Chapter 1239: Signs of Shattering
Yan Nantian was still somewhat indignant. He simply could not understand how much Tong Nianyi looked down on the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works. It was a secondary third-rank post, after all—was it really such a slight to her?
Monk Guangji's excuse was flimsy, but the words had likely come straight from a letter. Yan Nantian understood perfectly well that given Tong Nianyi's temperament, she would never offer such a half-hearted pretext.
Was it her parents?
At that thought, Yan Nantian's indignation seemed to ease.
The Tong family elders likely harbored some resentment of their own.
Yan Nantian asked Monk Guangji about Tong Nianyi's parents. Many years ago, he had ordered an investigation into them, but the results had been poor. They were shrouded in a baffling layer of mystery that left him completely in the dark.
Monk Guangji paused for a moment. "I have had little contact with her parents, but there was a rumor in the early years regarding her mother."
"What rumor?"
"Does Imperial Brother recall the anomaly at the execution ground when that thief Zhao Zhen intended to behead the Jing officials?"