Some people complained to Qingdeng that the style of clothes was too old-fashioned and asked to buy new clothes.

There were complaints to Qingdou that the public dishes cooked by the Yunakama were not authentic enough.

Some people reported to Ayoto that Tenchoin, Honjuin, Takiyama and others were too rude and immoral.

Although in terms of function, Qingdeng is indeed Da'ao's big housekeeper, he will feel very annoyed if he is always disturbed by these boring trivial matters.

What’s even more irritating is that this bunch of stinky people have done a lot of shit, and their attitudes are quite bad!

Since time traveling, Aomori has rarely left Edo.

Therefore, the arrival of Wagongiya and others was his first personal contact with the people of Kyoto.

Before this, Qingnobo's understanding of Kyoto people was limited to hearsay - mainly negative news.

The impressions Edo people have of Kyoto people have always been the same: they are arrogant, consider themselves "residents of the royal land", and look down on outsiders, especially people from the East; there are many honorifics, and it is very tiring to listen to Kyoto people speak.

;The diet is very light and likes to follow the fashion...

At first, Qingdeng thought these rumors were just exaggerated regional conspiracy.

It wasn't until he interacted with the female court officials around Wagong that he truly realized: These rumors were really not embarrassing!

Every move, word and deed of this gang of stinky Sanba fits perfectly with Edo people’s stereotype of Kyoto people!

Their arrogance is really engraved in their bones.

More than once, Qingto had either indirectly heard or directly seen them mocking the Edo people's basic necessities of life.

They always say "Dongyi is so old-fashioned" and "Dongyi has no taste", but Qingdeng doesn't think their dressing taste is that high.

In their eyes, the Edo people were just a bunch of barbaric monkeys who had just learned to wear clothes and only knew how to fight and kill.

In addition to its cultural influence, the Kyoto court, which has no power, no troops and no wealth, is just a "three-no political power" and cannot compete with the Edo shogunate, which has ruled Japan for nearly three hundred years.

However, faced with this extreme disparity in power, public figures still have a strong sense of psychological superiority.

Even if you are just a servant, as long as you think that you are a public dog, you can proudly hold your chest high - this is the true psychological portrayal of the public servants.

The female officials around Wakomi often acted rudely even when meeting high-ranking shogunate officials like Seinoto.

According to the official rules of the Edo period, when meeting someone with a higher status than yourself, you should look at the other person's chest. It is not polite to look too high or too low.

However, when they met with Qingdeng, they often raised their heads high and looked directly into Qingdeng's eyes without hesitation.

Although Qingdeng was not the kind of person who adhered to feudal ethics, their behavior of not giving him face really made him very unhappy.

In addition, their honorific system is indeed horribly developed, and it is really tiring to communicate with them.

Qingdeng still hasn't figured it out: Why can they expand a simple "thank you" into a long and difficult sentence with dozens of words?

In short - Qingdeng has no feelings for Wakong himself, but he has strong opinions about the group of stinky Sanba around him.

Thanks to their "blessing", Qingdeng now feels irritable when he hears Jing Yanye.

[Note·Kingyanye: A Japanese dialect used in Kyoto. The pronunciation speed is slow and long sounds are often used, and honorifics are very developed.]

Boom~~! Boom! Boom!

At this time, the melodious sound of bells came from the distance.

The first sound is longer, the second and third sounds are very rapid.

It is the Time Clock—a time-telling tool set up by the shogunate to inform the citizens of Edo of the current moment.

Most clocks of time are installed in temples.

Kan'eiji Temple, Sensoji Temple, Ichigaya Hachiman Temple, Yotsuya Tenryuji Temple and other more than a dozen places have set up hour bells, and the sound of the bells basically covered most of Edo.

The bells heard at Aoto and Tenjo-in Temples are from the Bell of Time at Narmanji Temple in Akasakada-cho, the bell tower closest to Edo Castle.

The three bells just now are the "pre-ringing" of the clock of time, indicating that we are ready to keep time next.

After a while, the melodious bell sounded again:

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

8 bells...eight o'clock in the morning, 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

"Your Highness, it's almost time. It's time for me to go back and continue handling government affairs."

As he spoke, Aoto put the empty lunch box beside his legs back into the furoshiki.

[Note: Furoshiki: a furoshiki traditionally used in Japan to carry or store items]

"It's already eight o'clock so soon. It's so boring... Ah, that's right, Sheng Qing, wait a minute, there is something very important that I almost forgot to tell you."

"Um?"

Qingdeng sat down on his lap with his butt raised halfway.

