Married, but divorced and returned home.
Speaking of which, this matter had something to do with Pan Yun.
Ouchi Fangzi, Ouchi Norihito's cousin, had been used by Ouchi Norihito for a political marriage.
Because Masako Ouchi had been a mountain god's attendant, and the Ouchi clan had flourished under Ouchi Norihito's leadership, Ouchi Fangzi's first marriage had been quite favorable.
But after Masako Ouchi's neck had been snapped by Pan Yun and Ouchi Norihito had also "died of illness," the Ouchi clan plummeted from prosperity. Within a year, she had passed through the gates of hell three times. The last time, she finally could not endure any longer and fled back to the Ouchi clan with a maidservant and a warrior.
The Ouchi clan had originally intended to send her back to her husband's family. They had practically dragged her to the gates, yet she had somehow persuaded the Lineage to let her stay. According to intelligence gathered by the Imperial Guards remaining in Japan, she now wielded considerable influence within the Ouchi clan.
And the uprising at Nanao Port three years ago, when the new emperor ascended the throne, had very likely been orchestrated by her.
Pan Yun liked women who rose to power with their brains. It would be too great a waste for someone like that to remain in the Ouchi clan.
Pan Yun did not want her constantly eyeing Nanao Port and Omori village, so she planned to send her to Heian-kyō.
If used well, even an enemy could become a tool for fending off enemies.
Struggles between people had never been merely one-sided or two-sided. In a many-sided battle, clever people would seize upon the principal contradiction.
Win the battle, and that was victory. But if one kept grappling with secondary contradictions, then even if