"I want to disarm and return to the field."
He Mulan's eloquent words made the second elder of the Hua family and the other cadres speechless in shock for a long time, and they could only stare at her who had already made a decision at a loss.
The first to wake up was the flower father.
The simple old man nodded quickly when he heard the words: "I have been trying to persuade you to go back to your hometown! You have been wasted for so many years, and you have been injured all over. You are still young now. When you are old and sick, who will take care of you? ?"
He unconsciously touched his leg and nodded heavily: "Although your name is 'Mulan', we have never asked you to be rich and noble, we only hope that you are safe and happy. It's good for you to understand. Although this house is big, it is not our home, we will go home when you recover from your injuries!"
He Mulan didn't expect to be able to persuade Father Hua so easily, but instead looked a little surprised.
Hua Mu has never disobeyed her husband's opinions in her whole life. Even though she felt it was a pity to move out of the bustling capital, she also clearly understood that she was incompatible with the entire inner city.
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She also likes to have servants to help with housework, but when she dreams at midnight, she thinks of her own small courtyard, several large houses, and the fertile fields behind the house.
Comparing the two with each other, and thinking about the injuries and hardships that her daughter has endured in the army for her father for so many years, Yuan Shi couldn't help but blushed and nodded.
"Just go home when you go home. Anyway, your brother has already learned a lot of Chinese characters. It's not too difficult to ask a master to teach you when you go back to your hometown. This house... This house should be returned to the Great Khan, and I will hire someone after cleaning it every day. We can't afford to watch over our house..."
"I read books by myself."
Huamutuo's voice was a little hoarse when he started to change his voice, but his attitude was firm.
"You don't have to worry about me."
Yuan Shi was quite reluctant to live in this house, looked around at the large banquet hall, and touched the head of his son next to him, "When I go back, I don't want to go out anymore, I'm getting old, and I'm going to lose half my life. Your grandfather's former comrade-in-law's house has been wiped out, and the sister-in-law is too ill to raise the child, so there is only one daughter left. Take it over and raise it as your own daughter."
She looked at her son and didn't say that Hua's father was going to raise the girl as a daughter-in-law, but the people in the house should know what was going on, and should have told the girl that the Hua's family needed a daughter-in-law.
Although the sister-in-law of the Fang family is weak, her character is not weak, and the daughter she raised should be very good, but she is a mother after all, and she is unwilling to settle the marriage of her children without seeing the girl with her own eyes.
After all, she is raised as a daughter, even if her personality is not suitable, she will not lose her a thick dowry...
Thinking of this, Yuan Shi's nose started to sour again.
Mulan's dressing table, yellow flowers, rouge, those narrow skirts, and those good materials she deliberately left as a dowry, have been waiting for more than 20 years and have not been used by Mulan.
Yuan Fang, Na Luohun and others have a much more intense attitude than Hua Fu Hua Mu's approval.
"General, you said disarming and returning to the field, but have you ever thought about what the brothers would think?" Chen Jie hung half of his body outside the door, and really came back with "rolling and crawling".
"The brothers will think you don't want them anymore!"
"Not only that, more than 2,000 people in the Hu Ben army died in the yellow sand, and the wealth of this pension needs to be taken out by you, General." Yuan Fangqiang suppressed the urge to roar, and simplified the matter from the complicated: "You are disarmed and returned to the field. , the new generals of the Hu Ben army don't care about this old account, most of them are from military households, and they have no food and wages, if they don't even have pensions, I don't know how many people will be destitute..."
As soon as Yuan Fang's words were spoken, Father Hua's expression hesitated again.
His family has fought wars for generations, and he understands better than Hua Mulan what Yuan Fang's words mean. Hearing this, he hesitated and said, "Mulan, why don't you wait a little longer? Wait until these people are settled before retreating. It's not polite to leave like this!"
He Mulan glanced at Yuan Fang with a guilt-filled face, only to see Yuan Fang looking at her without hesitation, and continued: "More than 400 members of my Yuan family have been enslaved, and I have worked hard to take care of the family business for you. , in order to be able to rescue them one or two. Seeing that I will soon be rewarded for meritorious deeds, I may also have to leave the country. Once you leave, who will take over this mess?"
Every spring, officials and slaves will start buying and selling. Yuan Fang just hopes to save more money so that he can buy the older and younger houses of the Yuan family in the spring. Although he has no nationality, he has borrowed Hua Mulan's identity to buy some pastures and farms in the south, and is planning to let the people of his tribe live there as "errands".
