Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 457 Relying on Favor (2)

As a member of the Communist Party, it is Tan Junzhuo's responsibility to dedicate himself to the country.

Despite his reluctance, Tan Junzhuo was still put on the carriage for a marriage alliance and sent to the Northern Kingdom.

The marriage procession traveled for half a year, entering the Northern Jurchen Dynasty from Daliang. Tan Junzhuo married Ji Tu, the over-fifty-year-old Chanyu of the Northern Jurchens.

Ji Tu's elder brother died under the iron hooves of the Liang army in his early years, and he hated the people of Liang to the bone.

He intentionally humiliated Tan Junzhuo by bestowing upon her the title of concubine on their wedding day, but on their wedding night, he had intercourse with a maid in front of her.

Although Tan Junzhuo felt deeply humiliated, she no longer wanted to go to the Northern Jurchens. She only wanted to stay quietly in the Northern Jurchen royal palace, waiting for her emperor brother and Xie Ying to fulfill their promise, defeat the Northern Jurchens, and bring her home.

However, Tan Junzhuo underestimated the Northern Jurchens' malice towards the Great Liang.

Under Ji Tu's instructions, the unfavored Dan Gun Tak lived like a servant in the palace, with the worst food, clothing and daily necessities, and had to do rough work such as sweeping and washing clothes. In winter, his hands were covered with frostbite.

Moreover, the Northern Jurchens had the bad custom of brothers, fathers and sons, and rulers and subjects sharing a wife.

In the summer of the second year after she entered the Northern Jurchen royal court, Jitu conquered a small neighboring country and returned in triumph, hosting a banquet for her civil and military officials.

At the banquet, the Queen of Beijue, who had long disliked Tan Junzhuo, asked her to serve wine. When Ji Tu saw her, he remembered that there was such a beautiful woman in the harem.

Seeing that her beauty was still undeniable even in simple clothes, the drunken Ji Tu forced himself on her in front of all the civil and military officials. Afterwards, he even gave her to the assembled officials to enjoy together.

Having suffered such a great humiliation, Dangun Tak returned to the palace in a daze.

She considered suicide, but as a princess sent for a political marriage, taking her own life would be tantamount to provoking the Northern Jurchen royal court and would bring disaster to the recuperating Liang Dynasty.

She endured it.

She endured this humiliation for nine years.

Nine years later, Xie Ying led his army to conquer the Northern Jurchen royal court and promised to bring Tan Junzhuo back to Daliang.

Tan Junzhuo thought the nightmare was over and she could finally go home.

But she never expected that returning to Daliang would lead her into another nightmare.

Upon returning to Daliang, Xie Ying settled Tan Junzhuo in a temporary palace outside the capital, waiting for everything to be arranged before sending her back to the palace to reunite with her birth mother and elder brother.

But it is unknown who spread the humiliation she suffered in the Northern Jurchen royal court.

The phrases "the emperor and his ministers share a wife," "several men play with her together," and "having sex in public" caused an uproar in the capital.

On the day Xie Ying arranged for people to escort Tan Junzhuo to the capital, twenty or thirty ministers blocked the city gate and knelt for a long time, pleading with her to "for the sake of the entire royal family's reputation" and vehemently pressuring her to commit suicide.

Countless people surrounded Tan Junzhuo's carriage, dragged her off, threw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at her, and cursed her as a shameless prostitute, a disgrace to the Great Liang, and unworthy of bearing the name of a prostitute.

Tan Jun-tak was carried onto the city wall by the agitated crowd, just as he had been carried onto the carriage for a marriage alliance.

With nowhere else to turn, she jumped off the city wall and died at the age of twenty-seven.

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After reading the walkthrough, Yan Zhen felt a tightness in his chest.

She lowered her head, rolled up the sleeves of her wedding dress, and examined the scars on her wrist that represented the original owner's three last wishes.

First, survive.

Second, revenge.

Third, never forgive!

Yan Zhen took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and his mind began to work rapidly.

Judging from the current situation, she is already on her way to the Northern Jurchens for a marriage alliance.

If she wants to survive, she can't go to the Northern Jurchens for a marriage alliance. Otherwise, given her temper, either Ji Tu will kill her first, or she will kill Ji Tu first.

