Yu Yan... and Yu Hang...?
Even Xu Qian, Yu Yan's old friend, was somewhat surprised. Yu Yan knew so much about Yu Hang, was involved in the kite-flying incident, and shared the same surname as Yu Hang. It was too much of a coincidence.
Upon hearing this, Yu Yan smiled bitterly, "As expected, I couldn't hide it from His Majesty. That's right, Yu Hang is a member of my Yu clan. Back then, when Yu Hang was executed for treason, everyone thought he was alone, but that's not the case. Long before he married the General, he was expelled from the family, so no one knew that he came from the Yu clan."
It was only after Yu Hang's death that his mother, who was also the head of the Yu family at the time, revealed Yu Hang's true parentage to the Yu family. Only then did Yu Yan and Yu Yao learn about their origins.
The reason Yu Hang was expelled from the family was that he abandoned his wife and children.
Before meeting him and Li Qian, Yu Hang already had a wife. His wife was a woman from his mother's family. His mother was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law, but Yu Hang did not like this feeling. He always felt that they were the same clan or close relatives, the offspring of the same lineage. So he fled the Yu family and abandoned his family.
But what he didn't know was that his wife was pregnant.
Yu's mother was furious and said harshly: Yu Hang is no longer her son!
Yu Hang's wife gave birth to twins, a girl named Yu Yan and a boy named Yu Yao. Not long after, Yu Hang got married. Yu Hang's wife was already in poor health, and upon hearing the news, she passed away almost immediately, leaving behind two young children who were cared for by Yu's mother.
With things having come to this point, Yu's mother had no choice but to publicly declare that Yu Yao was the second son of the first wife, and Yu Yan was the eldest daughter of the second wife.
Until the news of Yu Hang's death arrived, Yu's mother couldn't bear to see her children still in the dark, so she told them about their origins and let them know who their father was. But that was all. Yu's mother only wanted to warn them not to follow in their father's footsteps. Little did she know that her fears would come true.
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