"Although you will know the news as early as tomorrow or as late as a few days later, I still want to inform you in advance."

"Iemo is preparing to hold a 'Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet' at Fukigami Plum Grove on December 18th. Iemo, I, Wamiya, Hitotsubashi, Matsudaira Harugaku, and senior cabinet ministers of the shogunate, Iwakura Tomomi

The leading ministers of Kyoto and the daimyo currently staying in Edo are all required to participate."

Fukiage - a vast area located on the west side of Edo Castle Nishinomaru, also known as "Daikan Town".

Fukiage is to Edo Castle what the Imperial Garden is to the Forbidden City.

Initially, when this area of ​​Edo Castle was not called Fukiage, there were many samurai houses and shogunate facilities in the area.

During the Kan'ei period (1624-1644), the three noble families of the Owari Tokugawa family, the Kii Tokugawa family, and the Mito Tokugawa family all established their residences here.

However, after the Meiretsu Fire (1657), the shogunate moved all the feudal residences of the Gosan family outside Edo Castle, and then built Fukiage on the original site of the Gosan family's residence.

After that, the shogunate took the opportunity of the fire that occurred in Genroku 10th year (1697) and spread to Daikancho, and moved all the remaining samurai houses outside Edo Castle.

In the fifth year of Hoei's reign (1708), part of the Daikan town was incorporated, and the formal gardening began. In the seventh year of Ho'ei's reign (1710), the Fukiage Imperial Garden was built.

After years of maintenance and improvement, Fukiage has now become a magnificent garden covering an area of ​​49 square kilometers, dedicated to the shogun and his family to enjoy the changing seasons.

Not only are there many scenic spots such as Hanzohao and Chidorigafuchi, but there are also entertainment facilities such as a royal horse racecourse, a Korean horse racecourse, a horse riding and archery racecourse, a viewing center, a teahouse, and a resting place.

Sakura, lotus, maple, plum and other highly seasonal flowers, plants and trees are planted in Zhuli Mountain, Sato Mountain, Plum Grove and other places, so that the general's family can enjoy the beautiful natural scenery every day and every season.

In addition, the shogunate also used the water source drawn from the Tamagawa River to set up springs and create an artificial river that runs through Fukiage.

Fukiage was also a refuge in the event of a fire in Edo Castle, and served as a "fire extinguisher"... that is, to prevent the spread of fire.

"All the senior ministers of the shogunate have to participate...then I must be among them, right?"

Qingden asked in a joking tone.

"Of course."

Tianzhangyuan looked at Qingdeng and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"Who doesn't know that you, Ju Qingdeng, are called 'side people', but you are actually 'side servants'. If you are not on the banquet list, how will you behave?"

Qingdeng raised his hand and scratched the hair on the back of his head, looking troubled.

The change in his expression was noticed by Tianzhang Academy.

"What's wrong? Sheng Qing, don't you want to join the banquet?"

Qingden shook his head quietly.

"That's not true, it's just... I don't like Hitotsubashi Keiki very much, and I guess he doesn't like me very much either. When I thought that Hitotsubashi Keiki would also participate in this 'Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet', I suddenly became very interested.

reduce."

Tianzhangyuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled - a bitter smile mixed with helplessness.

"On this point, I have exactly the same idea as you... However, it is useless no matter how much you hate Hitotsubashi Keiki. He is now the 'deputy general'. Whether it is handling government affairs or holding banquets, we cannot avoid it.

The ground comes into contact with it.”

Qingdeng took a deep breath and shrugged.

"I understand, I will go to the banquet on time... huh?"

Abruptly, Qingdeng stared straight at Tianzhangyuan's pretty face.

I saw a piece of rose-red sauce hanging on the left corner of Tianzhangyuan's mouth.

Because the color of this sauce is very similar to Tianzhangyuan’s lip color, it’s easy to miss it if you don’t look closely.

"Huh? Sheng Qing, what's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

As Tianzhangyuan asked, he stretched out his catkin and gently rubbed his cheeks with his delicate fingers.

Qingden nodded.

"Well, yes, it's stained with something."

Souji is a very carefree girl. It is very common for her to turn herself into a little cat when eating, with a few grains of rice stuck to her left cheek and a layer of sauce on her right cheek.

Qingdeng, who often sat next to her because of their romantic relationship, would always silently help her wipe her face at this time.

Ever since... After discovering the piece of sauce on the corner of Tianzhangyuan's mouth, Qingdeng, whose "DNA started to move", instinctively stretched out his right hand——

fondle……
To be continued...