Izumi Masako stopped beating around the bush and stood up, saying, "Father, I have come here today to ask for a favor. If you are willing to believe me, our Regent family will return to its former glory."
The Sheguan family belonged to the royal family, and in principle, they should have assisted the emperor in ruling Yamato, becoming a powerful force second only to the emperor.
However, since the power of the court and the army are now in the hands of the shogunate, the power of the regent family has been greatly weakened, and they are suppressed by the samurai family everywhere, and their power has been taken away time and time again.
"What do you mean by that?" Izumi Nobukatsu looked at his daughter with some surprise.
When did she start caring about these things?
He knew his daughter's position in the shogunate, so how could she possibly know any important information?
“Father, I would like to ask you to help the people of Great Chu,” Izumi Masako said.
Izumi Nobukatsu narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at his daughter, "Masako, do you know what you're saying?"
Has his daughter gone mad, sending him to help the Great Chu people?
As the regent, Izumi Nobukatsu was well aware of everything that happened at the beach last night, and he also knew that the shogunate was mobilizing the hatamoto army to prepare to take down the Great Chu people.
The reason given was that the Chu people had attempted to attack Chigen and had already killed hundreds of Chigen soldiers.
Regardless of the truth, hundreds of Yamato soldiers did indeed die on the beach last night.
Although the Regent family belongs to the royal family and is at odds with the samurai family, they are still all part of the Yamato people. If they were to face an external enemy, they would naturally unite as one.
How could they possibly do something like helping the Great Chu people fight against the Great He?
Masako Izumi nodded. "I know, Father. I beg you to find a way to save the Prince and Princess of Great Chu, at least to save their lives."
Masako Izumi was at the Imperial Palace, and no one told her what had happened at the beach the night before.
She felt that with Deyi Kangren's strength, if they really wanted to deal with the Great Chu people, Su Ruojin and the others would have a hard time escaping.
All she wanted was for her father to save Su Ruojin and the others' lives at the crucial moment.
With his father being the governor, protecting Su Ruojin and the others' lives would be no problem for him.
"Masako, why should I protect the people of Great Chu? Give me a reason." Izumi Nobukatsu did not directly refuse his daughter, but asked this question instead.
He was somewhat curious. The shogunate was searching everywhere for Izumi Masako, yet she dared to risk returning home just to ask him to save those people from Da Chu.
What kind of bewitching drug did those Chu people give Yako?
"Father, because I believe that Great Chu is far more powerful than Great He. If you can protect the Prince and Princess of Great Chu, with Great Chu's support in the future, our Sheguan family can regain our former glory."
Afterwards, Izumi Masako told Izumi Nobukatsu about Su Ruojin's superb medical skills, as well as everything Musashi and she had told her.
"Father, do you think such a princess consort of Great Chu would be an ordinary person? How could Great Chu, which can produce such a princess consort, be an ordinary country?"
After listening to Masako Izumi's account, Nobuyuki Izumi said calmly, "Masako, so you're saying that apart from witnessing the Great Chu Princess's medical skills firsthand, everything else is just what you've heard, or more accurately, your speculation?"
Previously, Izumi Masako plotted to use Su Ruojin against Tokugi Yasuhito, but when she saw that Su Ruojin clearly had the opportunity to kill her, she did not take action, and even saved her kitten.
Masako Izumi's attitude towards Su Ruojin has changed drastically, and she feels guilty for trying to take advantage of Su Ruojin before.
She is now trying her best to make amends, at least to save their lives, as if she is paying off a debt.
"Father, you must believe your daughter. I have been in contact with the people of Great Chu, and they are truly no ordinary people. If you can protect them, we can join forces with Great Chu..."
"Enough!" Nobuyuki Izumi interrupted Masako Izumi sharply.
"Masako, I'm just asking you, did you kill the Crown Prince?"
Compared to what Masako Izumi asked for, Nobukatsu Izumi was more concerned about this issue.
Masako Izumi looked at Nobukazu Izumi and nodded, "Yes!"
"Why did you do this? Don't you know that doing so will harm the Regent family?" Izumi Nobukatsu said angrily.
He didn't believe the initial claim from the shogunate that the prince had been murdered by the emperor.
Masako was gentle and kind-hearted from a young age, and she couldn't even bear to step on an ant, so how could she have killed someone?
Izumi Nobukatsu believed this was a conspiracy orchestrated by the shogunate to target the regent family.
But to his surprise, his daughter actually admitted that she had killed the prince. How could he not be furious?
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