"Be bold!"

"Looks like you've wasted your time learning the rules! If you drag this out any longer, I'll give you fifty slaps!"

The Empress Dowager grew increasingly displeased with Lin Ya and mercilessly slapped her fifty times.

When Lin Ya was brought up again, her face could no longer be called a face.

The flesh was mangled and bloody, hanging in strips from the bones, a horrifying sight.

"Sister, sister, Father and Grandmother are doing this for your own good. Even noble ladies of the imperial family don't necessarily have such an honor. You don't seem to appreciate it."

Lin Zhao shook his head with regret and said to Lin Ya, who was kneeling.

"The Jia family of Huainan has been in business for generations and is extremely wealthy. The young master of the Jia family is also exceptionally talented and handsome."

“You are the adopted daughter of Princess Ping Sha, with such a noble status, how can you be unworthy of the Jia family’s young master?”

"I think you don't need to belittle yourself. Just accept this marriage proposal."

Lin Zhao smiled.

She wanted to give Lin Ya a taste of her own medicine and make her live the same life as the original owner of the body.

"Hmph! She has no choice but to agree today!" The Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table. "With the nation in peril, giving her this opportunity is already a divine favor! How can we allow her to act recklessly!"

"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever Grandmother says!" Lin Zhao hurriedly pretended to comfort the Empress Dowager.

"No... How could I... How could I marry Jabnin!"

Lin Ya was in so much pain that she dared not shed a tear, otherwise the tears would fall into the wound and cause it to hurt even more!

She collapsed to the ground in despair.

The Jia family of Huainan was the richest family in the Jing Kingdom, and their wealth was indeed immense. Their only son, Jia Buning, was of marriageable age, and the entire Jia family was anxious to find him a good wife.

It wasn't that the Jia family, considering themselves wealthy, insisted on finding a daughter of equal social standing to match them; rather, Jia Buning was truly an incompetent, utterly despicable troublemaker.

Since childhood, he has relied on his wealthy family background, and even the powerful officials of Jing Kingdom have to show them some respect. He spends his days drinking and behaving recklessly, and frequenting brothels, which is a thousand times worse than Lin San. No decent family is willing to marry their daughter to him.

That's not all. Jia Buning is also extremely violent. He would smash things and curse at the slightest provocation. Over the years, he has also committed several murders. It was only because his family is rich and powerful that they were able to suppress his anger.

In the original owner's previous life, she was tricked by Lin Ya into marrying into the Jia family. Lin Ya only said that the Jia family was wealthy and that she would be able to live a life of luxury without worrying about food and clothing. The Lin family members were greedy and sold her without even inquiring about her or considering her wishes.

At first, the original owner still hoped to get along well with Jia Buning. After all, she had lived in the Lin family for more than ten years and could endure even the most difficult days. However, the absurdity of the Jia family and the torment she suffered were beyond her imagination.

Jia Buning treated the original owner like a plaything. He would beat and scold her at the slightest displeasure and forbade her to tell anyone. Otherwise, he would cut off her hands, feet and tongue with a knife.

Jia Buning caused the original owner to lose a child. The original owner was already weak and could no longer have children. The Jia family gradually stopped pretending and began to despise the original owner as a hen that could not lay eggs. They thought she was useless, so they made her do all the dirty and hard work. If she was a little slow, they would simply make her stand properly in front of all the servants, regardless of whether it was windy, rainy, or freezing cold.

The original owner's health deteriorated day by day, and he became skin and bones. Even so, Jia Buning, drunk, still attacked the original owner. Moreover, unlike the Lin family, they did not care to keep the original owner alive.

Finally, one day, the original owner could no longer resist and was beaten to death by Jia Buning.

The Jia family felt they had wasted their money and bad luck hiring the original owner, so they simply rolled her up in a hemp shroud and threw her into a mass grave. Later, the news gradually reached the Lin family's ears. The Jia family simply gave them some money and settled the matter without any fear. On the contrary, the Lin family was overjoyed, feeling that they had made another profit.

The culprit, Lin Ya, had by then become Princess Roujia of Jing Kingdom, and married Zhao Shi'an, the heir of the Prince of Huaibei, enjoying immense prestige and the love and respect of the people.

She merely shed a single, feigned tear for her younger sister, who had suffered so much in her life, and then let the matter drop. The girl was simply unlucky; she couldn't handle such immense wealth, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Only the original owner remained, having died unjustly between heaven and earth.

……

Lin Ya didn't know what happened in that life, but having been a noble lady in the capital for so long, she had long heard of Jia Buning.

She doesn't want to marry that ugly, good-for-nothing domestic abuser!

She wouldn't take me even if I offered her money!

Moreover, if she were to marry into that family, she would be beaten to death!

"This is a marriage ordained by the imperial family! How dare you refuse?!"

The Empress Dowager said angrily.

"The border war is currently intense, and the Jing Kingdom urgently needs financial support to develop heavy artillery. Only by winning over the Jia family of Huainan can wealthy merchants from all over the country follow the Jia family in donating money for disaster relief and supporting the front line!"

"You ill-mannered brat, you've been eating royal food for so long for nothing, and you've even angered the Emperor!"

"If it weren't for Roujia's consideration of your blood relation with her, and her pleas to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to forgive you and suggest that you be betrothed to Huainan, do you think you would still have any good days ahead of you?!"

The Empress Dowager grew angrier the more she thought about it, "You still have so many lives on your hands! You deserve to be torn to pieces!"

"You think you're Roujia's blood relative? I think you're not even as good as one of Roujia's toes!"

"W-what...Lin Zhao! It's you again!"

After listening to the Empress Dowager's words, Lin Ya pondered for a moment, then started shouting wildly.

"Nonsense! Seize her!" The Empress Dowager pointed with her long arm, and the guards immediately stepped forward and seized Lin Ya.

Lin Ya was still struggling.

"I won't marry Jia Bunin! I won't marry Jia Bunin! If you want to marry someone, why don't you marry her instead!"

Lin Ya clung tightly to Lin Zhao.

"Nonsense! Princess Roujia is innocent and has never been betrothed. How dare you interfere in the princess's marriage!"

"boom!"

"what!"

The Empress Dowager pointed at Lin Ya and started cursing. The guards holding Lin Ya down, following the Empress Dowager's signal, gave Lin Ya a hard blow with a military stick.

"I! I am already engaged to the Prince of Huaibei! How can I marry someone else!"

Lin Ya was beaten into submission and dared not implicate Lin Zhao again, so she had to find another way to struggle.

"I never expected this..." Emperor Jing looked at Lin Zhao upon hearing this.

Lin Zhao looked relaxed.

"That's easy. We'll have the Imperial Observatory perform a divination and say that destiny has shown that my elder sister and young master Jia are a match made in heaven, a perfect couple. Their marriage is like the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl stars, and the auspicious celestial signs will help the nation prosper. What's wrong with the Huaibei Prince's Mansion and Princess Pingsha's Mansion making concessions for the nation's fortune?"

She looked at Lin Ya and narrowed her eyes.

"In this way, not only will the two families not become a laughing stock, but they will also gain a good reputation for serving the country and the people. The Jia family will naturally serve the country as promised after winning the heart of the beauty. The marriage between my elder sister and young master Jia will surely receive the blessings of the whole country. How wonderful."

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