Not many people knew what happened in the palace, whether it was the discussion between Tuoba Tao and several ministers, or where Tuoba Tao was suddenly moved to spare Mrs. He's life, they would not be known to outsiders. The most important thing about the Great Wei at present is the Great Dynasty in two days.
It has been more than ten days since Rouran's expedition. If so many things had not happened, the meeting to meet the envoys of various countries and reward the meritorious soldiers would have ended long ago, and Rouran's victory came too perfect. As for the full fifteen days later, the order of the great court two days later came out from the palace.
The biggest contributor to Rouran's expedition this time was naturally not He Mulan, who had captured the ghost party and killed Datan, nor was it Di Yefei, who had contacted Gaoche and made Gaoche belong. It is true that their achievements are considered outstanding among individuals, but the wars of the Northern Wei Dynasty have never been about individual martial arts. In this era, Tuoba Tao raised his arms, and Xianbei aristocrats and local tyrants led thousands of trilogy and even appeared. Wan's expedition was not for any sense of honor and belonging.
They want to use this to gain political leverage for their children, to gain grassland and population in the battle, and to gain Tuoba Tao's inclination to them in the future...
All in all, they are the biggest beneficiaries of Beizheng Rouran.
In contrast, the young generals who emerged in this war, as well as Kumoti, who came from a clan and won several great victories, had to obediently make way for these people.
He Mulan naturally knew this, and Hua Mulan's memory was full of such pictures of meritorious awards. The first time she fought Rouran in the north, Hua Mulan even killed seven generals of Rouran. Although she didn't catch up with Da Tan, this feat should be very impressive...
But in Pingcheng's award, she was only standing in an inconspicuous corner, and most of the awards she received were wealth, silk and other things, and she was only promoted by one level, and there was nothing else.
In her previous life, Mulan had no political ambitions, so she got a lot of money and went back to Montenegro happily. But now He Mulan has become the key to the game between Tuoba Tao and the court, and Tuoba Tao also wants to use this to test the reaction of the DPRK and the army to him using a large number of young generals.
Even Di Yefei was deliberately sent to Cui Hao's family by Tuoba Tao because he was worried that He Mulan would be too jealous.
All of this is not at the level that He Mulan can control today. What she is concerned about now is whether her friend Di Yefei can participate in the imperial court in two days.
His condition is terrible.
"You hold back, if it's really manic and uncomfortable, you bite the quilt."
He Mulan held down Di Yefei who was about to tear her clothes.
"You have to control yourself, otherwise you will go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in two days, what should you do?"
"I'll hold back..."
Di Yefei's eyes shone fiercely, "I will definitely get rid of it..."
He Mulan and Di Yefei are now in the bedroom of the concierge courtyard. Since Di Yefei almost had an accident in the palace because of cold wine, the palace sent Di Yefei to her.
Because she and Su Hejun had promised that she would help Di Yefei completely get rid of Wu Shi San's control.
As He Mulan thought about it, Wu Shi San was just a collection of some proprietary Chinese medicines. In this age of undeveloped medicine refining technology, the purity of medicines was limited, and it could never be compared with the notorious banned medicines of later generations.
But such an unscientific thing just happened!
This damned five-stone powder actually caused a person who had only used it for more than ten days to have frequent attacks, and sometimes even a confusion that was close to self-mutilation.
According to the medical officer, if the five-stone powder is carefully "diverged", there will be no big problem, and its damage can only be seen over time. However, if the five-stone powder fails to be "dissipated" once, the body will always have stagnation and accumulation.
"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"
After all, it is a Taoist medicine. In addition to certain scientific principles, there are always some mysterious techniques that He Mulan cannot understand, and everyone's five stone powder is different. Who knows Di Yefei's five stone powder What "medicine heads" are mixed in Shisan? This is the secret of every refiner.
And Di Yefei's box has been used up for him...
Because of the sequelae after cold drinking, Di Yefei began to enter a state of being sober and confused for a while. When he is awake, he is no different from a normal person, and when he is confused, there are even embarrassing situations.
For example, holding He Mulan's arm and begging her to break his neck or something.
It was said that Wushi San would amplify some hidden information in the user's heart. He Mulan, who had studied a little psychology, noticed that this was Di Yefei's instinctive attitude of surrender to the strong, a kind of catharsis with a slight masochistic tendency.
This situation is usually manifested in slender and sensitive men. Their childhood experiences or setbacks in the process of growing up will affect their subconscious, and then they will grow up because of inconsistent values. This tendency suppressed in the bottom of my heart.
Di Yefei probably found this tendency very embarrassing, so once he woke up and found that he was dragging He Mulan to do all kinds of excessive actions, he always showed that he wanted to bump his head against a pillar.
