To the Shining You, Part 41: Fluctuation" Synopsis & Whatever You Want to Say This Week
Emperor Sanjo puts pressure on Michinaga! Akiko's son, Nobunobu, becomes the victim and becomes a monk! Something fishy is going on around Michinaga.
This week's guest is N-ko. When Emperor Ichijo died, it was a bit of a shock to see his beautiful face again, but the story continues. The battle between Emperor Sanjo and Michinaga, and the victim of that battle was Michinaga and Akiko's son, Akinobu... Michinaga is steadily rising to the top, but things are getting fishy around him more than ever before.
Gradually surrounding Michinaga...Emperor Sanjo's actions since his accession to the throne have been suspicious.
It has only been a short time since Emperor Ichijo passed away, but the Imperial Court has already begun to move towards Emperor Sanjo's accession to the throne. The first blow was when they asked Fujiwara no Kinto to take charge of the ceremonies related to the accession to the throne. Kinto suggested that Sanesuke would be the best suited person for such an official role, but Kinto insisted that he should do it. Michinaga had no choice but to give his OK. At this point, it seems that Michinaga did not yet consider it a big deal.
However, Emperor Sanjo fires a second and third arrow. This time, he selects Michinaga's half-brother, Michinaga, and the former Empress Teishi's younger brother, Takaie, as his aides, clearly trying to draw away Michinaga's brains and bring them to his own side.
Emperor Sanjō's demands gradually escalated. He declared that he would make both his beloved wife Sukeko and Michinaga's second daughter, Kiyoko, who had just entered the Imperial Court, empresses at the same time. He tried to refuse, citing the lack of precedent for making Sukeko, who did not have a solid backing, empress, but was overruled by Emperor Sanjō.
Well, during the reign of Emperor Ichijo, Michinaga also forced Princess Shoshi to enter the Imperial Court and be appointed as the Empress, and elevated Princess Sadashi to the position of Empress, thus creating an unprecedented situation of one Emperor and two Empresses, so I don't think Emperor Sanjo can be blamed.
In any case, Emperor Sanjo was cunning. He was intent on weakening Michinaga's power and strengthening his own influence.
"My life is already looking bleak!" Kenshin thought as he suddenly became a monk. Akiko screamed and denounced Michinaga!
The most shocking episode in the "Yuragi" episode was when Akiko's son, Kenshin, became a monk. Emperor Sanjo said he wanted to add Shoshi's younger brother to the council. Michinaga said he was also giving preferential treatment to his own children, so he also wanted to add Shoshi's younger brother to the council. In return, he offered to appoint Kenshin, the son of Michinaga's son, Akiko, as Kurodo no Kami, in a barter personnel move.
Michinaga flatly refused the offer, saying that he would not fall for that and that he should not owe the Emperor anything.... This came as a great shock to Akiko and Nobunobu. Akiko and her sons watched with their fingers in their mouths as the children born to Michiko, who was his legal wife, were steadily heading off to war. They had been told that Michinaga was thinking about them too.
The position of Chief Chamberlain is a passport to become a councilor, but to his surprise, he refused to make a deal with Emperor Sanjo and refused the offer to become Chief Chamberlain in order to protect his own position. This infuriated both Akiko and Nobuaki.
Kenshin, who had no regard for the world, became a monk at Mount Hiei. Even Michinaga was shocked. Akiko screamed and denounced Michinaga! Of course. That's what would happen.
In fact, Michinaga and Akiko were said to have mourned Kenshin's decision to become a monk. Since there was nothing they could do about it, Michinaga and his entourage climbed Mount Hiei to witness Kenshin's ordination.
People's desire to get ahead in life is a powerful thing...
Even if he was the son of the Minister of the Left, if he was kept at a standstill just because he was the son of Akiko, who was not of the same rank as the main wife, I think he would get fed up. The more important you become, the more responsibilities and trouble you will have. There will probably be a lot of expenses. But that's something only those who have risen to success can understand. There are many things you gain in exchange for trouble. And the mental strength to keep playing second or third place takes a lot of courage.
