Unhealed Wounds
Hello, I´m back again. I hope you like this story. It´s more mature than the others.
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China was safe from the terrible huns thanks to the great Fa Mulan. She had enough courage and witts to destroy the whole hun clan that wanted to invade China. Their leader Shan Yu was now dead, and the remaining huns didn´t cross the boundaries between China and Mongolia anymore because they were total cowards without their leader.
One cold night, the chinese people discovered they had new enemies disturbing the peace they had barely enjoyed. The turks had made their way to China from faraway, with the only goal to destroy the Chinese empire so they could make China part of their own domain. The chinese found out about their new enemies until the turks started to burn their homes, and killing woman and children, and of course kidnapping maidens.
Shang was informed about the attack at the wall, and they expected him to go and tell the emperor.
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Meanwhile, Lynn, the emperor´s youngest daughter was about to get betrothed to someone. Like every other normal girl would be, she was nervous about the fact. Lynn loved her childhood best friend, Tung Ma, but it was time to forget about her foolish dreams, and start thinking about her family´s honor. She was a noble young lady, and had great influence for being the emperor´s daughter, but still, she was a woman and was considered less than a man. Her thoughts were not so important.
Lynn cried as her servants dressed her nicely (more than nice I would say, after all she´s the emperor´s daughter).
Tung-Ma was the son of a good friend of the emperor who worked at his council, that´s how Lynn and Tung Ma met. They had been friends since they were five years old.
Even if Lynn was scared to death inside, she walked confident towards the room were her future husband was waiting for her. She guessed it must be the son of some rich man she didn´t knew, just like her older sisters. At least she would be comfortable, that was the only good thing. Other girls couldn´t have the same luck she did, some were betrothed to some poor guy, and they would starve to death. Lynn sighed thinking that she sould never see Tung Ma again, maybe her husband is a jelous man and wouldn´t allow her to hang around with any man. She never got a chance to say goodbye to her beloved friend.
When she entered the room, the first person she saw was her father. The man was getting older, and he could barely walk, his face was filled with wrinkles but he managed to smile at Lynn. Then, Lynn couldn´t believe her eyes, when she saw Tung Ma´s father, and standing next to him was her dear Tung Ma smiling at her. Lynn ran and embraced him. Of course, that wasn´t part of the tradition. But who could harm her? Lynn kissed her future husband for a long time. It was a deep and passionate kiss. The emperor and Tung Ma´s father watched them with satisfaction, smiling to themselves.
It was rather sad to know many other young ladies were forced to marry someone they didn´t love, ´cause they had no choice. Lynn was way too lucky, and she knew that. She would always get away with her whims.
"When are we getting married?" asked Lynn.
"As soon as we can," Tung Ma answered squeezing Lynn´s hand. You could tell he was just as happy as she was and he just couldn´t wait for the wedding.
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Outside the palace, Shang had just arrived to inform the emperor about the turks.
"May I speak to the emperor?" Shang asked to one of the guards at the front door of the palace.
"No, not now, you´ll have to ask for an audience. He´s busy right now. Maybe you can come back later," the guard responded.
Shang frowned and said politely," I can´t wait, because I have urgent news to deliever that can´t wait a couple of days."
"Well, I can´t let you in," the guard declared, his voice a little shaky. Shang looked stronger and taller than him, the guard was thin and small. "I have orders from the emperor. He doesn´t want to be disturbed at this moment. He´s in the middle of something very important."
"You HAVE to let me in, it´s a matter of life and death," said Shang raising his voice a little more. The guard noticed Shang´s eyes were sort of burning with rage. He grabbed the guard from his collar and lifted him a little.
"If you kill me you will be executed you know," said the guard swallowing hard.
"I´m not killing you," Shang replied, putting the man back on the ground,"it´s just that I need to talk to the emperor NOW!"
"What about?" asked the guard.
"If I don´t tell you you´re not gonna let me in, right?"
The guard glared at Shang trying to be brave," As a matter of fact, no."
The man was making Shang to lose his patience,(and he had quite little of it most of the time), so he raised his voice again. "What if we are in the middle of war and I have to inform the emperor about burned out villages and stuff? What if those filthy savages kill us all just because you don´t let me in?"
The guard swallowed harder this time," You may get in." He moved aside.
"Thank you."
"Go straight the hallway and turn left," the guard indicated," He´s in the middle of his daughter´s betrothal ceremony."
Shang didn´t listen to the guard´s last words about the betrothal ceremony, but he did listen to the directions to get to the room were the emperor was.