As for revenge, there are many targets.

The Northern Jurchen royal court, including the Ji Tu, Xie Ying who "generously" sent her away for a marriage alliance, the weak and incompetent emperor brother Tan Xuanmo, and the mastermind behind maliciously spreading rumors after the original owner returned to Daliang...

And those ministers and common people who first enjoyed the benefits brought by the original owner's marriage alliance, and then forced her to her death.

These people must all die!

Among them, Emperor Tan Xuanmo was particularly egregious. He was the one who conspired with Xie Ying to send the original owner away for a political marriage, and he was also the one who forced his sister to her death after the original owner returned to the country.

Otherwise, Yan Zhen simply couldn't believe that the emperor of a great nation, even at his own doorstep, could be driven to the brink of suicide by his ministers and the people.

The reason they dared to do this and succeeded was because Tan Xuanmo was the one who tacitly approved it.

This spineless brother, like the ministers and common people, felt that the return of his sister, who had suffered humiliation in the enemy country, was a disgrace to the Great Liang.

Yan Zhen snapped out of his thoughts and tapped his knee with his finger.

Since they cannot go to the Northern Jurchens for a marriage alliance, they must leave the marriage alliance procession as soon as possible.

As for where to go after leaving...

Yan Zhen suddenly spoke up and asked the round-faced maid, "Fu Xue, where are we?"

Fu Xue immediately said, "We will arrive in Tingzhou in two more days. Lord Chen said that we cannot leave Tingzhou now, so the wedding procession will have to go around it, which will add three days to the journey."

Tingzhou?

Yan Zhen flipped through the original owner's memories and quickly came up with an idea.

The Great Liang is currently in a state of fragmentation, with various regional princes ruling their own territories. Tingzhou, which is "unable to leave," is one such territory occupied by a prince.

The vassal king who now occupies Tingzhou is named Zhao Yuan.

From the original owner's memories, Yan Zhen learned that this "Zhao Yuan" continued to expand his territory three years later, attempting to annex Daliang and replace the Tan royal family.

However, his opponent was Xie Ying, and Tingzhou was located in the northwest, with barren land and scarce resources. Zhao Yuan was soon defeated and killed.

Yan Zhen pondered the possibility of leaving the marriage alliance, going to Tingzhou to seek refuge with Zhao Yuan, and finding a brave and capable emperor who could help her take revenge.

When a prince raises an army, he always needs a pretext. Regardless of whether he has a legitimate reason for his uprising, the person who eventually sits on the throne and unifies the world always hopes to be recognized as the "legitimate" ruler by the people.

The original owner of this body was a legitimate member of the Tan royal family. If Yan Zhen could persuade Zhao Yuan to cooperate, and later, when Zhao Yuan successfully seized the throne, Yan Zhen could bestow upon him the title of "legitimate" emperor based on his status as a member of the Tan royal family, it was uncertain whether Zhao Yuan would be tempted.

Regardless of success or failure, this is the most convenient path Yan Zhen can think of at the moment.

With this in mind, Yan Zhen decided to take action tonight.

As evening fell, the carriage entered a dense forest. The post station was still dozens of miles away, so the wedding procession had to spend the night in the wilderness.

Yan Zhen made an excuse to urinate and was helped out of the carriage by his maid, Fu Xue.

Before it got completely dark, Yan Zhen, accompanied by Fu Xue, walked into the dense forest. Her eyes quickly scanned the weeds under her feet, which made Fu Xue look at her frequently.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Fu Xue asked. "Did you lose something?"

"Shh." Yan Zhen made a shushing gesture.

Fu Xue immediately shut up obediently.

After lingering in the forest for a quarter of an hour, Yan Zhen finally found what he was looking for—a poisonous herb.

This herb, when used externally along with other medicinal materials, is an excellent remedy for external injuries. However, if taken internally, it can cause a person to fall into a deep coma.

She plucked a handful of herbs, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, squeezed the juice of the herbs into the handkerchief to wet it, and handed it to Fu Xue.

"See that person cooking over there? I'll get rid of him in a bit, and you can squeeze the medicine from the handkerchief into the pot."