Not long after Tuoba Tao came to the Eastern Palace, the entire Eastern Palace knew that Tuoba Tao was coming.
The emperor was sometimes smart like a fool, and sometimes stupid and terrifying.
Except for those middle-aged eunuchs who were tortured by the palace to become eunuchs, there are a few men who can be as tall as him, exuding the hormonal scent of adult men, and a few like him wearing eunuch clothes and walking on the road With your head held high, you can't wait to tell others "I know this place and I've lived for many years"
Even the obtuse He Mulan had already discovered that the situation was not quite right, but this His Majesty didn't know anything, and was still strolling around these dilapidated buildings with great interest.
"You, yes, it's you..." A good-looking girl pointed at Tuoba Tao, who was pointing at her nose, and said with a smile, "Where are you from Huangmen? Why are there no rules at all! Come, come, Bring these things back to my room!"
She pointed to a few bookcases under her feet, apparently taking advantage of the fine weather today, to come to dry the books.
Before the girl could finish her sentence, another Xianbei woman beside her suddenly snorted, rubbed her head and said, "Today's sun is so strong that I'm a little dizzy, this Servant, please carry me to the room. …”
He Mulan stared blankly at the ladies who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and seemed to be coming more and more, and tugged at Tuoba Tao's sleeve.
"Du Shou, let's go."
"How can I go now? Isn't it the right place where they want me to live? I'm worried that I don't have an excuse to go to the place where the women live to see patients..." Tuoba Tao whispered to He Mulan beside him with his head sideways : "Just moving something..."
While talking, Tuoba Tao rolled up his sleeves, revealing his majestic biceps, and stepped forward to lift two boxes for the girl, while not forgetting to warn the other Xianbei girl.
"Although you are only an option now, since you are in the palace, it is best not to let a man carry you, even an eunuch. If you show it to the female officer in charge, maybe you will be punished."
All the girls were being fascinated by Tuoba Tao's handsome appearance and mighty figure, and when they saw his strong muscles, the deer were pounding in their hearts, and when they heard Tuoba Tao admonishing the girl like this, they suddenly stuttered. absolutely.
The girl who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to become intimate suddenly turned into a black face, stomped her feet and turned away.
It was unknown whether he was afraid that Tuoba Tao thought she was being disrespectful, or whether he was really annoyed that he was too "aggressive".
Tuoba Tao was wholeheartedly going to the courtyard where the concubines and daughters lived, and He Mulan could only follow no matter how unwilling he was. Fortunately, she is a woman and not a man. Even if the ministers outside visit her, she doesn't have to worry about ruining the reputation of any future concubine, and she doesn't have to worry about Tuoba Tao's anger in the future. Anyway, she is just a woman, at best. It's called "fuck off".
Tuoba Tao's strength could not be compared with He Mulan, but compared with ordinary people, he was already considered divine. These two bookcases look small, but the weight is unclear. Now he has one in each hand, and it is easy to carry, and the beautiful girls next to them even look at them.
Another Xianbei woman was bold, pretending she didn't know anything and approached Tuoba Tao's side, stretched out her hand and touched his upper arm, and said coquettishly, "You are really strong, have you ever practiced bowing horses?"
After he finished speaking, he swept his bulging chest muscles with his eyes, and seemed very satisfied.
"Beside Your Majesty, even eunuchs have to practice bow and horse fighting skills." He Mulan was worried that Tuoba Tao was slipping his tongue, and explained for him, "He's just naturally burly."
The girl glared at her complainingly, as if she didn't want her to explain for Tuoba Tao, but Tuoba Tao wanted to get to the courtyard where they lived quickly. strenuous.
"Hey, you two slow down! You are tall and big, and we have to chase you in the back! Is there anyone who does this!"
The woman who asked to move the book didn't know if she was deliberately making things difficult for Tuoba Tao, but she started yelling at him again: "Slow down, I want to see more of the scenery!"