"It is an honor to..." Tung Ma was interrupted by Shang who entered the room all of a sudden.
Shang immediately bowed and said," I´m sorry to interrupt you, your hinghness...erm...Lynn? but I have really urgent news."
Lynn frowned, as her father went out of the room to talk to the young General she had met before when they were kids. Actually, she had a crush on him when she was barely a teen ager, but it went away. Something that had to do with making Tung Ma jelous. Anyway, she was over it now, because she found Shang serious and way too polite( not today indeed)
"China has been invaded," Shang anounced," Your Majesty."
"You must gather the troops and leave someone in charge of the training of the new recruits," the emperor comanded.
"Yes your highness," he bowed and walked away.
Tung-Ma´s father said," Son, I guess your wedding will be some other day, you have to honor the family,and return triumphantly from war." Tung Ma nodded and looked sadly at Lynn. Many questions drifted inside her thoughts. What if Tung Ma died in battle?His own brother had died in the last battle against the huns. What if she never saw him again? He´d probably never return back to her arms again. Going to war was like knowing you have an uncurable disease. Lynn ran outside the room crying.
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Mulan was with the matchmaker. The matchmaker had given her another chance but she didn´t lost the oportunity to tease her, making her feel dishonored and ashamed. Honestly, Mulan didn´t care much if she wasn´t going to get married, well she didn´t want to get married to someone she´d never met before her wedding night, and the only person she would be glad to marry would be General Li Shang.
Mulan was pouring tea into the teacup, this time she did it well. The matchmaker tried to make a conversation," I don´t see why are you so worried about getting married, I suppose you know know alot about men right?" Mulan shook her head. " You can´t say you don´t," the matcmaker said," What about your little adventures at Camp Wu Zhong?"
That was enough, Mulan couldn´t keep herself from not yelling at the mean, fat, lady." I did it for my father!"Mulan replied.
The matchmaker frowned and replied," I knew it! You haven´t changed. You´re as ill-mannered as you were the last time I saw you, or maybe more."
Mulan narrowed her eyes at the matchmaker for a few seconds and this time she yelled at the elder lady, leaving her astonished," I did it for my father! How could you understand when you just care about beauty and about making men happy?" The matchmaker frowned and was about to say something but Mulan cut her off," I don´t need you to chose my future husband, I´m better off on my own." With those words Mulan got to her feet and stormed out of the matchmaker´s house, undoing her hairdo and wiping the make-up off her face.
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Mulan´t parents were waiting for her at home, and to her bad luck, Shang was there waiting to talk about going to war again. Mulan just said," Good day," and went into her room. She really wasn´t in a mood to talk to anybody, and least of all a man who would totally disaprove of her behavior that day. Fa Li and her grandmother went after her.
"How was your meeting with the matchmaker?" asked Fa Li.
"I´m never going to get married," answered Mulan.
"What?" exclaimed Granny.
"I´m sorry," Mulan cried," I can´t do that, the matchmaker spent all the ceremony insulting me."
"Well that is so unfair!" said Granny.
"Mulan, Li Shang is waiting to talk to you outside," said Fa Li.
"And you say you won´t get married huh?" teased Granny.
Mulan blushed. She combed her hair and looked at her reflection in the mirror she had inside her room. She liked her reflection with no make-up on. The truth was that she didn´t need make-up to look pretty, since she was already like that.
"Hurry up child!" Granny said," You have the poor Shang there just waiting ."
Fa Li was worried for her daughter, you could tell by the look on her face. What would it be with Mulan? Was she going to be a maiden for the rest of her life? It sounded harsh and it was not good for a chinese girl to stay like that, because it meant dishonor for her and for her family, no matter if she had honored her family in another way, it still was not correct. Besides, Mulan would stay very lonely when her parents died. Anyway, there was still some hope because Shang was there waiting to tell her something important.
Mulan wiped the tears from her eyes and walked out of her room. Fa Li sighed and Granny said," It´ll be fine."
"I hope so," whispering Fa Li crossing her fingers.
Shang smiled immediately just as soon as he saw Mulan.
" Hello Shang," she said.
"Good day, Mulan," he replied.
They smiled at each other and Shang noticed Mulan had a white spot of make- up on her beautiful face.
"You have something on your cheek," he said wiping gently the make-up off.
Mulan blushed and laughed at the same time, then, she replied," this stupid stuff is not easy to wipe off."
Shang let out a laugh.
