"Mao Xianxian is Concubine Yi's own brother? This lady is moving so fast, General Ben just ordered his dismissal from his military position yesterday and put him in prison, and Niangniang got the news so quickly? Hua Mulan was very puzzled, could it be that someone around her had sent a message to Concubine Yi?

Wu Dade, who joined the army, has been thinking about getting closer to Mulan in the past two days, he is a Han man, he has no power to rely on, he wants to be promoted or gain a firm foothold in the army, he can only rely on Mulan at present, and Hua Mulan is not afraid of the powerful and decisive, and he admires a series of actions that he is not afraid of.

He immediately stood up and clasped his fists at Mulan and said, "General, there must be someone in the army who has eaten inside and spread the news outside!" The last general asked for a thorough investigation of the matter, and the inner ghost was found out and severely punished, otherwise if the inner ghost was allowed to leak the military information of our army during the war, wouldn't our army be in danger? ”

Hua Mulan turned her head to look at Wu Dade, she was quite surprised to show her goodwill so quickly, but since people were interested in joining her, she couldn't turn her away, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you to investigate!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ni's face became even more gloomy when he saw it beside him, and he reminded Hua Mulan again: "General Hua, immediately release Mao's offering, this is Concubine Yi's will!" ”

"Will? What will? An inner palace lady can also give orders to the chief general of the first army, shouldn't this Dawei be messed up? I, Mulan, are only loyal to the emperor and the Great Wei Dynasty, and the others give orders, so I don't know what to do! ”

Zhao Ni's face was blue and white and red for a while when Hua Mulan said this, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Hua Mulan continued: "Father-in-law Zhao, please go back and tell Concubine Yi Niangniang, over the years, Mao has been greedy for a total of 736 gold and 3,600 yuan, in addition, he has also resold a large number of ordnance armor, General Ben estimates that the ordnance armor resold by him is worth no less than 5,000 gold, and at present, General Ben is sending someone to investigate this matter, before this case is clear, no one wants to fish him out!" ”

"Okay, good, I didn't even give my mother's face, you can do it!" Zhao Ni was so angry that he shook off the dust and left after speaking.

Hua Mulan looked at Zhao Ni's back and said suspiciously: "General Ben is a little strange, Mao Xianxian is the younger brother of Concubine Yi, he is just a quartermaster in the army, who is not in a high position among the maidens in the palace?" Why did this Mao's sacrifice get mixed up so badly? ”

The deputy general Zhen clasped his fists and said: "General, the general knows about this matter, it is said that Concubine Yi Niangniang and Mao Xianxian are not the same mother, but half-siblings. Concubine Yi's mother is just a Han concubine of Mao's father, and her mother was born as a singer, and she is very unpopular in Mao's family, and before Concubine Yi is married to His Majesty, their mother and daughter were bullied at home······"

Mulan heard this: "I see! By the way, how is Concubine Yiniang? ”

"This last general is not clear, it is said that Concubine Yi gave birth to a prince and a princess for His Majesty, one is two years old, and the other is only a few months."

Another poor woman! Hua Mulan sighed in her heart, according to the ancestral system of the Northern Wei Dynasty, if the prince is made the crown prince, his mother must be given death, or a cup of poisonous wine, or a white silk, this cruel and terrible system has been used once in Chinese history except for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, the Northern Wei Dynasty used it the most.

Hua Mulan, who had been busy with military affairs for a day, returned to the back hall of the government office, and two female soldiers unloaded her armor and weapons.

Jing Xin walked over and took the helmet from Mulan's hand and hung it on the wall and asked, "Miss, the hot water and dinner are ready, do you want to bathe first or eat dinner first?" ”

"Let's take a bath first, my body is full of stinky sweat, sour, and smells bad!" Mulan stretched her limbs and said.

Jingxin smiled and said: "Miss said that you are laughing, those stinky men are stinky sweat, Miss, you are fragrant sweat!" ”

Hua Mulan walked to a special bathing room, a large wooden basin had been placed in the hot water, she took off her clothes and walked in, her body was surrounded by hot water and felt very comfortable.

"Miss, my uncle sent a letter, it was delivered before dark, and I brought it to you!" Jing Xin walked into the room with a letter and said.

Hua Mulan hurriedly stretched out her hand: "Hurry up and bring it!" ”

She lay in the bathtub, leaned against the wall of the bathtub and opened the letter to read it word by word, and as soon as she read the first sentence, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In the letter, Zhao Junsheng described his thoughts about her in humorous language, and described what he had done since he arrived in Youzhou in the form of distressed, funny and whining language, and now he has successfully collected the military power of Fanyang County and Yan County, leaving only Feng Yuyang, the general of Zhenbei of Yuyang County, and his 5,000 soldiers and horses have not yet been subdued, but he is trying to find a way to make Feng Yu submit.

Mulan read the letter three times in a row, laughing once each time.

The water was already cold, and Mulan put away the letter, got up and put on her clothes.

After dinner, he knelt at the desk, spread out a blank piece of paper on the desk, picked up a pen and began to write a reply to Zhao Junsheng.

In the courtyard, the palace of Concubine Yi, the candles burned, illuminating the palace.

A richly dressed concubine knelt behind the desk and finished eating, a palace maid brought mouthwash and put it aside, and the beautiful concubine rinsed her mouth and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

This concubine is Concubine Yi, she has her mother's surname Yue, Yue is actually a woman of Tuoba heir, after Tuoba Hei died, Tuoba Tao succeeded to the throne, and included her in his palace, Tuoba Tao has too many women, he died before he could enjoy Yue, Tuoba Jian succeeded to the throne and took his father and brother's women to enrich his inner palace.

