[The Legend of Mulan] Daughter Love

Now the whole Rouran is becoming more and more prosperous under the rule of Datan Khan. It dominates the north and south of the desert.The surrounding Gaoche, Khitan, Xiongnu and other tribes, as far as the Western Regions and the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, all surrendered to Rouran.

Living in the vast prairie, the people of Rouran lived on animal husbandry and depended on the sky for food. Once natural disasters occurred, countless cattle and sheep were killed and injured, and the people of Rouran had to live a life of hunger and cold.Therefore, Rouran plundered the food and property in Wei's territory, and fought with Wei State for years. Although they lost more than they won, they would always gain something by constantly disturbing the border.

The people of Rouran and the people of Wei have had many enmities during the successive years of conquest.But at this moment, there was a girl from Wei State in Rouran Royal Court. She shuttled between the tents and walked into a tent that was smaller than Khan's big tent.This is the tent of Wu Ti, the great prince of Rouran, but tonight the Great Khan hosted a banquet for the special envoy who paid tribute to Gaoche, and the prince is not in the tent at the moment.

As it was getting late, she warmed the milk tea she had prepared on the stove, and sat on the side couch in the tent to start working.Different from ordinary Rouran girls, she has a pair of naturally dexterous hands. In her memory, she learned embroidery in her hometown in Wei State, but after a few years, she has long since given up embroidery. However, she can sew clothes and sew accessories with fur. But it has become a craft.

She is Zhiqing who was bought from the market by Prince Wu Ti three years ago. Her current name is Li Duo, who was picked up by Wu Ti.Most of the maids who can serve in the royal court of Khan are aristocratic women, and those who are slightly worse are also from commoner background. For Zhiqing, who was bought from outside and was going to be a slave, it is not unreasonable to be able to gain a foothold in the tent of Prince Wu Ti. hardships.

In the past three years, she has been careful every day. When being squeezed out by other maids, she knows that only the prince's trust and love can keep her in the royal court and avoid living a life of slavery or worse.Fortunately, she is talented and intelligent, not only has the unique softness and beauty of Central Plains women, but also has learned the folk customs of Rouran women's horseback riding and archery. As long as His Highness Wu Ti likes it, Zhiqing will quietly learn it.It is precisely because of this unknown effort that now, she has become the most trusted maid by Prince Wu Ti's side.

But all efforts are just for survival.Under the bright moonlight outside the tent, the tranquility of the grassland at night is reflected.The oil lamp illuminated the entire big tent, and Zhiqing stroked a handful of prairie wolf's tail hair without distraction, and His Highness Wu Ti said that he wanted to use it as an ornament on the knife.

The curtain was pulled open forcefully, Wu Ti walked in with a sullen face, sat on the couch angrily, and patted the table next to him, "Duo Lun is getting more and more excessive, he always shames me in front of Father Khan , this time in front of Gaoche people!"

Zhiqing shook her head silently, stood up and poured a cup of milk tea to Wu Ti.Wu Ti looked at the bronze cup in front of him, and his anger dissipated.Seeing that his expression softened slightly, Zhi Qing asked softly: "What exactly caused His Highness to lose his temper?"

Wu Ti pouted, "It's not Duo Lun..."

It turned out that at the banquet just now, Gao Che's special envoy wanted to toast Wu Ti, but Duo Lun wanted to compete with the special envoy, and ended up drinking the other party down. After all, he didn't drink the wine to His Highness Wu Ti.This is actually nothing, anyone who knows Prince Duo Lun knows that he sometimes likes to tease people and jokes, but Prince Wu Ti is only one year older, and the two often refuse to give in to each other, so it is inevitable that they will be angry.

Although His Highness Wu Ti is a bit indecisive in major matters, as a prince, he is agile and capable of fighting, and he also has the natural blood of Rou Ran.It's a pity that compared with the talented Prince Duolun, he is slightly inferior.However, he has his strengths, he does things safely and does not take risks, but under the halo of his younger brother all the year round, he has less confidence in himself, and he always likes to make trouble with his smart and kind brother.

He is pretty good to the people below, and he doesn't often use his status as a prince to oppress others, but when he is angry, it's best not to provoke him, otherwise, he will definitely fly into a rage.

Wu Ti drank a cup of horse milk tea, and most of his anger has subsided.His temper comes and goes quickly. Although he always quarrels with Prince Duo Lun, he doesn't hold grudges, but occasionally he will get into the horns and lose his temper.

