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.'
"However, Empress Dowager Yan was actually the one who drugged her brother under the influence of her family members." Old Master Nan smiled bitterly. Empress Dowager Yan's stupidity was contained, so only a few people knew. But he realized that the pampered daughter truly had bad eyes to not recognize the people who only wanted to use her.
Her cousins coaxed the stupid girl to be able to take advantage of her family members. Empress Dowager Yan's immediate family members were only her brother, father and mother. Her mother had passed away a long time ago, so the few who were close to her were her aunt and cousins.
Her brother and father naturally couldn't participate much in the matter of girls. Thus, the young girl was being led astray. "That girl is the sister of her aunt's family and wished to be able to enter the Yan Family. This is the method used by relying on Empress Dowager Yan's stupidity.
Aside from that, there are various benefits they got after Empress Dowager Yan become the Empress back then. The Yan Family become overbearing and garnered quite a lot of hate by relying on their connection. Even though Empress Dowager Yan could obtain Emperor Xuan's attention, it was mostly because she also has Yan Family behind her.
And even back then, Empress Dowager Yan is mostly a figurehead with no real power. I'm not entirely sure about the condition inside the Imperial Harem, but without a child, Empress Dowager Yan couldn't truly control the entire Imperial Harem. However, it's indeed her ability to be able to hold the power even when the current Emperor had no blood relationship with her.
Now that this truth is spread, it's very likely that Empress Dowager Yan's status will fall."
Nan Hua blinked her eyes.
Normally, Imperial Family member would not allow any of their member's blemish to be spread like that. However, Empress Dowager Yan wanted to clear her brother's name. It has been around a decade ever since that incident happened, but Empress Dowager Yan only managed to clear his name now.
After all, she had to wait.
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