Tuoba Tao sneered when he heard the words, and glanced around, "What scenery is there to see here? The best view is the small garden where you just posted your books. I'm tired carrying this, let me send the bookcase first. place!"
He Mulan listened to him talking to the ladies to be elected, and couldn't help but quietly cover her face. The status of eunuchs in the Hu people's court is terrifyingly low. The girls who can enter the palace this time are all noble and noble clansmen, let alone to please the eunuchs, even if they really beat and scold them, no one will punish them.
She could already see how Tuoba Tao was scolded by these girls for "disobeying orders".
Unexpectedly, several girls not only did not scold Tuoba Tao for being presumptuous, but instead looked at the owner of the bookbox with reproach, as if complaining that she was doing nothing, or that Tuoba Tao was tired.
Although He Mulan was straight, she was also a woman. She rolled her eyes and looked at Tuoba Tao's strong muscles and faint Adam's apple. What else could she not understand? !
'This majesty's identity has been exposed and he still doesn't know it! '
He Mulan raised the corners of his mouth in a funny way.
'Forget it, he is really tired in the palace every day, so he should relax with him. '
Unexpectedly, before the smile on the corner of her mouth rose for a while, the hostess of the bookcase immediately froze her smile.
"You came together, why did you let him work, while you were watching? You should have taken a box too! No! You should have taken both boxes!"
The latter suddenly reached out and pointed at He Mulan, his eyes full of condemnation.
Tuoba Tao was answering some inexplicable questions from the girls around him, such as "What do you like to eat to grow so tall" and "What color do you like?" When he heard the hostess of the bookcase say this, Yang He raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
good-looking romance novels
He Mulan was still snickering in her heart, but she touched her nose when she heard her accusation.
It was obvious that she asked Tuoba Tao to attract his attention for the box first, but he really carried it and felt that he was being lazy. The women in the palace are so sloppy before they enter the palace, it is no wonder that Tuoba Tao, who is rectal, feels that the harem is terrible all day long.
Most of the women who can enter the palace are at home hoping to add strength to the family. He Mulan is sure that this small circle of people who are drying books in the garden does not belong to the famous ladies in Pingcheng, because most of the ladies in Pingcheng are in the plum garden. I saw her at the blind date meeting. Although there were quite a few marriages during this time, it was impossible that there would be none in the East Palace.
The explanation that can be given is that these girls either knew her identity and deliberately pretended to be stupid, or they were the daughters of important officials from other places and were sent to Beijing to run for election.
However, it is not good for the emperor to carry things with her bare hands. After thinking about it, He Mulan said to Tuoba Tao, "Du Shou, it's really hard for you to carry two, why don't you give it to me."
Now that he knew that these women understood Tuoba Tao's identity, Tuoba Tao had no meaning to work so hard.
Tuoba Tao was originally reluctant, but seeing that the women around him were all looking at He Mulan with empty hands, and afraid of causing trouble for him, he simply nodded.
"Well, you are strong anyway."
He simply handed both boxes to He Mulan. He Mulan took it as easily as if he had picked up two flowers, which attracted a few women to take a few more glances.
Tuoba Tao is also a wonderful person. He seems to have forgotten that the little eunuch beside him is also a woman. He is no different from the women in front of him. When his hands are relaxed, his footsteps are not so fast. When answering the questions of the women around him. , also seemed to ask those sick ladies unintentionally.
Tuoba Tao asked the sick girls at first, but these women seemed to be choked up and kept silent, one of them probably didn't dare to brush Tuoba Tao's face, and opened his mouth like a mosquito: " There are a few girls who do feel unwell as soon as they enter the palace, but they are not serious illnesses."
A few others hesitated, but in the end they didn't say anything.
Tuoba Tao didn't take it seriously, he just thought it was because he was pretending to be a low-ranking person. Several women were reluctant to talk to each other, and just silently thought about the reasons why these women dared to "get sick".