So I thought that I couldn't blame Kenshin for becoming a monk. Akiko, Michinaga, you didn't show enough consideration for your children!
I think we should not underestimate people's feelings about honor and money.
Michinaga: "What happened to Murasaki no Ue?"... Does that mean... you haven't read it yet???
Michinaga came to Mahiro's office. I was a little surprised by the conversation. "Are you still writing the story?" Hey, hey! Don't say that to Mahiro. I'm writing it because you told me to!
Mahiro also retorted, "That's a crazy thing to say," but was shocked when Michinaga asked, "What happened to Murasaki no Ue?" in the past tense. It's not "What will happen?" but "How did it happen?"
In other words, you asked because you didn't know what happened to Murasaki-no-ue after reading the story. Even though you relied so much on the power of Mahiro's story, did you feel relieved when Akiko gave birth to two princes and safely became the Crown Princess? That's terrible!
At the same time, Mahiro is writing "Phantom"...
It became clear that Michinaga no longer needed Mahiro's story, but Mahiro was writing the "Maboroshi" chapter at the time. This is the chapter that describes the state of Hikaru no Kimi after the death of Lady Murasaki. And...the next volume, "Kumogakure", has no main text.
The absence of the main text suggests that Hikaru Kimi has already passed away. Michinaga was at the peak of his career and it would be a while before he composed the poem for Mochizuki, but "To Hikaru Kimi" was also reaching its climax! I wonder what it is.
Michinaga's second daughter, Kenja, is dangerous. She's a landmine-like woman.
This time, Prince Atsuyasu visited Princess Shoko. Prince Atsuyasu came through the blinds wanting to see her face, and when Michinaga heard about it, he became furious. He ordered Yukinari to never let Prince Atsuyasu enter the Imperial Palace again. Michinaga is worried because he is a little delusional, comparing the relationship between Princess Shoko and Prince Atsuyasu to that between Hikaru no Kimi and Fujitsubo.
Even Yukinari disagrees. He bluntly says, "The Left Minister is acting strangely," such as by not allowing the Emperor's son, Prince Atsunobu, into the Imperial Palace. Good job, Yukinari.
But I'm worried about her younger sister, Kenshi, who married Emperor Sanjo. She even went so far as to tell Emperor Sanjo's eldest son, Prince Atsuaki, "I love you♡". There might be something to this... Michinaga was apparently very cold towards Kenshi because she only gave birth to a princess. Maybe that princess... is actually...? It's not impossible that this kind of development could happen!
The end of my friendship with Sei Shonagon was abrupt
A waka poetry gathering was being held at Empress Akiko's salon. As Akasomeemon, Fuji Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu, and other talented women of the time who graced Akiko's salon, were reciting waka poetry, Sei Shonagon suddenly burst in.
Prince Atsuyasu gave a gift of camellia rice cakes to Princess Shoko. Princess Shoko had welcomed him warmly, but he was very rude to her before leaving. Princess Kikyou, who we had talked about literature with, is no longer with us.
Mahiro, back at the office, wrote some nasty things about Sei Shonagon! There are quite a few criticisms of Sei Shonagon in "The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu" and other works, and it all leads to this. As expected from Professor Oishi Shizuka.
"Is this the same pattern again?" I thought for a moment, wondering what happened to Futatsumaru and Kenko.
Mahiro also met Naohide in the city, and Michinaga was there too, but they were getting along pretty well. Is it possible that Kenko, who is descended from Mahiro, also has a weakness for wild characters? Somehow, this pattern doesn't really seem right to me.
But Futoshikimaru is a samurai. I guess the aim is to suggest that the samurai are on the rise and the era of the nobility is not far off, but I'm already sick of the pattern of a princess being attracted to the wild type.
Mahiro was writing the "Phantom" chapter, so the story is finally heading towards its climax. At the end of October, there was news that Yuriko Yoshitaka and Tasuku Emoto had wrapped up filming. Ah, there's only a little over a month left until the end. I'm sure I'll miss you!
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