Chapter 291: Princess Helian
He Mulan and Su Hejun were delayed for too long in the South Park, and when they changed their clothes and returned, it was already noon. The net is worth your collection...... Although the north is separated from the south, the relationship between the DPRK and China is complicated, and as soon as the news of outsiders breaking in from the south came out, the Xianbei people in the north also knew about it.
When they knew that it was Su Hejun of the waiting official Cao (the yamen of the Egret official) who led people to run errands, these children of the Xianbei clan immediately kept it secretive one by one, but privately they were speculating whether the women of the family in the south had a fancy to Tuoba Tao, otherwise why did Su and Jun go out, and they were not worried about being discovered at all.
Xianbei people actually admire the culture of the Han people very much, and even if they will be excluded by others, there are many Xianbei people who study Sinology, learn from Han people to wear Han clothes, and want to marry Han girls as wives. Several Tuoba clans revered the Han people to the point that they even wrote their own names in Chinese characters, not called "Tuoba X", but "Yuan X", thinking that they were elegant.
In fact, many Xianbei people don't want to marry Han Gaomen, but people just don't look down on them, only a few intermarriages, and most of them don't end well.
But if the Han people are willing to marry a daughter or a Xianbei woman, not to mention anything else, the Xianbei clan who is queuing up to marry can probably go all the way to the city gate, and a large number of people who are willing to scatter their wealth to marry the heirs of the family.
For a while, many Xianbei children were itching in their hearts, and they were counting on Tuoba Tao to play an "exemplary and leading" role, as long as Tuoba Tao could marry a girl with five surnames, then they would be able to have a model, so they dared to be cheeky and go to each family to try to ask for marriage.
Now it is different from the period of the first emperor and the dynasty, and a large number of Xianbei and Han people have long intermarried, and the nobles are holding it up, covering it up, and no one is willing to take the first step.
At this moment, everyone's expressions looking at Su Hejun and He Mulan were even more complicated. Some people even speculated wildly whether Tuoba Tao wanted to let Hua Mulan and Cui Hao turn their rivalry into jade silk, and wanted to ask him to marry a Cui family girl, otherwise why did Su Hejun have to take Hua Mulan to show his face?
Su Hejun didn't know what they were thinking, maybe they couldn't guess and didn't bother to pay attention, they helped Dugunuo cause a lot of trouble, Su Hejun really had the heart to scold his mother, He Mulan also knew that he had caused trouble to Su Hejun, and Su Hejun was very strange about Wang Muyun, so that she didn't have the previous conversation and laughter.
This qiē lasted for a short time, because when noon was approaching, Empress Dowager Dou came.
Empress Dowager Dou is a very legendary woman, her family is a wealthy family in Hunyuan, when she was young, the family built a cemetery against the rules that should be, this was originally done secretly by many people, in order to live more comfortably for the ancestors, dig a few more feet, use a few more good boxwood, originally as long as no one reports, no one cares.
But the Empress Dowager Dou's family was originally a big family, naturally caused a lot of red eyes, as soon as this matter was turned out, it immediately caused trouble, this kind of thing can always be big or small, her family caused a big disaster, the first emperor was often unwell at the time, and he was most afraid of this kind of thing, so her father-in-law who was buried in her family was whipped, and the husband and men in the family were all executed, and she and her two daughters survived and were sent to the palace as official maids.
The identity of a prisoner like Dou is very low even among officials and maids, but she was born in a big family, she was originally noble and moderate, and she has been the head of the family for many years, and everyone who has seen her knows that she will not be a prisoner for too long.
Sure enough, Dou's literacy and hyphenation, quiet personality, and steady and sophisticated, soon won the attention of many concubines, and also received praise from top to bottom in the palace, even the first emperor Tuoba heir was curious and summoned her to meet her.
