Prince Li Heng proclaimed himself emperor after arriving in Lingwu, and in the first year of Qianyuan, he appointed Zhang as queen. Empress Zhang said, "Concubine Yang wants to eat lychees, and all the officials and ministers are rushing to deliver them. I want to eat pomegranates from the Western Regions. Can this be delivered by special express? Why can she eat it but I can't?"
So Suzong ordered Zhang Yuanyan, Zhang Qian's 31st generation grandson, to transport pomegranates within a three-month period!
Zhang Yuanyan regrets three things most in his life:
1. Admit that he is the 31st generation grandson of Zhang Qian
2. Bragging outside, "I am so familiar with the road to the Western Regions that I can walk with my eyes closed."
3. Catched the fatal basket of Persian pomegranates!
When Suzong took pictures of the dragon case and said, "If it cannot be transported to Huaqing Palace in three months, I will let your whole family experience the Western Regions Exile Package." Zhang Yuanyan looked at the ancestral "Foreign Objects Overseas" and cried——
But the emperor's order was like destiny, so Zhang Yuanyan and He Xiaoshan embarked on the road to transport pomegranates——