Hello, I´m back again. I hope you like this story. It´s more mature than the others.
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China was safe from the terrible huns thanks to the great Fa Mulan. She had enough courage and witts to destroy the whole hun clan that wanted to invade China. Their leader Shan Yu was now dead, and the remaining huns didn´t cross the boundaries between China and Mongolia anymore because they were total cowards without their leader.
One cold night, the chinese people discovered they had new enemies disturbing the peace they had barely enjoyed. The turks had made their way to China from faraway, with the only goal to destroy the Chinese empire so they could make China part of their own domain. The chinese found out about their new enemies until the turks started to burn their homes, and killing woman and children, and of course kidnapping maidens.
Shang was informed about the attack at the wall, and they expected him to go and tell the emperor.
***********************************************************************
Meanwhile, Lynn, the emperor´s youngest daughter was about to get betrothed to someone. Like every other normal girl would be, she was nervous about the fact. Lynn loved her childhood best friend, Tung Ma, but it was time to forget about her foolish dreams, and start thinking about her family´s honor. She was a noble young lady, and had great influence for being the emperor´s daughter, but still, she was a woman and was considered less than a man. Her thoughts were not so important.
Lynn cried as her servants dressed her nicely (more than nice I would say, after all she´s the emperor´s daughter).
Tung-Ma was the son of a good friend of the emperor who worked at his council, that´s how Lynn and Tung Ma met. They had been friends since they were five years old.
Even if Lynn was scared to death inside, she walked confident towards the room were her future husband was waiting for her. She guessed it must be the son of some rich man she didn´t knew, just like her older sisters. At least she would be comfortable, that was the only good thing. Other girls couldn´t have the same luck she did, some were betrothed to some poor guy, and they would starve to death. Lynn sighed thinking that she sould never see Tung Ma again, maybe her husband is a jelous man and wouldn´t allow her to hang around with any man. She never got a chance to say goodbye to her beloved friend.
When she entered the room, the first person she saw was her father. The man was getting older, and he could barely walk, his face was filled with wrinkles but he managed to smile at Lynn. Then, Lynn couldn´t believe her eyes, when she saw Tung Ma´s father, and standing next to him was her dear Tung Ma smiling at her. Lynn ran and embraced him. Of course, that wasn´t part of the tradition. But who could harm her? Lynn kissed her future husband for a long time. It was a deep and passionate kiss. The emperor and Tung Ma´s father watched them with satisfaction, smiling to themselves.
It was rather sad to know many other young ladies were forced to marry someone they didn´t love, ´cause they had no choice. Lynn was way too lucky, and she knew that. She would always get away with her whims.
"When are we getting married?" asked Lynn.
"As soon as we can," Tung Ma answered squeezing Lynn´s hand. You could tell he was just as happy as she was and he just couldn´t wait for the wedding.
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Outside the palace, Shang had just arrived to inform the emperor about the turks.
"May I speak to the emperor?" Shang asked to one of the guards at the front door of the palace.
"No, not now, you´ll have to ask for an audience. He´s busy right now. Maybe you can come back later," the guard responded.
Shang frowned and said politely," I can´t wait, because I have urgent news to deliever that can´t wait a couple of days."
"Well, I can´t let you in," the guard declared, his voice a little shaky. Shang looked stronger and taller than him, the guard was thin and small. "I have orders from the emperor. He doesn´t want to be disturbed at this moment. He´s in the middle of something very important."
"You HAVE to let me in, it´s a matter of life and death," said Shang raising his voice a little more. The guard noticed Shang´s eyes were sort of burning with rage. He grabbed the guard from his collar and lifted him a little.
"If you kill me you will be executed you know," said the guard swallowing hard.
"I´m not killing you," Shang replied, putting the man back on the ground,"it´s just that I need to talk to the emperor NOW!"
"What about?" asked the guard.
"If I don´t tell you you´re not gonna let me in, right?"
The guard glared at Shang trying to be brave," As a matter of fact, no."
The man was making Shang to lose his patience,(and he had quite little of it most of the time), so he raised his voice again. "What if we are in the middle of war and I have to inform the emperor about burned out villages and stuff? What if those filthy savages kill us all just because you don´t let me in?"
The guard swallowed harder this time," You may get in." He moved aside.
"Thank you."
"Go straight the hallway and turn left," the guard indicated," He´s in the middle of his daughter´s betrothal ceremony."
Shang didn´t listen to the guard´s last words about the betrothal ceremony, but he did listen to the directions to get to the room were the emperor was.