In this world, once Hua Mulan is disbanded and returned to the fields, the local suzerain and noble family will not hesitate to occupy the fertile land and the pasture.
Yuan Fang was doing the work of the master bookkeeper, but in fact he was the hero, Kucao and logistics officer of the Hu Ben Army, and He Mulan's accountant, butler, and foreign manager. Even if Bei Liang lost so much, now He Mulan His family wealth has tripled compared to before, all thanks to Yuan Fang.
You're welcome to say that before Mrs. He came, Yuan Fang arranged what dishes would be eaten at General Huwei's mansion in the evening. She said that after disarming and returning to the field, it was natural for Yuan Fang to be angry.
He Mulan looked at Na Luohun.
"What about you? You stopped me too? I thought you understood my..."
"If Chief Huo doesn't want to fight, of course I can understand." When Luo Hun said that she was a woman, she was deeply worried for her. If she wanted to return to her hometown and live freely as a woman, Of course he wouldn't object.
but…
"However, I don't think that you can solve your current troubles by disarming your army and returning to the field. On the contrary, your troubles will become more and more..." Na Luohun said truthfully: "You are not that little soldier in the black camp now. Now, it's the head coach of the Hu Ben Army, a general who has a huge reputation in Montenegro. Your reputation is well known in all countries. No one can move you when you are a general. If you become a commoner, I am worried about your safety."
He paused and said uncomfortably, "Besides, Di Yefei... Will Di Yefei go crazy?"
He Mulan's face suddenly turned into a bitter face.
She had explained to Di Yefei that she was a woman before, but Di Yefei didn't believe it at all.
She couldn't show her integrity like Di Yefei was walking the birds in the tent. Since the other party didn't believe it at all and was willing to deceive herself, she couldn't do anything about it.
But she knew that Di Yefei had always regarded her as her target and tried her best to catch up with her. She even said to Di Yefei, "you catch up quickly". Now that the other party is about to catch up, she I said to Di Yefei irresponsibly, "Ah, I'm tired and don't want to run anymore, just run by yourself"...
In the warm room, He Mulan seemed to have sensed the icy aura brewing in Di Yefei's eyes, and couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.
Thinking about it this way, it seems really bad.
What's more, Di Yefei still has that kind of thought to himself...
Does this count as dumping each other twice
Seeing that the scene suddenly froze, and even He Mulan had a faint expression of collapse, Hua's father felt grief in his heart, and took his daughter's hand and clapped it.
"Mulan, don't worry, don't worry, let's take your time... You've been in the army for so many years, it doesn't matter how long the way home is, we'll solve it little by little, and one day we'll be able to go home."
He Mulan's eyes warmed as she watched Father Hua's old and rough hands pat on her equally rough palms.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, grandpa and mother are with you..."
Both hands, full of knife wounds and sword marks, and cocoons from various weapons, have witnessed the lives of two generations of military households.
Only military households understand the exhaustion of military households, and only military households understand the responsibility of military households.
Hua Mulan's words "I am more afraid of changing their lives than death" rushed into He Mulan's heart, hitting the depths of her heart, and she almost bent over in pain.
I'm more afraid of changing their lives than dying...
How could she have been ignorant
Why is she afraid of revealing her female identity? !
Why is she afraid that her brother will not be able to marry in the future? !
Why is she afraid that Hu Benjun and Da Wei will be insulted because of her gossip? !
What she was afraid of was that when the truth had to be revealed in an unbearable form, it would change their lives!
Feeling the temperature from Father Hua's thick palm, He Mulan, who had been holding on for a while, couldn't help but raise her head, letting the tears in her eyes flow wantonly across her faces, turning into a broken choking.
"Grandpa, I'm not afraid, I'm afraid you are afraid..."
Chen Jie and Na Luohun stood side by side, with endless grief in their eyes, they didn't know how to speak. Such a fragile Hua Mulan is too rare, and the rarity shocked them.
Yuan Fang closed his eyes. For the first time, he felt like the kind of bully who persecuted the good/family/women/women. It was he who forced He Mulan to use responsibility to restrain He Mulan and face how many fetters there were behind him.
However, he had no regrets.
Even if he knew that Hua Mulan was a woman, he never wavered in his desire to follow her. This was the charm of Hua Mulan's personality.
Momentary fragility will always pass, and the value of her life should never be weaving and farming in the countryside!
***
The news that "Hua Mulan was personally sent back to the General's Mansion by King Yingchuan" spread all over Beijing. In addition to worshipping people, He Mulan's help at midnight and Cui Hao's quick control of the situation were also important reasons.
