Chapter 787: Yan Family’s Affair

Chapter 787: Yan Family’s Affair"Hmm?" Old Master Nan looked at his granddaughter in surprise. He laughed faintly. "Didn't you already know what they say?"

"It's not the truth."

Old Master Nan was silent then sighed. Nan Family was not close to the Yan Family, so he had only heard of the matter in passing. But from the way it is, Emperor Yang Zhou had planned to release the news of what had happened in the past.

Empress Dowager Yan's position would definitely crumble.

Her reputation would be tarnished because of the truth that had been concealed for so many years. It was unknown what the result would be for Empress Dowager Yan, but it was sure that she wouldn't be as respected as she used to be when she had the highest power in the imperial harem.

The Imperial Family originally couldn't afford such a loss of face.

But Old Master Nan guessed that Empress Dowager Yan had made some kind of agreement with him. This would restore Yan Family's reputation at the cost of Empress Dowager Yan's own reputation.

Whether it would be for the best or not, he didn't know.

He was not close to Yan Family and only knew about the matter due to the words that had spread outside and the little investigation that was done. But about what happened in detail back then, Old Master Nan was not very clear.

One had to ask Empress Dowager Yan or the people who were involved in question if they truly wanted to know.

And with the loss of power of Empress Dowager Yan, the imperial harem would also have some shuffle.

The only woman with the highest power in the palace would be Empress Xiao Qiang. The other concubines would definitely stay inside the palace, but they didn't have as much influence as Empress Xiao Qiang.

"The rumors stated that Empress Dowager Yan's brother is a womanizer who destroyed other noble women's reputation. His reputation fell into rock bottom because there's once a young lady found in his bedroom on a daytime but he refused to marry her." Old Master Nan rubbed his forehead.

This was actually a private matter that he didn't wish to know. There were various household in the entire world. Nan Family was definitely not the only one who had so much problems that it seemed that the number of stars were not enough to rival it.

Other families also have some troubles and most of the times, the matter of concubines, main daughters, stupid people, and so on would dominate.

Back then Shangguan Family had the problem of the conflict between the concubine and main daughters because of their mothers. After all, the power for women were the power within the household.

The children were dragged into it.

But Empress Dowager Yan's family was somewhat different. The problems existed because of her stupidity that was being used by those who claimed to be her 'family members.'

Old Master Nan looked at Nan Hua. "While it might sound strange that such a stupid girl who used to be used for so many years to change, but the Imperial Harem might have changed her. If she kept on letting other people use her, she would have not last long and if I was not wrong, there was a few incident in which Empress Dowager Yan fell sick.

After one such occasion, it was said that Empress Dowager Yan changed and began to gather more of the power in the Imperial Harem covertly.

Emperor Xuan didn't pay much attention at that time and soon afterwards, he passed away and the throne was handed to the teenager Emperor Yang Zhou.

Empress Dowager Yan changed greatly around five to six years ago and become more mature. She no longer agreed to the request of her family members and alienated herself from them. It's also because of this stance of hers that Emperor Yang Zhou finally granted her request."

Nan Hua nodded.

"Is this enough, Hua'er?"

"Yes, I'll pay a visit to Empress Dowager Yan tomorrow, Grandfather."

Empress Dowager Yan used to be stupid and easily manipulated. But she changed midway...

Nan Hua looked at the letter in her hand. She really wondered whether that Empress Dowager would notice about that or not. If she really did could notice, she would have to say that the description in the original story about her ability... was a bit undervalued.

...

The matter of Yan Family was blown up.

Even though there were a lot of officials who were handled today, Yan Family was definitely one of the few who attracted the many people's attention all around the area.

They wanted to know what had happened to this supposedly powerful family.

But no one said it for sure.

Empress Dowager Yan's father walked to his home while dragging his tired body. His sister was scolding him fiercely on his way home, but he said nothing to the other party. For him, what these people do was simply retribution after what they had done.

As for what will happen to him, he honestly didn't know.

But no matter what, he will accept it.