"All right Fa Mulan, by some grace of god, you have passed my test. I shall match you up with a man named Ye Jun. I'll send him a notice and he will meet you and your family in one month. That should give you time to plan out what you are going to do for the wedding and get yourself more suitable for his presents."
Mulan nodded her head. She hoped that he was around her age. And that he was a very respected man.
Mulan just shrugged it off and left the house. Her mother was practically beaming with pride that Mulan had passed the test.
"So who are you paired with Mulan?"
"I was pared up with Ye Jun."
Her mother paled at the name, and her grandmother went quiet.
"Mama are you ok?"
"Ye Jun? Are you sure that is what the matchmaker said?"
"Yes mother, she told me I was pared up with Ye Jun"
Her mother's eyes were filling up with tears
"Mama, are you ok? What is wrong with you?"
"Mulan, that man abuses all of his wives!"
"Whoa, he's been married more than once?"
"Yes Mulan, he kills all of his wives and pretends to grieve for them so that he can marry again."
Fa Li broke into tears and Mulan was left speechless for a minute.
"But, but, doesn't everyone else know that?"
"Yes, but without a witness, they can't put him in jail or execute him."
Her grandmother said since Fa Li was weeping. Mulans' world was crashing down around her. She was going to an abusive husband, she was going to be abused for the rest of her life, and that probably wasn't going to last long. Some of the villagers couldn't believe what they were hearing and were outraged with the matchmaker, yet relieved that it wasn't their daughter that was going to the insane man. One of Fa Li's friends came to her and tried to comfort her.
"It'll be ok Li. Mulan will not be going to that house if it's the last thing I do."
Fa Li looks up at him and tries to give him a smile, but it doesn't really work out
Fa Li turned on heel and storming away with her heart broken and her life coming to an end. Mulan still stood motionless, and as pale as her mother was when she first found out about the man. Mulans' grandmother had to lead Mulan over to Khan, and had to lead them both home.