At this point, many people owe He Mulan a favor. Because of their "deeds in pacifying the chaos", their children don't have to worry about their future background.
Therefore, when they knew that He Mulan had returned to the General's Mansion, a group of old foxes immediately deduced that He Mulan had never lost his holy grace, and the invitations and invitations from each family were immediately sent to the Huwei General's Mansion. , He Mulan was so shocked that he could only keep replying to explain that his shoulders were not yet healed, and he still needed to recuperate.
Since the transfer of yang energy, He Mulan's mind has always had the idea of disarming her army and returning to the field, as if her ambition and determination were also removed with the loss of strength. The successive victories and the peace of the world have become more intense.
But what Yuan Fang said is correct. She is not the Hua Mulan of the previous life. The Hua Mulan's military exploits in the previous life were fought bit by bit in the army. The fighting is the achievement of her subordinates who fought head-to-head.
And her merit is the collective merit obtained by leading the subordinates to "win the weak with the weak" and "catch the thief first". It is a miracle created by her personal courage to drive morale. She is a person herself. The symbol representing the largest of the "Hu Ben Army" is a completely inseparable part.
Even if she wants to disarm and return to the field, the Hu Ben army will be properly placed. Whether Gai Wu, Lu Shuihu, or more than 40 Rouran slaves in General Huwei's residence, including those convicted wives and sinners of the Yuan family, are all barriers that cannot be bypassed.
Even Yuan Shi asked her worriedly, what would the "lady" in the backyard do if she returned to her hometown? Will he be found and beaten to death by the wicked woman
How easy it was to make the decision to join the army for my father, now it has become extraordinarily difficult to quit.
"Hey… "
The night was as cold as water, and He Mulan looked up at the vast darkness full of thoughts, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
She seems to have seen her own dark future.
"Why is General Hua sighing?"
A gentle female voice appeared behind He Mulan, carrying a fragrance that floated out of her clothes.
There was no need to look back, He Mulan also knew who it was.
In her mansion, only a woman from a noble family would still not forget to take care of herself to the best of her ability at such a moment.
This is a skill that all women in the harem have to learn, because no one knows when that man will come, so everyone can only wear their shirts at all times, brandish their weapons, and show their best Perfect side.
"I'm thinking, I'm just too poor."
He Mulan didn't look back, just answered her question calmly.
"I need money everywhere. I thought I was very rich, but when I finish what I want to do, I really want to be an ordinary peasant woman, and maybe even Yueying and Dahong can't support them. live."
The war horses eat concentrated ingredients, otherwise they will lose fat. Yueying likes to eat expensive black beans. Although Dahong is not so extravagant, it also eats wheat and soybean materials, which are better than the rations of many poor people.
"General Hua is reminding me that I haven't paid for the room?" Mrs. He sat down leaning against the railing, covering her mouth with a chuckle: "Generals like you, even if you don't have money and silk, you will have the last battle." Wealth and honor are seeking in peril..."
Mrs. He made fun of Mulan's name with a pun.
"Yeah, begging for wealth at risk..." He Mulan turned around helplessly and looked at the graceful lady, "But what if I don't want to ask?"
After understanding what He Mulan said, Mrs. He's smile gradually solidified at the corner of her mouth, and she raised her eyes suspiciously to look at He Mulan: "General Hua has a bright future, but he has already expressed his desire to go?"
"Madam should know my secret." Otherwise, with Madam He's arrogance, it would be impossible to agree to go to a man's house for shelter, she would rather live on her own.
"Fakes are fakes after all. I originally joined the army to make a stable life for my family, but now I have become a problem for my family, and I always have to face this day."
"General Hua is always so free and easy."
Madam He stroked her arms and sighed.
"It's enviable..."
"what?"
He Mulan was startled.
"Your Majesty sent someone to send me a message, asking me to return to the palace as a female official to be a 'nanny', as long as I am willing to self-mutilate my appearance and get a birthmark on my face..." There was no resentment in Mrs. He's eyes, only helplessness." Is he always so cruel to us because we don't have the skills you have?"
At this point, Tuoba Tao did have a common problem with the emperors of this era. He Mulan couldn't say much, and could only be silent.
"He, don't even ask me if I want to go back..." Mrs. He covered her mouth in a funny way, but tears welled up in her eyes.
"How could he think that after being outside for a while, he would still want to go back to that prison? In such a terrifying place, even though he is alive every day, he feels like he is dead..."
"Perhaps, you can communicate with him once and tell him what you think." He Mulan said sincerely: "Your Majesty is often reasonable."