"It is an honor to..." Tung Ma was interrupted by Shang who entered the room all of a sudden.
Shang immediately bowed and said," I´m sorry to interrupt you, your hinghness...erm...Lynn? but I have really urgent news."
Lynn frowned, as her father went out of the room to talk to the young General she had met before when they were kids. Actually, she had a crush on him when she was barely a teen ager, but it went away. Something that had to do with making Tung Ma jelous. Anyway, she was over it now, because she found Shang serious and way too polite( not today indeed)
"China has been invaded," Shang anounced," Your Majesty."
"You must gather the troops and leave someone in charge of the training of the new recruits," the emperor comanded.
"Yes your highness," he bowed and walked away.
Tung-Ma´s father said," Son, I guess your wedding will be some other day, you have to honor the family,and return triumphantly from war." Tung Ma nodded and looked sadly at Lynn. Many questions drifted inside her thoughts. What if Tung Ma died in battle?His own brother had died in the last battle against the huns. What if she never saw him again? He´d probably never return back to her arms again. Going to war was like knowing you have an uncurable disease. Lynn ran outside the room crying.
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Mulan was with the matchmaker. The matchmaker had given her another chance but she didn´t lost the oportunity to tease her, making her feel dishonored and ashamed. Honestly, Mulan didn´t care much if she wasn´t going to get married, well she didn´t want to get married to someone she´d never met before her wedding night, and the only person she would be glad to marry would be General Li Shang.
Mulan was pouring tea into the teacup, this time she did it well. The matchmaker tried to make a conversation," I don´t see why are you so worried about getting married, I suppose you know know alot about men right?" Mulan shook her head. " You can´t say you don´t," the matcmaker said," What about your little adventures at Camp Wu Zhong?"
That was enough, Mulan couldn´t keep herself from not yelling at the mean, fat, lady." I did it for my father!"Mulan replied.
The matchmaker frowned and replied," I knew it! You haven´t changed. You´re as ill-mannered as you were the last time I saw you, or maybe more."
Mulan narrowed her eyes at the matchmaker for a few seconds and this time she yelled at the elder lady, leaving her astonished," I did it for my father! How could you understand when you just care about beauty and about making men happy?" The matchmaker frowned and was about to say something but Mulan cut her off," I don´t need you to chose my future husband, I´m better off on my own." With those words Mulan got to her feet and stormed out of the matchmaker´s house, undoing her hairdo and wiping the make-up off her face.
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Mulan´t parents were waiting for her at home, and to her bad luck, Shang was there waiting to talk about going to war again. Mulan just said," Good day," and went into her room. She really wasn´t in a mood to talk to anybody, and least of all a man who would totally disaprove of her behavior that day. Fa Li and her grandmother went after her.
"How was your meeting with the matchmaker?" asked Fa Li.
"I´m never going to get married," answered Mulan.
"What?" exclaimed Granny.
"I´m sorry," Mulan cried," I can´t do that, the matchmaker spent all the ceremony insulting me."
"Well that is so unfair!" said Granny.
"Mulan, Li Shang is waiting to talk to you outside," said Fa Li.
"And you say you won´t get married huh?" teased Granny.
Mulan blushed. She combed her hair and looked at her reflection in the mirror she had inside her room. She liked her reflection with no make-up on. The truth was that she didn´t need make-up to look pretty, since she was already like that.
"Hurry up child!" Granny said," You have the poor Shang there just waiting ."
Fa Li was worried for her daughter, you could tell by the look on her face. What would it be with Mulan? Was she going to be a maiden for the rest of her life? It sounded harsh and it was not good for a chinese girl to stay like that, because it meant dishonor for her and for her family, no matter if she had honored her family in another way, it still was not correct. Besides, Mulan would stay very lonely when her parents died. Anyway, there was still some hope because Shang was there waiting to tell her something important.
Mulan wiped the tears from her eyes and walked out of her room. Fa Li sighed and Granny said," It´ll be fine."
"I hope so," whispering Fa Li crossing her fingers.
Shang smiled immediately just as soon as he saw Mulan.
" Hello Shang," she said.
"Good day, Mulan," he replied.
They smiled at each other and Shang noticed Mulan had a white spot of make- up on her beautiful face.
"You have something on your cheek," he said wiping gently the make-up off.
Mulan blushed and laughed at the same time, then, she replied," this stupid stuff is not easy to wipe off."
Shang let out a laugh.