Dou's "pure conduct, advance and retreat with courtesy" made Tuoba Tao stay, Tuoba Tao, who was not the prince at that time, was already a sure candidate for heir, Du Concubine had long admired Dou's character, and cried and begged Tuoba to give Dou to Tuoba Tao as a nanny, and Dou came to Tuoba Tao's side.
Tuoba Tao was made the crown prince at the age of twelve, his mother died, and Dou took over the mother's position. She is benevolent by nature, and Tuoba Shou is like her own son, Tuoba Tao has been favored like a mother with Dou, and has established a deep relationship with her because of Dou's Han identity, and has a great good impression of Sinology and Han people, and also has great trust in Hanchen, which is all due to Dou's contributions.
After Tuoba Tao ascended the throne, he named the Empress Dowager Dou as the "Empress Dowager Bao", and within a few years, she simply changed from "Empress Dowager Bao" to "Empress Dowager", and was as filial as her mother. Every time he went out on an expedition, the tiger talisman that mobilized the defense of Gyeonggi was handed over to the Empress Dowager Dou, and everyone knew that the Empress Dowager Dou could mobilize tens of thousands of troops at any time.
And now He Mulan followed Su Hejun to greet this legendary figure, but what he saw was just an old lady with a very good bearing, she had gray hair, she looked about fifty years old, she didn't need to be supported when she walked, and her clothes were very plain, only with a Xianbei official hat on her head, showing her identity.
Hua Mulan saw the Empress Dowager Dou many times before resigning, when she accompanied the driver in the fifth year of Taiyan (five years before the resignation) to go to the Liang Kingdom, Rouran Khan Wu Ti once followed his father's example, led the army to attack the Great Wei, has gone far south, everyone hopes that the Empress Dowager Dou takes refuge with the prince, but the old man reprimanded the generals who stayed behind are "cowards", and personally picked up the sword and commanded the chief of the air force, Sun Daosheng and others to lead the troops to resist the Rouran people, and soon repelled the Rouran people.
At that time, Hua Mulan was a famous general of Ke Rouran, and was ordered to lead the troops back from the Western Front, and the Rouran people had already been beaten back before they reached the front line, and after being received by the Empress Dowager Dou, they led the troops to Liangguo again.
As for before resigning, Empress Dowager Dou also asked her if she would like to stay in the palace, if she would like her to help her find a suitable marriage, etc., Hua Mulan had the impression that she was a very generous and kind old man, and now the fifty-year-old Empress Dowager Dou is still an old lady who looks generous and tolerant.
He Mulan was looking at the Empress Dowager Dou, but she didn't expect the Empress Dowager Dou to be looking at her.
Tuoba Tao never hid anything from the Empress Dowager Dou, and naturally told the Empress Dowager Dou that Mulan was a woman. Empress Dowager Dou herself is an insightful woman, and naturally she will not have any unusual feelings for her because Mulan is a woman, but she regards Tuoba Tao as her son and Tuoba Huang as her grandson, and naturally has the temperament of all old people, that is, she hopes for the best of her own.
Tuoba Tao didn't have any love for Hua Mulan, and Empress Dowager Dou didn't think it was interesting for such a woman to compete for favor in the harem.
Her own adopted son she knows that Tuoba Tao likes plump girls with plump/breasts/fat/buttocks, it is best to be gentle and generous, the more beautiful the better, he is very direct, he doesn't love you and me.
Waiting for Tuoba Tao to have no good fruit here, Empress Dowager Dou was thinking about whether a woman like Hua Mulan was suitable to be a "nanny", Tuoba Huang was almost a year old, according to Tuoba Tao's meaning, the matter of establishing a reserve will be announced after the New Year next year, Mrs. He is definitely going to die, but the nanny candidate has not yet been decided.
Although Hua Mulan can fight, there are too many people in Great Wei who can fight, but there is only one person in this world who can be a "mother" to the future emperor.
Whether this "mother" does well or not is directly related to the future of this country, and it is much more important than a general who can fight.
