Year of the Boar, Tenth Month, Day 31.

Azusa is adamant that I must not enter into a confinement in the traditional way. The House is only just returning to normal and for me to be absent at this time would be unsettling and would give White Lake entirely the wrong idea. She has suggested that I follow the plan I had when I first realised that I was pregnant... It is flawed though... the idea of a confinement is that I maintain complete bed rest which I cannot do if I do not hand over House affairs completely because I will still have to see to the day to day running of the House whoever masquerades as me about the House. 
Azusa thinks it is better than any of the alternatives and that she can adequately train one of the maids to impersonate me... Apparently, she has discussed this with Sasanuma who is also of the opinion that I should not let it be known about the Kingdom that I am expecting the heir to White Lake... I am caught between the sea and the cliff face... however I choose to act, I cannot see this ending well and I do not know what to do but I am running out of time in which to make a decision...