Yan Lingyun was unaware that she was dreaming.
In his dream, he and Yan Nanxu were at the border when they received news of Yan Nangui's death.
She died from severe hemorrhage after a miscarriage.
When they first received the news, neither the father nor the son could believe it.
Why?
Yan Nanxu asked in a daze, "Didn't you say she was doing well at the Meng family?"
He wasn't particularly close to Yan Nangui, and when he returned to the capital, he didn't quite approve of her arrogant and domineering nature. But after all, she was his own sister, so how could he not care?
But my sister died.
She's only seventeen this year...
After the initial shock, Yan Lingyun fell silent. Overnight, she seemed to have aged ten years.
He had no choice but to submit a memorial to the emperor and return to the capital to visit them.
But Rong Ning wouldn't call him back, so he encouraged Emperor Jingxun, but that wouldn't make him come back immediately.
Yan Lingyun is a general stationed at the border; how could he easily return to the capital? The emperor forbids it; not only would the death of his daughter not be an option, but the death of his mother would also be unacceptable.
Yan Nanxu was still young and unmarried, so how could he understand the intricacies of the inner quarters of the household?
Not a single person from the Yan family stood up for the geese's southward migration.
No matter how angry Yan Nanxu was, he had no choice but to accept it.
He didn't know exactly what was going on, but he knew that pregnancy and childbirth were dangerous for women.
The Meng family didn't dare to go too far, so they handed over the girl who had given Yan Nangui the medicine.
Murdering the mistress of the house was a heinous crime, but no one in the Meng family truly understood why she should do it.
In the end, the only option was to deal with the girl.
Yan Nangui's life was gone just like that.
Six months later, Yan Lingyun was able to return to the capital, but he couldn't find a single piece of evidence to prove what had happened to the Meng family.
When the Yan family lost a girl who was not favored, apart from her father who was saddened, everyone else, even her two older brothers, only felt uncomfortable for a short time.
The second son, Yan Jincheng, especially didn't think it was a big deal.
If Yan Nan hadn't returned to the Crown Prince's residence, Yan Lingyun wouldn't have gone to such lengths to restrain Yan Jincheng.
He was not in extreme opposition to Rong Ning later on.
Furthermore, the reasons for Lan's death were not investigated in depth.
Despite the best efforts of Lady Xinyang, she could not overcome the power of the Meng family.
He was almost persecuted by the Meng family, but was spared thanks to the protection of the Marquis of Xinyang.
Yan Nanxu married the Yin family girl as usual.
Yan Jincheng, however, looked down on the Yang family girls. Instead, Rong Ning arranged for him to marry a princess from the imperial clan.
The princess was beautiful, but she had a bad temper.
He only colluded with Rong Ning, so why did he care about the rest of the Yan family?
The old lady was so squeezed out that she had nowhere to stand.
Jinxiu, from the second wife's family, also failed to marry a prince.
Yan Jinsi, on the other hand, became the second prince's concubine.
When war broke out, the crown prince was ordered to go south, just like in this life.
The late emperor fell seriously ill, and the crown prince gradually gained power. However, the crown prince was also injured by a poisoned arrow, which sowed the seeds of future problems.
Yan Jincheng had a fight with the Eighth Prince and had his leg broken in the street.
Although Rong Ning was not afraid of the Eighth Prince, she still thought that the Seventh Prince might have a chance to become the Crown Prince.
He's just a cheap son; she can't be bothered with him.
The princess also objected, saying that Yan Jincheng had no skills whatsoever except for his good looks.
Now that it's ruined again, she doesn't want it anymore and is demanding a divorce.
In the end, Rong Ning saw that her father was still somewhat effective, so she agreed.
Of the three children born to Lan Shi in the family, one died and another became disabled, which dampened Yan Lingyun's spirits.
Without the wild geese returning south to fight, the crown prince couldn't recall any wild geese flying south.
Naturally, he didn't have the opportunity to be ennobled at such a young age.
Rong Ning enjoyed her time in the limelight for many years.
But in the end, Emperor Jingxun died and the Crown Prince ascended the throne, and she was punished just the same.
In the tenth year of the Jingjing era, Yan Lingyun retired due to illness.
At that time, Yan Nanxu was not yet in a position to command a large army independently. Although he remained at Daiyang Pass, he was not the commander-in-chief.
After the passing of the old lady of the Yan family, Yan Lingyun looked at the desolate main house of the Yan family, her feelings unknown.
Yan Jinfei did not marry the twelfth prince, but instead married the eldest son of a duke's family.
The man didn't like the girl, so she lived a life of widowhood after marrying him.
Yet she was still criticized by her husband's family for not being able to have children. She lived a life of utter misery.
As for Yan Jinsi, she died in prison after the Second Prince's affair failed, leaving her to remain a widow for the rest of her life.
There wasn't even a single child.
Yan Jincheng's legs were crippled, and he became increasingly sinister and impulsive, frequently beating and scolding those who served him.
Yan Lingyun listened and watched, feeling utterly exhausted.
Later, they arranged for him to marry a poor woman, who was quiet and reserved. She treated him very well.
After all, the Yan family had taken care of her maternal family, a large group of poor people.
It wasn't until Yan Jincheng was almost forty that things finally calmed down.
The woman eventually gave birth to a boy and a girl.
But by this time, Yan Lingyun was already very old.
Yan Nanxu has made it through the tough times. But he's also grown old.
Emperor Jingjing died in the eighteenth year of his reign due to an illness he had suffered from in his youth.
His second son succeeded to the throne; the second son was the son of Empress Ning.
Although she was sickly, she was intelligent. Empress Ning, on the other hand, had died just a few years after ascending the throne.
Since there was no such person as Yan Nangui, the relationship between the ruler and his subject remained merely that of ruler and subject.
The Yan family only ever held the title of Duke, which Yan Lingyun received when he retired and returned home.
The Yan family was a wealthy family, but it was just an ordinary wealthy family.
Although descendants like Yan Jingjue and Yan Jinghan were born, they never had the chance to marry a princess.
As for the second son's family, young and promising men and women like Yan Jingxue and Yan Jingsong, they naturally do not exist.
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