Yue's is also lucky, her age is thirty-five years old this year, she is a very mature woman in the palace, and it is precisely because she is a beautiful witch that Tuoba Jian took a fancy to her at a glance, Tuoba Jian likes mature and beautiful women, he is just like this, no one can help it.

At this time, another palace maid walked in and made a blessing to the beautiful concubine: "Niangniang, the superintendent Cao Ling Zhao Ni asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ni walked in with the dust, hunched over and the old dragon clock, stood still in front of the beautiful concubine, and bent his waist even more: "The old slave has seen Concubine Yi, Niangniang Jin'an!" ”

Concubine Yi looked up at Zhao Ni and asked, "Zhao Ni, but you are here for the younger brother who is not a weapon in this palace?" ”

"Exactly! The old slave went to see Mulan, but ······ She refused to let go, and the old slave finally had to bring out her identity as a mother, but she still didn't buy it, this Mulan was so hateful that she didn't even give her mother's face! ”

"Oh?" Concubine Yi was not shocked, her expression was indifferent: "What did she say?" ”

Zhao Ni said: "Hua Mulan said that there are more than 730 gold in the money that Mao family sacrifices for greedy ink, and the ordnance and armor he resold are worth at least 5,000 gold, which is huge and cannot be released." She also said that she was only loyal to the emperor and Da Wei, and if everyone else could give her orders at will, wouldn't the world be in chaos? ”

Concubine Yi showed surprise on her face when she heard this, "I don't want her to be a woman with such insight and courage, no wonder she can be a woman and worship the general!" ”

Zhao Ni waited on the side, and didn't see Concubine Yi have any other orders, so she couldn't help asking: "Niangniang, ······ about this?"

Concubine Yi waved her hand: "You go down first, and then think about it in this palace!" ”

"Yes, the old slave is leaving!"

After Zhao Ni left, the palace maid next to her couldn't help but say to Concubine Yi: "Niangniang, this Mulan is too ignorant of lifting, Niangniang sent Zhao Ni over to intercede with her, but she ignored it, isn't it clear that she doesn't take Niangniang in her eyes?" ”

"Okay, this palace has its own considerations in this matter! This younger brother of this palace, hmph, should let him suffer some hardships! ”

In fact, Concubine Yi was full of resentment towards Mao Xian, thinking about how many hardships and sufferings their mother and daughter had suffered in Mao Xian's house, all of which were caused by Mao Xian and his mother, remembering the scene when her mother starved to death that winter, she wanted to cut their mother and son with a thousand knives.

It's just that she is now Concubine Yi, and many people are watching her every move, and if she makes a slight mistake in the palace, she may fall into a situation from which she will never recover, not to mention that she has two children, and she has to think about her two children.

"This Zhao Ni will only tend to be inflammatory, but he has no ability at all, he didn't even understand the meaning of this palace, but he wanted to rescue that bastard, what is the use of this kind of person? actually relied on the whiskers to pat the horse to do the prison Cao Ling, Tuoba Tao is really blind dog's eyes, hum! ”

Early the next morning, Concubine Yi had just finished breakfast and was teaching the prince.

A palace maid came to report: "Niangniang, the prince of Mao's family asks to see!" ”

"My father?" Concubine Yi was stunned for a moment, and she immediately understood that her grandfather must have come for Mao's dedication.

Concubine Yi thought about it, if she didn't see it, outsiders would definitely say that she forgot her mother's family when she became a mother, which was not good for her reputation, so she had to say to the palace maid: "Please come in with my father!" ”

"No!"

Soon, a middle-aged strong man with a big belly full of fat walked in and saluted Concubine Yi: "The old minister Mao Clan Hall sees Concubine Yi!" ”

"No courtesy, flat!"

"Xie Niangniang!"

Concubine Yi waved her hand to let the palace maids and eunuchs go out, and then got up and made a blessing to Maojiatang: "My daughter has seen my father!" ”

Mao Mourning Hall hurriedly said: "Daughter, don't talk about these politeness, you better hurry up and find a way to save your unsuccessful brother!" My father heard yesterday that he had been subjected to a heavy punishment, so he went to visit the prison overnight, and only then did he know that he was no longer human, his flesh and blood were blurred, and there was no more than half of his life left! If you don't find a way to save him, I'm afraid that this life will be lost in the cell! ”

Speaking of this, the old man of Maoyutang burst into tears, grabbed Concubine Yi's hand and said: "Daughter, because your father knows that Your Majesty is very kind to you, you can ask Your Majesty for mercy and let Your Majesty issue an order to release your brother!" ”

Concubine Yi's face was a little unsightly, "Father, you still don't know Your Majesty, Your Majesty's favor to your daughter is true, but if your daughter is proud of her favor with this favor, it won't be long before she loses her holy favor!" Do you know how many women in this palace compete with their daughters for favor? Your Majesty is not short of a woman, do you understand? ”

"What then? Do you want to watch your brother die in prison? You are such a younger brother, such a daughter for a father! Mao Hangtang kept wiping away tears.

Concubine Yi wished that Mao was dying in prison, and this younger brother had no affection for her sister.

She comforted Maoyutang and said, "Father, don't worry, my daughter will immediately find a royal doctor to go to Laurie to treat her brother's injuries, and she will definitely save his life!" According to his daughter, he should be made to suffer a little, to see if he dares to be so greedy! Do you know what the person sent by my daughter said when he came back? My younger brother was greedy for money and resold the ordnance soldiers, and the money he got reached five or six thousand gold! Let him sober up in prison and let him know what he has done! ”

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