There was no surprise in the statement. Of course they already knew, what they wanted to know was what she was doing there and her relationship with the dragon and perhaps with the child of the concubine Ling. Qin Shao was about to ask when Mulan opened his mouth again.
- I don't know why I'm here - She said - One time I was home and another time I was here. You could say I'm lost.
"Never trust strangers" is what the headmistress said, well she didn't lie but she didn't tell the whole truth either. You better keep a few things to yourself. Turns out the three men in the room were used to dealing with that kind of half-truth, but they didn't pursue it. They knew they were the only people she could trust at the moment, so they would have plenty of time together to find out the whole truth, now what mattered.
- What is your relationship with the dragon of the other night? – Qin Shi asked directly.
- If there is any relationship I don't know about it – Mulan lied – As I said, one time I was at home and another time I was here.
- Well in that case you don't know Ling Xiao xian? – Zhang xian called the concubine Ling by her name and waited for the answer.
"I've never heard that name in my life," Mulan replied, being totally truthful this time.
Qin Shi sensed Mulan's sincerity, mainly because she was scared. Although she omitted some things Qin Shi felt he could trust her and as emperor he learned that reason and instinct often went hand in hand.
- Very good! – Qin Shi said – You said you have no idea what brought you here? I think there's a reason and until then, don't be offended, but you're going to need to be watched.
Mulan looked at the man. She thought he would probably send her away or have her beheaded, but even though putting her under surveillance wasn't all that far-fetched.
It was a good ending until she heard the next words.
- But no food is free – Qin Shao said – We'll watch you, but you'll help us.
- Like? – Mulan asked suspiciously. She definitely wouldn't be made concubine, for God's sake, she couldn't be concubine! She would die in this harem.
- You will marry our handsome general - Qin Shi said.
- Not! – She screamed unconsciously. Zhang Xian frowned, for some reason he didn't know, annoyed by the outright denial.
As for Mulan, whether wife or concubine, she didn't want to marry anyone. Even more so with someone she didn't even know, lost in a world she knew nothing about.
- Sorry, but you don't have a choice – Qin Shao replied in the negative smiling – It's either that or being the emperor's concubine and I don't think you have the skills to deal with those tiger women.
Qin Shao's description of the Harem directly offended Qin Shi, if they were tigers he was what? He was clearly better than that bunch of troubled women.
- Don't get us too wrong – Qin Shi spoke in a gentle tone, there were times when he really didn't seem like an emperor – We have a problem, you're lost and it's someone we can control, or rather, that's in the palm of our hands, in case you.
Mulan was at a loss for what to say. She had expected a lot of things but a wedding. And worse, she had nothing she could do, as she really was in the palm of their hands.
- Hong – Mulan called the dragon – Can't you help me escape?
- Is your life in danger? – The dragon asked.
"Not yet," Mulan replied and would speak more if she hadn't been cut.
-So I'm not going to mess with, resolve yourself, but if you want a friend to talk to I'm here - she Spoke the dragon offering his friendly scales to the girl.
- I don't want that either! - Zhang xian spoke cutting once the internal discussion of Mulan.
- Then why? – Mulan asked.
- They are orders - Xian replied shortly - And I also prefer to marry you to those annoying girls. You I can kill if you piss me off too much.
- Calm down Xian – Qin Shao said – No one is going to kill anyone, at least yet.
As the conversation came to death, Qin Shi wondered, he was the emperor and didn't speak of death, but those two...
The emperor shook his head in resignation, it was better to leave them, if he were to join in this discussion he would just have a headache.
- Well it's decided! You are getting married! – The emperor spoke animatedly, as if it were his own wedding and ending the somber atmosphere that was established by the theme of death.
Mulan and Zhang xian looked at each other without saying a word.
Silently Mulan prayed.
"I want to go back home"