The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 80

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

The boy's appearance was one in a million and unparalleled in the world. Yet, a few days after he moved in, the servants had already found out his background.

"Replying to Young Miss," the servant looked around, got close to Lin Dan's ear, and whispered as if she was a thief, "The neighbors are the former Empress Du's nephew and niece, named Du Rusong and Du Ruyan. Their father is Xue Lie, who was a nobleman. When the Du clan was favored, the siblings were known as the double bullies in the capital. One was a playboy, and the other was arrogant and domineering. Almost no one dared to provoke them. After the Du was abolished, their mother was abandoned by the husband's family. The two of them changed their surnames and followed the Du clan to live in Lin'an Prefecture. This place is very close to the Taoist temple where the Du family prays, so it's convenient for them to take care of it. So, they moved here."

The current emperor ascended the throne when he was a child. He was pretty talented and governed the country very well. He and the empress were very loving with each other. Therefore, the empress's maternal family was highly valued and gradually controlled the military and political power. It could be regarded as an influential family. It was a pity that the good times didn't last long. Empress Du had no son. She was so reckless that she was tempted to poison Concubine Min, who was in labor, and take her child as her own. However, due to her lack of prudence, her intention was caught by the emperor.

The emperor was furious. He immediately ordered the grounding of the empress, and many officials took the opportunity to impeach the descendants and expose their crimes. After the emperor's thorough investigation, His Majesty found that all the crimes were capital crimes. He couldn't help but feel more disappointed at the empress. Hearing that she was resentful, she tried to hit the pillar and commit suicide. He eventually detested her. He issued an imperial edict to abolish her empress and demote her to Lin'an Prefecture.

Since then, she had been cultivating in the Taoist temple not far away. It was said that her face had been disfigured and could never be returned. In order to protect themself, her maternal family distanced themselves from her. Only her sister helped her throughout; she even broke up with her husband's family. Unfortunately, her sister had a bad life, and she soon died of illness. Her two children fled to Lin'an Prefecture with a considerable dowry and found the former empress.

It was more like taking care of her instead of escaping. The former empress had nothing now and had to stay in the cold Taoist temple and endure hardship for the rest of her life. In order to make her feel better, the Du siblings spent a large sum of money to repair the Taoist temple and moved to this non-spacious mansion.

Concubine Min, poisoned by the former empress, got a blessing in disguise and was promoted to Imperial Concubine. The prince she gave birth to was now two years old. Apparently, the poison in the child's body had not been cleared. He was weaker than ordinary children. The emperor felt guilty for the mother and son, so he vigorously promoted the maternal family. Perhaps it was a coincidence that Li Ran, Concubine Min's father, was transferred to Lin'an Prefecture as the governor.

This caused the life of the former empress and the Du siblings to be even worse. They had been alienated and isolated by the noble families of Lin'an Prefecture. If it weren't for the great fortune, they might not be able to live a good life, where their situation was no better than the Lin family.

After listening to the treacherous imperial strife, Lin Dan nodded and said, "We just treat them as to how we normally treat others. There is no need to deliberately alienate them." She was indeed incapable of icing on the cake for others, but she disdained to add insult to injury.