

The greater the mass, the greater the gravity... This is the famous truth of physics: the law of universal gravitation.

Qingdeng's eyes suddenly dropped because he was affected by "gravity" - his eyes were uncontrollably pulled towards something with a large "mass"...

Because he was wearing kendo uniform and protective gear just now, his body shape and posture were completely invisible.

And now, Tianzhangyuan has put on this very fitting, very light blue blouse...

At this moment, Ayoto remembered what Arima had said to him a few days ago: It had been said that His Highness Tenjoin had an appearance that was as good as a fish or a wild goose. It was said that in all of Edo, the only one who could rival His Highness Tenjoin in terms of beauty was Xiao Xiao.

Chiba Sanako from Chiba Kenkan.

Aesthetics is very subjective.

The same person or thing, some people may find it beautiful and nice-looking, while others may find it disgusting and ugly.

Whether Tianzhangin and Sanako are comparable in beauty, Qingto cannot say.

But the two of them are pretty much the same in terms of stature...

No matter who the woman in front of you is, it is always extremely rude to stare directly at her face and those parts.

Qingdeng, who was belatedly aware of this, quickly averted his eyes from looking at Tianzhang Courtyard, and wanted to bow down and salute Tianzhang Courtyard.

But Tianzhangyuan took the lead and said quickly:

"Ah, no need to be polite, no need to be polite."

After saying that, Tianzhangyuan quickened his pace slightly.

She did not go to the main seat of Black Academy.

Instead, he walked towards Qingdeng who was kneeling in the corner of the Black Academy.

After walking directly in front of Qingto, she generously tucked up the hem of her blouse, bent her knees and sat down on the tatami.

Qingden was dumbfounded by Tianzhangyuan's behavior of sitting directly in front of him.

In this Edo city, where there are extremely strict regulations on where courtiers and shoguns can sit in their rooms, what rooms they can go to, and what they can do, Tenjoin's behavior... "bold" is no longer enough to describe it.

Already.

Tianzhangyuan smiled sweetly as if he had seen clearly what Qingdeng was surprised about.

She turned away and winked at the maids behind her.

The maids who understood the meaning of Tianzhangyuan's eyes bowed and bowed lightly, then lined up to leave the Black Academy.

In an instant, in the huge black academy, only Qingdeng and Tianzhang courtyards were facing each other.

"alright……"

Tianzhangyuan closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

"Everyone who has nothing to do with it has left... can you feel more relaxed?"

"Hehe~ Anyway, I feel more relaxed."

With only one right eye open and his left eye still closed, Tianzhangyuan let out a girlish, naughty laugh.

"I don't like complicated etiquette."

"So you and I should be more natural and don't need to be too formal."

"Although this may be a bit unnecessary...but I still want to formally introduce myself to you."

Tianzhangyuan straightened his waist slightly, raised the corners of his two graceful mouths slightly, and showed a charming smile towards Qingden.

"When we first met, I am the Grand Odaishou of the Edo Shogunate: Tenjoin Atsuhime."

"……first meet."

Forced by the current atmosphere, Qingdeng also reported his name to Tianzhang Academy.

"Xiaguan Ju Qingden."

Although from a legal perspective, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between Qingdeng and Tianzhang Yuan.

But after all, she is the nominal mother of the current shogun. She has the dual identity of "Odaisho + Princess of Satsuma Domain". In terms of social status, she is much more noble than Aoto, so Aoto calls her "a lower official" to her.

, which is not wrong.

"I finally meet you in person, Tachibana-kun."

The real Tianzhang Courtyard is far more friendly and easy-going than the fake Tianzhang Courtyard just now.

Infected by Tianzhangyuan's kindness, Qingdeng gradually relaxed.

"First of all - I have to apologize to you."

"I'm sorry, the general and I just lied to you."

Tianzhangin's "lied to you" is naturally referring to the fact that she and Tokugawa Iemo just found outsiders to pretend to be them, and then they changed their names to "Shimazaki Kazu" and "Tokuyama Shigeru" respectively, pretending to be a major team

The banshi came to compete with Qingteng.

"Although my level of swordsmanship is average, I personally still like swordsmanship. One of my daily hobbies is watching people compete."

"Suwen Jujun, you are an extremely talented and skilled swordsman, so I suddenly had the idea to have a good fight with you and see with my own eyes how strong you are."

"Just now, the reason why Matsuda-kun and Aoi, who were responsible for pretending to be me and the General, were late and made you wait in the Black Academy for so long... is because they were stepping up their makeup, changing clothes, and practicing with me and the General.

daily demeanor.”

Having said this, Tianzhangyuan paused for a moment, and then began to smile as if he had thought of something interesting.

"Keke~ The general didn't want to accompany me to mess around like this, but who said I was his mother? No matter how reluctant he is, he can only come and play with me."

——So that’s it… So that’s it…

Why does the "Tianzhang Courtyard" we saw just now have an ordinary face that is completely inconsistent with the rumors...
To be continued...