Tuoba Tao didn't seem to mean this, but Empress Dowager Dou herself was born as a nanny, and she knew how difficult it was to sit in this position, and how difficult it was to raise a prince safely. The nanny of the Xianbei people is almost no different from her own mother, and it is also possible to walk inside and outside the palace, so this position can only be held by a trustworthy person.
She is now in her fifties, and she doesn't know how long she can live, and it is impossible to take care of her grandchildren all the time, so she can only hope that there will be a smart and clever person who can protect her grandchildren and grow up well.
But Tuoba Tao's harem really couldn't find anyone with ordinary identities and outstanding abilities, and those prisoners had resentment and didn't dare to use it, so the matter stalled.
Empress Dowager Dou had such thoughts about Mulan, and when she saw He Mulan, she considered it extraordinarily.
He Mulan felt that Empress Dowager Dou looked at her a few more times, but she didn't pay much attention to it, she just thought that she came with Su Hejun, so she would be taken seriously.
But with the appearance of the Empress Dowager Dou and the greeting of everyone, the Empress Dowager Dou smiled and asked someone to invite a few girls out, which set off another round of discussion.
"Princess Wuwei, Princess Shiping, Princess Xihai......"
A number of wolf leaders led their younger brothers and a number of people to stand behind the crowd, looking at the princesses who Empress Dowager Dou asked the palace people and guards to escort the princesses who walked inside, and their eyes widened in shock.
"Why are several princesses to be married coming out? Didn't you keep your relatives? ”
There are not many Tuoba Tao sisters, and there are only a few who can win over the identities of other countries, and this time they are already the most suitable ones, Princess Wuwei is only fourteen years old, and she was also brought out.
The daughters of the other clans and several other princesses all went in with Nana, and then they followed the other palace people inside. When all the Tuoba Xianbei girls went in, another girl came out behind the Empress Dowager Dou, and the strange thing was that the Empress Dowager Dou treated every girl in the Tuoba clan before, whether it was a princess or not, she didn't show a special intimacy, but she held the girl's hand alone and walked steadily into the garden.
He Mulan was accompanying Su Hejun to secretly protect the Empress Dowager Dou and his party, and he was very close to the position of the Empress Dowager Dou, and when he saw the girl's appearance, he couldn't help but exclaim.
At the same time, it was not only He Mulan who exclaimed, but also a number of wolf heads and a number of people who had been close to Tuoba Tao, who couldn't help but look at the beauty carefully, feeling that their eyes were wrong.
"Brother, am I mistaken, that is indeed that Zhao Huangmen, right? Or his sisters? Several people rubbed their eyes, he had been in Mulan's medical tent for so long, and he was opposite Zhao Mingming, so he naturally recognized his face.
"Maybe it's a sister, but a sister of a eunuch, where is it worth holding the hand of Empress Dowager Dou......"
Some wolf heads touched their chins, and there was a thoughtful look in their eyes, "Could it be a woman dressed as a man?" No, even if it is an ordinary palace maid, it is not worth seeing Empress Dowager Dou like this. And judging by her costumes, she is even higher than the girls of the clan, and not worse than those authentic princesses......"
His eyes widened.
Isn't it some princess in distress in the Xia Kingdom?
The people who came to greet the Empress Dowager Dou were all from the Xianbei clan, and the first one was the eldest daughter of the Buliu family, who was now twenty-two years old, but not yet married. She accompanied her family into the palace and often saw the Empress Dowager Dou, and she was not afraid, she took a few steps forward and asked with a sweet smile: "Which sister is this, so beautiful?" Could it be that there is still a princess hidden in His Majesty? ”
Empress Dowager Dou brought her here to let her identity go on a clear path, and when Buliu Gujia asked, she immediately patted the back of Helian Mingzhu's hand soothingly, and said in a voice that everyone could hear.