"You don't have to feel so ashamed, everyone gets sick sometimes, you are just sick now." He Mulan pushed back his hair, which had just gotten out of control, and said, "I still remember that I was seriously injured. Do you need help with the toilet? I even peeed my pants…”
He Mulan diverted Di Yefei's attention. She knew that Di Yefei had been under so much pressure that she even sought drug stimulation.
But much of this pressure can only be channeled by himself.
"That's different, Huo Chang... That's different..." Di Yefei closed his eyes. "The injury is healed, you are still the majestic General Huwei, and the Hu Ben army is waiting for you to go back. I... I have disappointed His Majesty, and I have also disappointed Gao Che's friends... "
"Then stand up and show them again, Di Yefei! Don't be like a woman here and feel sorry for yourself!" To be honest, Di Yefei's momentary fragility can be comforted by her, but if she keeps being so sensitive, even He Mulan Some can't stand it.
"Don't you want to give an explanation to the Gaoche people? Don't you want to slap those who designed to frame you? Endure it first! Endure this hurdle, and you will have the day to come out!"
He Mulan pressed him onto the mattress, making him unable to move.
"Two days, you only have two days! You must stand up straight and accept the reward in the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"
Unexpectedly, when He Mulan spoke kindly to him, Di Yefei fell into a kind of self-loathing, but when He Mulan reprimanded him with the tone of "order" from the superior, Di Yefei's whole body was covered. With a shock, the weak and sluggish temperament was also put away, as if hearing an order that could not be refused, he nodded slowly.
"I will."
The past two days have been a nightmare for Di Yefei and He Mulan. In order to worry about Di Yefei being seen by others and leaving a bad influence, Di Yefei and He Mulan have been behind closed doors for the past two days.
But because He Mulan made a fuss about the Cui Mansion, she became a celebrity in Pingcheng overnight. Whether it was Xianbei nobles or people who were interested in this matter, most of them posted about her residence and wanted to invite her as a guest.
There were also people who came to visit directly, but they were all rejected by Chen Jie and Man Gu, who were guarding the door, in the name of "General Hua is helping Di Yefei to heal". Di Yefei's physical condition was speculated by outsiders to be very bad - anyway, because he couldn't get up, he had to take care of his friend Hua Mulan.
People who "rehabilitate" are ugly, not even a beauty like Di Yefei. However, after more than a day's work, the frequent attacks of Wu Shi San's effect caused a thick black shadow under his eye sockets, and his skin also lost its original luster. Because I can't sleep well, I always wake up from nightmares and speak incoherently.
He Mulan also followed him and couldn't sleep. He woke up from a nap again and realized that he couldn't fall asleep, and the other party couldn't fall asleep. He Mulan sighed, "This is not the way, you don't speak. It will be irritated by the medicinal properties, otherwise, let's chat casually."
"what?"
Di Yefei's face was full of apology: "Chang Huo, you don't have to stay with me all the time. Lock the door and leave me alone, I won't escape. You will also attend the court meeting tomorrow, You can't be like me, you can't be a ghost or a ghost, can you?"
"I can handle it better than you."
She used to squint like this when she was on the night shift.
"Let's talk, distract your energy, maybe you won't be cranky."
"I… I have nothing to talk about."
Di Yefei glanced at He Mulan who was leaning against the corner with arms folded in the darkness, and quietly retracted his gaze.
He has never had the experience of talking to people in the dark.
Even if the other person is the kind of person he most wants to be, the kind of strong, determined person who will face his weakness and defeat him, he is too embarrassed to nag at him like a woman.
But He Mulan yawned and said unintentionally, "I don't know what to talk about, so let's start with what happened when you were a child. You are so beautiful, you should have been good-looking since you were a child, right?"
"...I don't know. I didn't know I was good-looking when I was a kid. Everyone said I looked like my mother, and generally compliments on my mother's beauty were good words, so when I was a child, I always thought that I was good-looking and belonged to someone else. Compliment me. It wasn't until the boys started laughing at me and fighting for me that my grandfather thought I was a freak, and I didn't know that a boy who looks like a woman is really not a compliment..."
Maybe it's the dark environment that makes people relax, maybe it's because he has already slept before so his mind is clear, or maybe it's because He Mulan is talking to him now, like he's talking in a dream, it's easy to let people down , Di Yefei really started talking about his childhood.
"My grandpa always said that he was a great figure from the Gao Che Di family, but no one paid attention to him. When my ancestors were plundered to the six towns, they didn't even have a horse. To be respected, he said it was useless. , so he pinned his hopes on my grandfather and my uncle. But my grandfather almost used up his wealth to get my mother in the competition for the same robe, and my uncle was injured during the war. After giving birth, my grandpa will collapse..."
"Gaoche people have always been looked down upon. When I was a child, I was often bullied by Xianbei children, so I vowed to practice martial arts well and make them look up to them..."