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, and since the East Palace was really small, it soon arrived at the place where the girls lived.
Calling it a "backyard", it was actually just a courtyard wall that was so short that He Mulan didn't need any tools to climb over it, and a small tiled house that was no different from the brick and mortar houses on Hepingcheng Street.
He Mulan swore that she had also seen a few rabbits in the yard, and as people walked into the yard, they jumped into the hole from nowhere and disappeared.
"This is where you lived when you were the prince?" He Mulan whispered in disbelief, biting his ear to Tuoba Tao. "… Ha ha… "
She laughed dryly.
"It's really... simple."
"If you want to say it's shabby, just say it directly. At that time, Pingcheng was suffering from famine, and I couldn't even eat. Where would I have the time and money to build a palace for me?" Tuoba Tao also whispered back: "It's not bad, you married me back then. The princess, she also weaves and raises sheep by herself."
"You mean Mrs. Du, Mrs. Dugu and Mrs. Horai?"
Since the Han Dynasty, the concubines in the palace have been called madams, which is not the same as the "empresses" that later generations used to call them.
It took He Mulan a long time to find out that Tuoba Tao's high-ranking concubines were all honored as "Mrs.", but the only ones with the highest status were the childhood sweetheart's maiden sister, Mrs. Du, the powerful family's Mrs. Dugu, and the loyal He Lai. Mrs. Herai from home.
Their three wives are "noble concubines, madams, and nobles", and they are only under the queen.
Because Tuoba Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty could not rely on the emperor's own love, even the late emperor Tuoba Si loved Princess Xiping and wanted her to be the queen. As a result, the hand-casting gold man failed, and he could only become a "lady".
"Dugu and He Lai later married me after I ascended the throne. I'm talking about Dua."
Tuoba Tao sighed with some nostalgia.
"Dua loses his temper when he sees me now, and I don't dare to see her anymore."
The two were talking, and the owner of the book box led them to a small courtyard. This courtyard was not as big as the side courtyard of the He Mulan mansion. Lan frowned, wondering how this small room like a standard hotel room could accommodate the five or six women who followed behind.
If it is said that the people who are drying books in the garden and those who are with the book drying women live in this garden, then the one who runs away with shame...
Is this too crowded
The election was just a few days ago. Obviously, every woman in the East Palace had countless thoughts. When they brought Tuoba Tao and He Mulan back, many women came out from other courtyards to watch the fun. He Mulan and Tuoba Tao were worried that others would recognize them, so they could only keep their heads down and follow them.
"I said that you take yourselves too seriously, the palace servants, you are so casually ordered..." A woman leaned on the door and looked around and sneered: "You five or six people, do you have no hands or feet? Can you do it? Carry the box out and ask someone else to carry it back for you?"
It was a woman from Yuchi's family who was speaking. She had a very high status among these girls. What worried He Mulan even more was this woman who accompanied her cousin Yuchiyan to find her last time. She must have known her. .
He Mulan could only keep his head down.
"What, you know him?"
Tuoba Tao, who also lowered his head and bent his waist, asked in a low voice.
"Have met a few times."
"This is not good. It's too conspicuous now. Let's lose the box and run."
"Okay, then I'll call one, two, three, let's go together."
The woman who asked Tuoba Tao to carry the suitcase probably didn't dare to scold each other with the girl from Yuchi's family, so she could only stare at her toes with a dark face.
The other women looked around and saw that Tuoba Tao was only bowing his head, so they stopped talking and pretended to be little daughters-in-law.
He Mulan counted one, two, three here, put the bookcase in his hand on the ground, and said to the woman behind him, "I've brought the things, we have to go first if we have something to do", then turned around and left. .
Naturally, Tuoba Tao kept his head down and walked to the other courtyard.
"What's the matter with the two of you! How can you dangle in the noble's yard!" A female official just happened to be patrolling here. Seeing several women standing at the gate of the yard, she came over to check. Goodbye, there are two tall eunuchs going out. Go, stop immediately.