"This is the fourth daughter of King Helian, Princess Mingzhu. When the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, there was chaos in the palace, and the palace people and Princess Mingzhu switched identities, and the palace maid was given to General Di Ziyu Di instead of Princess Mingzhu, and Princess Mingzhu was sent to me as a palace person. Now that Pingyuan Gong misses his sister and wants to take her back, no matter how much I like her as an old woman, I can't delay her and her family, so I have to let her return to her rightful identity. ”
She never exaggerated her words, and she has always been convincing, although there are many things to cover up, but everyone is not a fool, and they will not poke the unfinished words of the Empress Dowager Dou in person.
Everyone knows that the Plains Duke of Xia established himself as the emperor and seized the Western Qin, many people think that he is a rare hero in the world, according to Helianding's status, Empress Dowager Dou called him "Helian King" or "Pseudo Emperor", but she still called him as the duke who was loyal to Emperor Xia when Helianding, naturally because there were changes in it.
The most likely thing is that Helian Ding has secretly surrendered to the Wei State, and the Empress Dowager Dou and Tuoba Tao want to use the matter of Princess Helian to sit down at this time, forcing Helian Ding to change from secretly surrendering to openly surrendering, and dispelling the idea of trying to shake Helian Ding.
But all the smarter people immediately put on a happy look, sincerely welcomed Helian Mingzhu, and praised her as if she was a fairy in the sky, and surrounded her affectionately, but she was even more enthusiastic than the Tuoba Xianbei princesses who entered in front of her.
Only He Mulan was so frightened that his heart was confused, and he looked at Helian Mingzhu speechless.
Helian Mingzhu was dressed in a dress, she originally had a beauty of 80 points, and her appearance belonged to the type of Chinese costumes, this dress suppressed many Xianbei girls, and when she looked at He Mulan, she didn't show a familiar or guilty expression, but just nodded lightly to He Mulan.
"This ...... What's going on? Isn't she Zhao Ming? ”
He Mulan suddenly turned his head to look at Su Hejun.
"Hahahaha, Your Majesty and I just wanted to see your frightened expression, so we deliberately didn't tell you Zhao Ming's identity, we were right to conceal it, your face is really wonderful!"
Su Hejun smiled extremely brightly.
"I know you may know that Zhao Ming is a woman, but you didn't guess that her identity is wrong, right? I remember she still running out of your tent crying, hahahaha, did you order another rotten peach blossom? ”
He Mulan was dumbfounded, and then saw that Empress Dowager Dou was holding Helian Mingzhu's hand and went in, and hurriedly followed. As for Su Hejun's joke, she could only lower her voice and ask why.
Only a few people screamed that something was wrong after hearing Helian Mingzhu's identity.
"Ouch, is she a woman? It's no wonder that the fire chief was willing to let her serve the toilet, but he wanted to beat us up......" Some people remembered the scene at that time.
He originally thought that although he was embarrassed, there was a eunuch who had done the same thing as him, and since the fire chief was not uncomfortable, he probably didn't need to mind.
But now this fake man has become a real woman, and ......
As long as he thought that he had worn the same pants with Huo Chang, and his brother had also worn the same pants with Huo Chang, and he also put his nose next to the clay pot to smell if there was any smell and wanted to pee on Huo Chang, he suddenly had a broken brain, and he had no consciousness.
"How many? Idiot? What happened to you? ”
Some wolf heads slapped his brother on the head.
"Brother, you said that if I looked at a girl's legs and put on my pants for her, I almost helped her ......" He couldn't tell about peeing, and after a pause, he continued, "Uh...... Am I going to ......?"
Charge?
Unexpectedly, the faces of some wolf heads suddenly became gloomy, patting his younger brother's head suddenly turned into grabbing his pigtails, and asked sharply: "Did you go to a place that is not indiscriminate and was designed by someone?" Whose girl did you provoke in Pingcheng? ”
He pulled some people to their tiptoes and screamed in pain.
"Tell me quickly!"
"Brother, help, I'm just asking! Ahhh Let me go!! ”