"When I got to the army, I realized how naive I was. Your martial arts are so strong and you have suffered so many setbacks. If it wasn't for the protection of General Kumoti, maybe it would have been humiliated by some handyman. Why is it so hard for these ordinary people to get ahead?"
"I don't know why Rou Ran wants to fight, they can't live because of their suffering. You don't know that when I saw the 'old man's pit', I even thought I was a sinner... It's because of the war with us that those people have to lie down There, saving food for young people…”
In the past few days of Wu Shi Fan's work, Di Yefei has obtained such inner peace for the first time. There was no heat, no frenzy, and no illusion of thinking about the other party killing him as soon as he saw Hua Mulan. He indulged in his own confusion and the past, and just confided for the sake of confiding.
The answers to some questions were actually hidden in Di Yefei's heart for a long time, but he never dared to think about them. As he spoke, the answers that had been suppressed in his heart also emerged, making him involuntarily seek advice from the fire chief he trusted and revered the most.
In a dark room, because of the presence of moonlight, you can't see your fingers. Di Yefei happily watched He Mulan leaning against the wall, listening to his words gently while nodding for his guesses.
"Do you think so too? I've always felt that my thoughts are outrageous." Di Yefei was really happy when he saw He Mulan nodded.
"So, it is precisely because the Rouran herdsmen have suffered too much to survive, and the tribe owners are afraid that they want to change this kind of life, so they are frequently disturbed? Because it is better than the herdsmen to use Dawei as their enemy. Weapons are better against their masters..."
At this moment, He Mulan was infinitely quiet.
This quiet posture is like a quiet mountain, quiet to the extreme. Since he couldn't see He Mulan's expression, Di Yefei could only imagine what He Mulan's expression was like now.
Do you think what he said was interesting? Or is it just a simple fit
Di Yefei, who wanted to find a sense of identity, finally stood up and walked towards He Mulan.
"Huo Chang, don't just nod your head..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
Di Yefei's smiling expression suddenly disappeared, and a look of disappointment rose instead.
"It turned out to be asleep..."
Di Yefei murmured to himself in a low voice.
The joy that was difficult to express in words was punctuated by the fact that he had discovered it.
He Mulan, who was leaning against the corner, was probably extremely tired, so he fell asleep with his arms folded in this posture. But she probably still thought about not being able to fall asleep, so every time a period of time, the drooping head would be raised again, and then drooped again because of sleepiness, and so on.
Looking in Di Yefei's direction, it was as if He Mulan was nodding from time to time because of his talk.
'Adan Zhiqi often said that the lion should be in the company of the lion, and the lamb should return to the flock. You are a lion, but you always turn around and pull us trapped lambs, why is this...'
He stared at the peaks of He Mulan's brows that were still locked in her sleep, turned around and pulled a thin blanket over her.
"I'll catch up. I've got to catch up."
***
"Ah, I actually fell asleep? When did I fall asleep?"
When the sky dawned, He Mulan stood up with back pain all over her body, and rubbed her eyes embarrassedly.
She, the person who takes care of others, actually fell asleep by herself, and after she offered to "come and chat with us"...
This is simply a naked/naked/naked slap in the face, as embarrassing as telling the other party, "Actually, I didn't listen to you very carefully."
"It's okay, I fell asleep later."
Di Yefei did not show any displeasure, but returned to his previous calm.
The familiar Di Yefei came back, and He Mulan's eyes lit up.
"Are you feeling better today?"
"I don't know if it will happen again today, but I can hold it back." Di Yefei smiled, "I can definitely hold back."
"General, the ceremonial officer sent by Your Majesty will arrive in an hour. Are you and General Di going to prepare?"
Today's Great Dynasty, no matter what, the two of them will go there.
The patriarchs of the Gaoche clan all joined and were also waiting for the reward. As the link between Da Wei and Gao Che, if Di Yefei could not attend the court meeting, it would only make many Gao Che people doubtful.
"Chen Jie, bring the things I asked you to prepare before!"
"Yes, General, come here!"
He Mulan took a look at herself, because she had been entangled with the manic Di Yefei before, and then she really didn't have the energy to organize herself, so now she looks disheveled and disheveled.
Looking at Di Yefei on the opposite side, she was in a similar situation. Even her clothes were scattered, and the quilt was in a mess. She couldn't help laughing.
"If you and I look like this, if you practice in the army, you can still talk about it, but the two of us stayed out of the house for two days, and it turned out that we were turned into a red wave. When Chen Jie came in, we still don't know what to think. …”
For some reason, Di Yefei's face was warmed by her jokes, and her heart suddenly rose to the conversation between her and Su Hejun before, those about what you liked or not...
Confused in his heart, he shook his head while taking off his wrinkled shirt:
"You're about to fly high, why are you still so open-mouthed?"