Tuoba Tao did not speak, raised his head and glared at the female official, what else did the female official dare to say? Immediately, he took three steps back, covering his mouth and not daring to speak.
Tuoba Tao walked past her with He Mulan turning a blind eye. He Mulan took a few steps and looked back. The female official was still a little trembling, and she felt great sympathy for a while.
Meeting such a master, it's good not to be scared to pee.
This is Tuoba Tao's site, which is naturally very familiar. He took He Mulan east and turned west, and immediately turned to the side of an earthen wall, and ripped off a large piece of moss and messy plants from the wall. A big hole is exposed.
"Come on, let's go over there, the East Court is over there."
He Mulan was chased and put on the shelf, so he could only follow Tuoba Tao through the entrance, covered it up a little, and followed him into the East Courtyard.
"Most of the sick are women from the East Hospital. Generally, they cannot live for a long time when they are sick in the palace. Later, the Queen Mother simply gathered all the sick people to the East Hospital, and asked the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine for them every day..."
Tuoba Tao laughed and said, "So is Aunt Dou. It's okay if others are really sick. If they pretend to be sick, they will be forced to take so many medicines by the Queen Mother every day.
"The Queen Mother Dou sees His Majesty as a parent, and of course thinks that His Majesty is worthy of all the women in the world. She heard that so many people are sick, she will not think that they are all sick, she must be 'pretending to be sick', and she can't help giving His Majesty The tone is also normal."
He Mulan smiled, expressing that she could understand Empress Dowager Dou's thoughts.
"It's just that the twisted melon is not sweet. If Your Majesty doesn't have the idea of marrying so many women, it would be best to let him go to the palace."
Tuoba Tao nodded.
"The general election is such a rule, and they think I'm really a fool who will accept everyone!"
Tuoba Tao had already done his "homework" before he came, and had a general idea of where the sick women lived in the East Courtyard.
They didn't come in through the entrance, so the guards didn't notice it, which provided them a lot of convenience.
He Mulan and Tuoba Tao listened to the wall for a long time and did not hear any sound inside. He Mulan boldly pierced the window screen and looked inside...
It was empty inside, no one was there.
This time it was strange, Tuoba Tao and He Mulan looked at each other, walked out of this room quietly, and poked at the window screen of the other room, revealing the figure of a woman.
"This is... "
Tuoba Tao looked at it and lowered his voice excitedly: "This should be the girl from the Lu family Xingqi. The Cui family sent a woman into the palace, but the Lu family did not dare to refuse, so they sent her in too."
This time, Cui Hao chose his family's niece to enter the palace. Because Cui Hao started this, the Lu family and several other families did not dare to perfunctory the emperor, and they all sent distant girls or concubines from their families.
"The Lu family's Qiniang heard that she has been sick a lot since last year, and her originally promised marriage was dismissed because of this. His family could only send her to the palace, but she fell ill as soon as she entered the palace."
Tuoba Tao whispered to He Mulan.
"I think she seems fine, she doesn't look sick..."
He Mulan shook his head.
"She's standing now and can't explain anything. If she was seriously ill, she would have been sent out."
There is also a palace maid beside this Lu Qiniang. She is a female with five surnames. Of course, she cannot be allowed to do everything by herself. The palace maid was stuffed with a lot of things by the Lu family, and she did her best to serve her. Get up and walk around, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
"Qiniang, you're just sick, you can't blow the wind, you can get better by staying in bed more!"
Qiniang smiled bitterly and said, "It's not like you don't know my fault. Three points are because you caught a cold, and seven points are because I forcefully dragged it out. It's good or bad at this time, what's the difference!"
"The imperial doctor said that you have been worrying too much over the past year, and you need to take good care of yourself. It is not suitable for you to get sick again. I know you don't want to enter the palace, but if something happens in the palace, even I will lose my life!" The palace maid After all, he was a palace servant, so his face was not very good-looking on the spot.
