Elevator Dimension Line

That evening, Tantai Ye was settled in a luxurious guest room.

The room decorations alone show that Koga was indeed much richer than Iga.

However, Tantai Ye did not rest in the room. Instead, after leaving a projection illusion inside, she teleported back to Kyoto.

This is the Imperial Palace.

After spending the afternoon meeting with the ministers with Go-Mizuo, Hoshimi Miyabi and Arisa returned to their residence.

The two had already compiled the list and were discussing where to start.

Tantai Ye's appearance only prompted the two to look up and greet him before continuing their discussion.

"It's rare to see this. In the past, all these trivial matters involving contact with people were handled by Deputy Section Chief Yuecheng Liu. This time, Section Chief Ya'er is doing it all herself!" Tantai Ye said with a smile as she sat down next to the two of them.

Arisa chuckled upon hearing this. She naturally knew Hoshimi Miyabi's personality. Even though her personality had changed drastically compared to before, her inherent aloofness and slight social anxiety still made her dislike trivial matters and the feeling of dealing with strangers.

Hoshimi Miyabi sighed and said, "Now I understand how difficult it is for Liu. I only listened to those ministers' words for a while this afternoon, and I already couldn't stand it. It was even longer than a meeting and a report..." She then shook her head.

"That's why I invited Arisa to be the emperor. She used to be the student council president, and she's very good at giving reports," Tantai Ye laughed.

Arisa patted him on the shoulder, saying that the student council was something from eight hundred years ago and he was still bringing it up.

“I’d better take the initiative. Now I’m discussing with Arisa which minister to start with,” said Hoshimi Masato.

"Have you reached an agreement?" Tantai Ye asked.

Arisa pointed to the tablet, displaying the figures and their official titles, and said, "We'll leave these ministers who concern themselves with people's livelihoods for now; they're mostly civil officials, not particularly important. We plan to start with the daimyo who control armed forces, secretly subjugating them first. Once we've accumulated enough power, we'll then take action against the generals..."

Arisa was explaining her plan, while Tantai Ye remained silent. Since he had left it to them to complete, he would let them do whatever they wanted. No matter what happened, he would be there to back them up, so there wouldn't be any problems.

The three chatted for a while longer before taking a break.

Silent all night.

The next day, Tantai Ye disappeared from her bed early in the morning.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue sleeping, but the imaging device on the other side was sending an alarm—someone was knocking on the door!

Who is it?

A deliberately lazy voice rang out.

"Sir, it's dawn. I've brought you some water to wash up." A gentle voice rang out.

"Come in!"

With a whoosh, the wooden lattice door was slid open, and a young woman carrying a wooden basin walked in.

The woman placed the wooden basin aside, knelt on the ground, and said, "Do you need me to help you dress and wash?"

With someone to serve her, Tantai Ye was naturally delighted and sat up, raising her hand to beckon.

The woman silently stepped forward, picked up the clothes, and helped him put them on...

"What's your name?" Tantai Ye asked, looking at the woman's face.

She wasn't particularly beautiful, but she had a simple and sincere quality that, in modern terms, would be the kind of woman who would be a virtuous wife and loving mother.

“My name is Momoyama Tenmai!” the woman said softly, then paused for a moment, “Sir, you are Lady Hoshimi Miyabi’s husband, aren’t you?”

Tantai Ye nodded.

Taoshan Tianwu adjusted Tantai Ye's belt, looked up and smiled, and said, "I have met Madam Ya. Her swordsmanship is very powerful. Hu Yi has been saying these days when he is going to visit Madam Ya. The two of them are good friends."

“My wife did mention Hu Yi to me, a spirited, simple, and optimistic boy,” Tantai Ye said with a smile.

“Hu Yi is no longer a child; she should have been married long ago at that age,” Taoshan Tianwu said with a smile.

As she spoke, her hands kept moving, showing that she was very good at serving people and had obviously done it a lot in her daily life.

After dressing her and helping her wash up, Momoyama Tenmai left with the wooden basin.

Tantai Ye stepped out of the room, stood on the eaves and stretched. The sky outside was overcast, and a lot of moisture had gathered. It would probably rain soon.

"grown ups!"

A calm call rang out from the side.

Tantai Ye turned her head and saw Yang Yan walking over with small, quick steps around the corner of the eaves.

"The weather isn't very good today, it looks like it's going to rain soon. Are you going to take me for a walk around the village?" Tantai Ye asked with a smile.

Yang Yan peeked out and looked at the sky outside. He said calmly, "This is a task given to me by the chief. I will accompany you for a walk around the village first. If it really rains, as long as we don't leave the village, we should not get wet."

"Then let's go!" Tantai Ye said without saying much, and waved with a smile.

The two walked out of the courtyard and followed the bluestone path.

You can tell just by looking at the ground. In Iga, there was only one bluestone road on the main road, and the rest of the roads were rammed earth. But in Koga, the main road and the side roads in the village are all paved with bluestone. This alone shows the wealth of the two villages.

Along the way, Yang Yan would occasionally introduce the village's development history to Tantai Ye, telling her who lived in each house and who lived in each other.

The two walked and stopped frequently, perhaps because the weather was too gloomy today, so there were few people out and about, and not many people on the village roads.

Just as the two were crossing an intersection, a figure ran from the side, so fast that it almost bumped into Tantai Ye. Fortunately, the former simply jumped over it.

"Hu Yi! You are being extremely rude," Yang Yan said angrily.

The girl turned around after landing. She was wearing a coarse cloth short jacket and shorts. It was indeed a bit chilly to wear such clothes in the early autumn season, but she didn't seem to feel cold at all.

“Yang Yan! Huh? And who is this?” Hu Yi asked, looking at Tantai Ye.

"This is Lady Hoshimi Ya's husband, Lord Tantai Ye," Yang Yan introduced.

"Ah! You're Madam Ya's husband." Hu Yi said, already close to Tantai Ye, almost sniffing him all over like a puppy.

"Hu Yi!" Yang Yan called out again in a serious tone.

"Alright, alright! I was just curious. Madam Ya praised her husband as if he were a god. I think he's just average... But his appearance is still impeccable..." Hu Yi gave Tantai Ye his 'comments'.

Tantai Ye looked at the girl in front of her with a smile. She should be young, but years of physical exercise made her look much more mature, especially her outrageous figure, which was even more exaggerated than some voluptuous young women.

"So it's Miss Hu Yi. My wife has mentioned you before, saying you two are good friends."