"General, here's the thing! But General, what do you want this for... oops!"
When Chen Jie opened the door, he saw that Di Yefei was undressing facing their general. The clothes that were taken off were all messy and even torn in a few places...
He Mulan, on the other hand, was smiling (colored), and looked at her dishevely.
Chen Jie jumped up in fright, turned around and ran away.
"General, I didn't see anything!"
"Hahahaha! I'll just say it..." He Mulan laughed happily and shouted loudly, "What are you running for! Come back soon!"
Chen Jie felt uneasy because he caught a glimpse of "**", and then saw that Di Yefei took off his clothes a little bit, revealing his strong body, and walked to the cabinet to change clothes with a calm expression, and immediately took his eyes back.
'This recovery ability is really good. If my general is physically strong, he shouldn't be able to get up... Isn't he still sick? How can poisoning be like this...'
In order to protect the reputation of Di Yefei and Hua Mulan, everyone claimed that Di Yefei was poisoned, but fortunately, He Mulan discovered it. Only a few insiders understood what was going on.
Chen Jie and Man Gu were instructed to guard the small courtyard so that no one could wait to come in, so they were always on duty at the courtyard gate and never heard any movement in the house.
If Chen Jie heard and saw Di Yefei's manic voice, he still didn't know what to make up for.
After these few days, Di Yefei was like a butterfly reborn from its cocoon. Although his face was still bad and there were dark shadows in his eyes, he still recovered the cold and arrogant temperament that He Mulan had when he first saw him.
No, he is even more outstanding at the moment, that vague sense of restraint makes people notice his distinctive temperament at first impression, not his face.
'It's just one night, what happened? '
Chen Jie looked at Di Yefei's clothes inexplicably.
'I've only heard that women will change after the bridal chamber, but I haven't heard of it... bah bah! Their general is not such a person! "
"Chen Jie, give me something."
He Mulan stood up lazily and looked at the sky.
"It's still early, um, I'm not very good at this subject, I hope I don't lose face."
At this time, Di Yefei had already put on the official uniform sent from the palace, and the black clothes made him look bad, because black can easily make people feel dull.
He loosened his hair and shook, while tying them up, he watched curiously as He Mulan opened the box Chen Jie had brought, and took out the bottles and jars from it.
"What are these?" Di Yefei probed the probe. "You should change your clothes now... Huh? Rouge? Gouache? Did you take the wrong thing?"
He moved his gaze to He Mulan's face, that rough face could not match up with these things no matter what.
"You won't learn from those Hanchen powders, will you? You have such a dark face that you can only apply them one piece at a time. Trust me, it's best not to use this..."
Di Yefei's words suddenly stopped, and then he guessed something incredible, and his eyes widened in fright.
"My goodness, you wouldn't be..."
"Hmph, I'm so dark, of course it's not for me." He Mulan rolled her eyes.
I'm sorry, what's wrong with her being a rough guy.
"Your complexion is too bad, although you can use the serious illness to prevaricate the past, but a shrewd person can still see that you have taken Wushisan. You can't carry such a reputation now, even if you look like a woman and learn Chinese It doesn't matter if the ministers put powder on it, anyway, this is their elegance, you are now Cui Hao's disciple, and it is normal to be influenced by the gentry."
Many ministers in the DPRK are smeared with fans, but Cui Hao doesn't need to be because he is whiter than fans, and he hates others to associate him with women.
But Di Yefei's current "rehabilitation" look can't be too obvious.
It takes a long time to get rid of the control of Wu Shi San. Maybe after you think you have gotten rid of it, your body is actually affected in some way. This is the terrible thing about this medicine.
But as long as you don't use it anymore, at least your body won't be damaged.
Di Yefei still has a long way to go, he has to overcome it by himself, but now he can't get past this level.
That's why He Mulan asked Chen Jie to buy rouge gouache yesterday, and wanted to give him a "naked makeup" by virtue of his poor makeup skills.
Well, I hope the rouge made from lead powder and flower juice in this era can be more natural.
"You... don't come here!"
Di Yefei, who was still calm just now, looked at He Mulan with a round box, but his expression changed greatly.
"I don't need that thing!"
"It's no use breaking your throat!"
He Mulan smiled grimly.
"Believe it or not, I can put you on the ground and wipe this!"
With her strength, it was easy.
Chen Jie solved his doubts and couldn't help but look at Di Yefei with sympathy.
It's just that when he really saw Di Yefei sitting there obediently, with his eyes slightly lowered, He Mulan smeared on his face, he didn't know why, and his face turned red.
'Evil sect, why does it feel like a bride going to see her in-laws, I must be crazy...'
Chen Jie wiped his face and quietly left the room.
I do not know anything…
do not know anything…
Woohoo, my general will actually put grease and powder on others...
terrible!