"Since we promised Lu Shijun will try to let you out, you shouldn't sigh all day long."
"Of course I could go out, but now I'm so sick..."
Madam Lu Qi laughed at herself.
"So many people get sick all at once, and His Majesty is not a fool."
Tuoba Tao showed a strange look and looked at He Mulan.
"It looks like they don't want to marry me..."
He Mulan was about to open his mouth to comfort him, but suddenly something flew towards the place where He Mulan and Tuoba Tao were hiding!
Tuoba Tao and He Mulan were both warriors, and they quickly ducked when they saw something coming.
The thing fell on the ground and splashed the concoction all over the place, and the hot concoction flowed all over the ground, giving off an unpleasant smell.
"Who is sneaking around there!" After a familiar shout, a loud cry spread throughout the East Courtyard, "Someone! There are some young people who are spying on the good family!"
"Mu Yun, don't call!"
He Mulan was so frightened that he hurriedly pushed Tuoba Tao back, revealing his appearance and waving his hands indiscriminately.
"It's me! It's me!"
With such good skills and super vigilance, it is none other than Wang Muyun, the girl born to the prodigal son of the Wang family and the girl of the Yuwen family.
Wang Muyun was also surprised when he saw He Mulan.
"I said how can ordinary eunuchs flash so fast! It's you! What are you doing here?"
She didn't know what to think, so she couldn't help taking a breath: "You wouldn't have a sweetheart selected into the harem, and you want to elope with her? All the good family members who can enter the palace are the candidates for future concubines. Don't mess around!"
"What are you talking about!"
He Mulan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Of course I came to..."
"Sister Wang, what happened..."
When Lu Qiniang and the palace maid heard the movement outside, they immediately opened the door and looked out.
The palace maid was already in her twenties, and she seemed quite stable, but she was only slightly startled when she saw that it was an eunuch.
But when the girl behind her saw He Mulan's appearance, she was struck by lightning, her face was as white as golden paper, and before Wang Muyun opened her mouth to cover it up, Lu Qiniang screamed "it's him!" Fall down.
The palace maid reacted quickly and immediately supported her, but she could only prevent her from falling to the ground. Lu Qiniang was still stunned.
For a time, everyone was stunned, not knowing what to do.
When Wang Muyun saw it was He Mulan, he already regretted it, and when she saw Lu Qiniang, she was shocked and fainted, and she couldn't wait to scold He Mulan.
She stepped forward and grabbed Lu Qiniang. At this time, there were already a lot of noises outside. Obviously, although her voice did not disturb too many people, the neighbors and the healthy women who were protecting the safety of the place must know it. .
The palace maid looked at He Mulan, and then looked at Tuoba Tao, who was bowing his head behind He Mulan, "Mother Yun, what's going on?"
"Now is not the time to talk..." Wang Muyun pointed in the direction, "My room is still empty, you go and hide for a while! I'll go to you after I put them away."
She didn't shy away from the palace maid at all when she spoke. Obviously, the palace maid had already been bought by them, or she was simply a connection of the Wang family or the Lu family.
He Mulan was also determined, and immediately pulled Tuoba Tao and ran in the direction of the house she pointed. When they got to the front of the room, both of them laughed.
They just passed by this house, poked the window screen and wondered why there was no one there, it turned out to be the house of the Wang family girl!
He Mulan pushed open the door and entered, and Tuoba Tao also hid in. The two entered the room and closed the door, panting nervously.
The house was clean, with not many boxes or powders. There is only one violin hanging on the wall, which looks like a treasure.
It is very similar to Wang Muyun's style.
Tuoba Tao let go of what he had mentioned, and heard the voices of inquiries and answers outside. After being stunned for a while, he suddenly screamed!
"No! This is my East Palace, what am I hiding!"