But the problem still lies in the matter of offering incense. When family members offer incense to their ancestors, they are required to kowtow, especially for such an important event as her being added to the family genealogy.
So here's the question: if even His Majesty, the supreme ruler, couldn't bear his granddaughter's kowtow, how could his ancestors possibly endure it?
Because they died young?
If the ancestors in the afterlife are watching over us, and something happens after their granddaughter's bow, then he would truly be an unfilial descendant.
Not to mention others, his grandparents and biological parents are all in his ancestral tablets!
Yu Chongshan dared not gamble, so he said, "It's enough to have your grandfather and father on the family genealogy. You can then help your grandmother entertain the guests."
Make friends with any girls you get along with; if you don't, don't force yourself, just leave them with your cousin and the others.
Yu Chongshan is a master of double standards. Anyway, his brother Yu Chongyan will bring his granddaughter to help today. Apart from Yue Fuguang and the eighth daughter of the fourth branch, all the other granddaughters in their family are illegitimate granddaughters.
Today, all the guests are daughters of high-ranking officials. Even the eighth daughter of the fourth son's family is not of a high enough status, let alone the daughters born out of wedlock, whose status is even more mismatched.
They're fine with having tea with us, but if we're talking about hospitality, we'll need to ask a few of our teenage granddaughters for help.
Yue Fuguang nodded. In fact, in the few years she had been in this world, she hadn't made any friends her own age.
During her three years at the Taoist temple, because of her social status, the young ladies from wealthy families would not genuinely befriend her.
As for poor families, there are few who can afford to bring incense, and even fewer who can get along with them.
When she arrived at the Yu family, her cousins, who had previously ignored her because of her status as an adopted daughter, now wanted to befriend her. This was partly because she was busy attending court, eating, and sleeping and had no time for such things.
On the other hand, she really didn't have anything to talk about with these people.
If she were just a typical time traveler, she would really have to force herself to be a loving and harmonious sister to others in order to live a normal life and comply with the customs and etiquette of this era.
But things are different now. As long as she doesn't go too far, she doesn't have to waste time on making friends and engaging in fake sisterly pleasantries. Now she has the confidence to not care about these trivial matters of interpersonal relationships.
"Understood, Grandfather."
The old man is quite meticulous. Fine, I'll find an opportunity today to expose those pests in the Yu family clan.
I hope my grandfather can hold on.
Thinking about the health-enhancing pills she had given them, Yue Fuguang felt that she had been very prescient. Being so easily frightened like this, without a good body, one might not have been able to withstand it.
Didn't you see my aunt today, knowing that her three sons will die tragically in ten years, and that next year she will marry a pregnant daughter-in-law, and that her beloved grandson of many years is a bastard?
Even in this condition, the fact that you managed to stay upright and not faint is largely thanks to the Jian Ti Dan (健体丹).
Yu Family Ancestral Hall
Yu Qi, one of the clan elders, looked to be in his sixties. He wore a dark blue brocade robe with swastika patterns, and had a thin face and white hair and beard.
He was Yu Chongshan's uncle, and also the person in the previous generation who was closest to Yu Chongshan by blood.
He said, "Chongshan, is it really necessary to make such a big fuss over something as trivial as a little girl getting her name added to the family genealogy? The ancestral worship ceremony is just a few months away, why can't we wait until then to add it all together?"
Yu Chongshan rolled his eyes inwardly when he heard him say that. "Add it to the family genealogy at the end of the year?"
The opportunity has already passed, don't think he doesn't know, the royal family has been secretly trying to snatch his granddaughter away from him these past few days!
After all, you could say this child is his granddaughter, or you could say she isn't.
They wouldn't feel at ease until they added the person to their family tree as soon as possible.
Yu Chongshan said, "Sixth Uncle, Fu Guang was maliciously switched and has suffered a lot these years. We elders can't help but feel sorry for him when we think about it."
We were naturally uneasy after bringing the child back home. As elders, we wanted to register her in the family genealogy as soon as possible, both to put the child's mind at ease and to put our whole family at ease.
Besides, this time it's not just about adding her to the family genealogy; we're also going to adopt her under the eldest son's name, so that she can rightfully live in the eldest son's house.
Another thing is to remove Yu Ningrou's name from the family genealogy. After learning what he had done, he couldn't wait even a day longer.
However, this is a minor matter and there's no need to bring it up specifically.
If he knew that the deaths of his three grandsons were also related to Yu Ningrou, the old man would probably be ready to kill someone right now.
No one had time to delve into how a little girl being listed in the family genealogy could secure the family's safety.
What they were more concerned about was, "Why is a girl being adopted into the name of the eldest grandnephew? Isn't she the third son's child?"
Yu Qi didn't really care who the girl was registered under; what he cared about was that his nephew was always acting on a whim.
They didn't even consult with the elders beforehand; they made their own decisions and only brought it up when it was time to be included in the family genealogy.
The higher one's official position, the less respect they have for their elders who have no official rank or position!
This is what he cares about most. If he doesn't suppress his nephew this time and let him achieve his goal easily, he will become more and more demanding in the future. How can his family then get any benefits from the other party?
His authority as a close uncle and clan elder cannot be challenged by younger generations, not even by the current clan leader.
"Sixth Uncle, this is something that both the eldest and third sons agreed to. The third son's wife is in poor health and needs to go to the estate to recuperate, so she doesn't have the energy to raise the child. Therefore, I discussed it with their mother and we decided to have our granddaughter adopted by the eldest son, to be raised by Zhang Shi herself."
Before Yu Chongshan revealed his identity at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet in Yue Fuguang, he had already planned to have his child recorded in the family genealogy at the beginning of this month.
At the time, I didn't plan to make such a big fuss. I just told a few elders in the clan about the situation, and that one or two people would be there to witness it.
He never expected the whole "Thousand Autumns Banquet" incident to happen. After hearing about what his third son and daughter-in-law had done, he finally decided to register the child under his eldest son's name.
These past few days, I've been listening to my granddaughter's stories about our family and the court, and I'm shocked every day. I forgot to tell the elders about it beforehand.
“My third granddaughter-in-law is in poor health, but there is still a governess. Even if things get really bad, there are still my nephew’s wife and the others. How could you just give your perfectly good child to the eldest son’s family for nothing?”
If you do this, won't the third son resent you for stealing someone else's daughter? And won't this affect the relationship between the eldest and third brothers?
As they talked, he mentioned himself, and even though he was stupid, Yu Qinchun could tell that his sixth grandfather, who always tried to take advantage of him, was trying to sow discord between him and his father and brothers.
So Yu Qinchun quickly took over the conversation, saying, "Sixth Grandfather, you're overthinking it. Your grandson wouldn't dare blame Father and Elder Brother. It's all our fault."
We'll have to trouble my elder brother and sister-in-law to help us raise our child. I thank you in advance, elder brother, and also thank you, Father, for worrying about my son."
He adopted a very humble attitude, not only admitting that he and his wife were wrong, but also that they felt ashamed towards their family for their daughter's actions that ultimately led to the deaths of everyone in the household.
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