Drums sound
Mulan: What is it? Imperial soldiers and Chi Fu come riding over a hill. Fa Li: Mulan, stay inside. Granny Fa: Ahem. [points toward a low roof. Mulan runs over to it and peers over the roof] Chi Fu: Citizens! I bring a proclamation from the Imperial City! The Huns have invaded China! By order of the Emperor, one man from every family must serve in the Imperial Army. [Reading from list] The Chow Family! The Yee Family! Son: I will serve the Emperor in my father's place. Chi Fhou: The Fa Family! Mulan: No! Her father walks over to Chi Fu. Fa Zhou: I am ready to serve the Emperor. Mulan: Father, you can't go! Fa Zhou: Mulan! Mulan: [To Chi Fu] Please, sir, my father has already fought for- Chi Fu: Silence! You will do well to teach your daughter to hold her tongue in a man's presence.Chi Fu stared around in triumph, "I told you!" he shrieked to anyone who was listening, and to everyone who wasn't "That girl had the impertinence to dishonor her father!"
Fa Zhou: Mulan. You dishonor me. Chi Fu: Report tomorrow at the Moo-Shung Camp. [He hands Fa Zu a scroll.] Fa Zhou: Yes, sir. Chi Fu: [Continues to read] The Chu Family! The Chang Family! The Yong Family! In Fa Zhou's bedroom Fa Zhou yanks open his closet, revealing a suit of Chinese armor, and unsheaths a sword. Mulan watches. He practices techniques, but his leg gives out and he falls against a pillar, panting.Shang stared, no wonder Mulan had wanted to protect her father, Fa Zhou was injured gravely!