"I'm different from you, Mulan. You are a hero, someone who can bring victory and spoils to the country, what about us? In the harem, in addition to spending money, having children, and satisfying his lust, we can also give him What did I bring? I don't even have the qualifications to negotiate, so how can I ask him to give me anything? In his opinion, I have saved my life and can be a 'nanny', which is already very preferential treatment."
Mrs. He shook her head.
"That's why I envy you, Mulan. At least every word of yours has been listened to. He will worry about what you are thinking, what you are unhappy about, what you are sad about. He will give according to your efforts. The things you want, not the cloth, the jewelry, the things you don't care about forever."
"You don't want to go back?"
He Mulan suddenly felt something resonated with this woman.
"No, I'm just not reconciled."
Mrs. He was astonishingly beautiful even crying silently. The years did not cast any shadow on her, but made her even more thrilling. Women with stories are the most beautiful, and it is no wonder that Mrs. He, who is a dry-haired boy with her face covered, can be fascinated by it.
In this world, probably only Tuoba Tao, who is too hard-hearted towards women, can ruthlessly destroy such a beautiful face in exchange for a hard-working senior steward.
"I understand that it is best to go back. After all, I can't live under your protection forever. I have lived in the palace for almost half my life, and I don't even know how to live without the protection of others. Buy a How much cloth do I need to replace? How can I make money and make a living? Will my appearance cause trouble for me? Will I bring danger to my family?"
Mrs. He rarely had the opportunity to sit down and talk with He Mulan like this, but she always had to find an outlet for her long-suppressed emotions, which made her unable to help pour out her heart.
"Why don't I? I've been in the army for so long, and I don't know what to do with a normal daughter's family. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I look awkward when I wear women's clothes. Even if I get back my daughter's body, I probably still live like this. ." He Mulan touched her injured shoulder and said with a wry smile:
"Gossip is indispensable, but I don't want to see so many girls wasting my youth for me. Even for their reputation, they still have to reveal their identities."
"How wonderful, you are finally going to return to your life with an upright identity, but I have to remain anonymous for the rest of my life, pretending to be another person living in the place I hate the most."
Mrs. He chuckled lightly, and said in a somewhat self-sacrificing manner: "No, at least I still have one thought. When I go back, I can still see my son often, although they only regard me as a 'nanny'."
"Nanny..."
She gripped her heart tightly.
"Although Your Majesty treats the Empress Dowager like a mother, the only person who will always be there in your heart is Mrs. Du. The only one who can be buried with the late emperor is that Mrs. Du."
She, what is she
She was dead, and she couldn't even lie beside Tuoba Tao.
He Mulan was not sensitive to the relationship between men and women, but she still felt a deep love for Tuoba Tao from this lady.
Perhaps it was because the injury was too severe that this lady hid all her love under her submissive, gentle and reasonable appearance, and did not dare to show the slightest care and willfulness.
Only those who are favored are qualified to be willful, and it is normal for Mrs. He to be afraid and unwilling.
A hint of pity for Madam He rose in her heart, and He Mulan's lips opened and closed. She was dull and unsympathetic, and instinctively wanted to comfort the poor woman, but she didn't know what to say.
Looking at the bright moon rising high from the west, He Mulan suddenly remembered another queen who was completely different from Mrs. He. Although she brought untold sorrow to her and Hu Benjun, there is no denying that she is still one of the most outstanding women she has ever seen in this world.
"When I was on an envoy to Beiliang, I protected that young prince from Beiliang for a while." He Mulan suddenly talked about another topic.
Mrs. He had a quiet strength, she looked at He Mulan gently, which gave her the courage to continue talking.
"The Prince of Beiliang told me that the reason why Queen Meng never gave up on Juqu Mengxun is because Juqu Mengxun did what she promised her. The greatest love an emperor can give a woman is to let her love her. The son became the heir, eventually ascended the throne, and lived a happy and peaceful life after his death. Other than that, everything was a false promise."
He Mulan recited Juqu Bodhi's words, and then looking at Mrs. He, whose eyes suddenly widened, she couldn't help but continue to speak with emotion.
"The situation in our country is different from other countries. The death of your son and your mother has made many women who should have enjoyed the love of the emperor no longer feel the same unwillingness and fear as you. Such fear is engraved on every mission. In the heart of the Great Khan, they dare not put any affection into the women of the harem."
The fear of Tuoba Huang in the previous life appeared in He Mulan's heart. This seemed to be the strange circle of all emperors in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was also the nightmare of all women.