"His Highness Wu Ti, although His Highness Duo Lun was wrong this time, you didn't mean to let him go before, so that Da Khan would be happy." Zhiqing persuaded softly.

Wu Ti was stunned, and seemed to have just remembered what he said before, "Li Duo, look at me, when I get angry, I forget all the previous decisions. Duo Lun has this ability."

"His Royal Highness Duo Lun has a child's heart at times. His Highness Wu Ti should not be as knowledgeable as him."

"You're right, Li Duo. Last time Father Khan gave each of us a horse, I asked Duo Lun to choose first, and Father Khan even praised me for it."

"So, Da Khan is willing to see the two of you get along well, why don't you satisfy Da Khan's wish?" Zhiqing said with a smile while hanging the finished wolf tail hair ornament on Wu Ti's saber Ask him to have a look.

Wu Ti smiled slightly when she saw it, but quickly frowned again, "I'm not only angry because of drinking, He Hong has been staring at Duo Lun all night, and she didn't even look at me. Why is it that in her eyes? I can never compare to Duo Lun! Li Duo, you are always the best, can you make He Hong look at me differently?"

Mu Yun, the maid next to Da Khan, came from a bad family background, and because of Da Khan, he was able to stay in the royal court. Because of the sympathy for each other, Zhiqing took advantage of this to build friendship with her and helped Wu Ti guess what Da Khan liked.But Zhiqing had nothing to do with Wu Ti's childhood sweetheart, He Hong, the prime minister's daughter. She knew that He Hong liked Duo Lun since she arrived in the royal court, so it might be impossible for her to look at Wu Ti differently.

"His Highness Wu Ti, it is not easy to please Miss He Hong. We have to think long-term."

"Think about it in the long run..." Wu Ti looked disappointed, he sank on the couch, and stood up abruptly, "I'll go out for a walk, if you have nothing to do, you should rest early."

"Yes, Your Highness Wu Ti." Seeing the person walk out of the tent, Zhi Qing breathed a sigh of relief, tidied up, and prepared to return to her small tent.

When she came out, she saw Wu Luohou standing quietly outside the tent. He was the chief guard of His Highness Wu Ti, why didn't he follow. "His Highness Wu Ti alone?"

Wu Luohou looked into the distance expressionlessly, "Your Highness won't be followed, he just rides around on horseback."

Zhiqing nodded slightly, then returned to her own residence.

After a night of no dreams, she got up and waited just after dawn the next day, preparing to serve His Highness Wu Ti for breakfast.About half an hour later, Wu reminded him, and Zhiqing brought someone in to prepare the washing utensils for him, and then placed some pastries and mare's milk on the table.

Just after Wu Ti had breakfast, Prince Duolun ran in excitedly. "Wu Ti, I'm going hunting, will you go?"

"I lost to you in hunting last time, do you still want to see my jokes this time?" Wu Ti stabbed with a bad expression.

Duo Lun smiled indifferently, "It's just for fun, why are you so serious, and I have an appointment with He Hong, will you come or not?"

Wu Ti was a little moved, but he had already rejected it just now, and now he couldn't save face and retorted.Zhiqing relieved him, "Your Highness Wu Ti, you have nothing important to do today, why don't you just accompany His Highness Duo Lun?"

"Alright then." Wu Ti readily agreed, and quickly stood up.

"Li Duo, do you want to go with us?" Duo Lun asked again with a smile.

"This..." Zhiqing didn't want to go at all, she only learned to ride a horse to meet the occasion, and she might play some tricks while hunting, so she didn't want to go in muddy water. "Let's forget it, thank you His Highness Duo Lun for your kindness."

"Li Duo, you go too." Wu Ti glanced at her from the side, then picked up his saber, bow and arrow, "Let's go."

Zhiqing led her own horse and followed the two princes, passed through tents of different sizes in the royal court, and saw Miss He Hong in red and her maid Dunzhu at the entrance of the camp where the soldiers were stationed.

He Hong turned around and saw Duo Lun was very happy at first, but when she saw Wu Ti next to Duo Lun, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. In addition, there was another person behind the two of them, and she suddenly became furious.She jumped on the horse, stared at Zhiqing and swung the whip vigorously, the horse was in pain, and it raised its hooves and started to run.

"It seems that He Hong is more impatient than us." Duo Lun smiled, and got on the horse with Wu Ti to catch up with He Hong.

Zhiqing watched their figures go farther and farther before slowly following them.

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