"Think about it, if His Majesty didn't bother to send you out of the palace, but he devoted all his love to you, how would he suffer now? He personally gave death to the person he loved, the mother of his own child, and also To face a child who looks like his lover? When Mrs. Du died, His Majesty was already familiar with human affairs, such pain and subsequent trauma cannot be healed by Empress Dowager Dowager."
He Mulan tried hard to imagine the way that His Majesty behaved in the world, and made an astonishing inference.
"To let His Royal Highness take the throne, let you become the Queen Mother and return to the palace, even if he still enjoys a noble status after his death, is already His Majesty's greatest love for you."
"Do not… "
Mrs. He's eyes gathered steam again, and she was stunned for a long time as if she couldn't believe it, and then she covered her face and cried.
"But, why... why are we to bear this... He is such a great man, except that he can't give us what we want most, he is almost the most perfect man in the world... why... why flesh and blood can never meet, why should To set such cruel rules..."
"Because women are not weak."
He Mulan smiled proudly and cheerfully.
"Because we are not weak! Although I am proud of many men with my strength, it is a bit untenable to say this, but I can still say this sentence firmly."
"Men oppress women precisely because they look forward to women's gentleness and tolerance, but at the same time they are afraid of women's power. If we are so weak as ants, why should our son and mother die? You will be afraid of it. An ant took your place, so you deliberately trampled it to death?"
Although He Mulan appeared as a man, she never forgot her identity as a woman, and she never acted and behaved as a man's values.
"Mrs. He, my battlefield is full of swords and arrows, and yours is not so peaceful. Outside the palace, you may be able to live very well and be very comfortable, but you will regret it all your life, because on your battlefield, you He has become a deserter. Since Daiguo, how many great khans without mothers have there been? If you leave, His Royal Highness will become the second His Majesty who does not know how to love, and treats women as those who reproduce offspring. The kind of person who objects."
He Mulan looked at Mrs. He, who raised her head and began to straighten her spine gradually.
"This world is really bad, but just being unwilling is not enough." He Mulan couldn't help grinning when he recalled Tuoba Tao's rhetoric, those lofty aspirations that he was willing to work with to change Wei.
"You have an opportunity that no one has ever had before you. Why don't you try to change the miserable future of the women in the harem?"
"What Your Majesty can't do, His Royal Highness may not be able to do it."
Snapped!
It was like some dark imprisonment suddenly shattered, and Mrs. He's eyes suddenly opened up, and she even stood up abruptly.
Yes, she is different. Compared with Mrs. Du who died, what is she unwilling to do? Just like Hua Mulan learned martial arts from a young age in order to protect herself and her family, she learned so many skills to survive in the harem since she was a child, didn't she want to give birth to the most qualified heir of this country, so that the country can continue in the best direction?
Who says fertility isn't an ability? With so many children, the one who gave birth to the strongest one and stood in the highest position, how could it not be the greatest pride of a woman
Her battlefield has never been different from Mulan's, and her battle robe is not the kind of armor that Mulan has.
She would only cry that Tuoba Tao didn't give her what she wanted. How could she have noticed the biggest fear in the hearts of the people around her, and then tried her best to heal the fear deep in their hearts
Mrs. He's eyes were terrifyingly bright, and she slowly gave He Mulan a big gift, so shocked that He Mulan took a few steps back, avoiding her heavily bowed forehead.
Mrs. He, who had figured out everything, aroused endless fighting spirit all over her body. She raised her forehead and said gratefully: "I finally understand why Your Majesty treats you so differently, General Hua, you are indeed worthy of everyone's trust. You said Well, unwillingness and tears can't change anything."
She looked up, and in her eyes was the enthusiasm and longing that she had found her goals and beliefs again.
"I may not be able to change Your Majesty, but I can make my son, my grandson face a better world. Thanks for your advice, I know what I should do."
There were even embarrassing tears on her face, but no matter how she looked, the current Mrs. He could not be equated with the "weak".
He Mulan can even be 100% sure that when Mrs. He hides her alluring appearance, she can still make countless people obsessed...
Because of her temperament, because of her firmness, it was completely different from before.
He Mulan even started to worry about Tuoba Tao, can he really handle the "awakened" Mrs. He? I'm afraid she is really "fully armed" now!
Mrs. He stood up slowly, bowed slightly, and smiled at He Mulan with her head sideways.
"General Hua, I'm going to regain my shirt and return to my battlefield. Are you sure you really want to leave?"
Although this voice was gentle, it was so deafening that He Mulan couldn't help his heart beating wildly.
He Mulan, who was still talking eloquently just now, covered her chest in astonishment, and she didn't dare to face this woman who was still crying.