Yu Yuanzheng was stunned when he heard this.
Breaking the pot?
What does it mean?
By the way, smashing pots was an important custom in ancient folk funerals. When the coffin was opened, the earthenware pot used for burning paper money would be smashed into pieces.
It is usually held before the funeral, and the eldest son is usually responsible for breaking the basin. If there is no eldest son, the eldest grandson will be responsible for it.
This old man is worried that Shangguan Ziqi will have no one to succeed him.
Yu Yuanzheng said nothing, just listened, to see what he meant.
"Let's talk about this later. Ziqi is still far from death now." The prince was a little unhappy.
Is this a curse for his son to die early?
"You've already said it, the imperial physician has concluded that the possibility of waking up is very small, so it's better to make plans early.
If we had adopted a child earlier, we could have developed some affection for him while he was still alive.
If we adopt him when the time comes, he will just inherit the family property of the four elders for nothing without any feelings for them. "
Patriarch Hong gave earnest advice.
"It's a rare occasion for us to get together today, so I'll ask each family to bring their children of appropriate age, and let Ziqi's wife choose and see which one she likes. We can open the ancestral hall in the next few days to arrange the adoption." Patriarch Hong continued.
Oh, Yu Yuanzheng understood it all now. Asking her to raise someone else's child was like throwing a pot at Shangguan Ziqi, or to put it bluntly, he just wanted to get the four-year-old property that the prince mentioned.
The good things should not be allowed to flow into the fields of outsiders, and only the heirs can be selected from within the clan.
"We'll talk about this later." The prince still refused to give in.
He remembered clearly what Qingfeng and Yue reported to him that day. Maybe his son might wake up. If he was adopted now, it would not be easy to return him to his parents in the future.
"Your Highness, this matter is of no small importance." Patriarch Hong still did not give up.
"Master Hong, the eldest son may wake up one day, and I don't want to adopt the child under my name for the time being." Yu Yuanzheng didn't have the habit of raising children for others, so she took the initiative to stand up and express her attitude.
First, she has never raised a child. If she chooses a child that is too young, she won’t know how to raise it. If she chooses an older child, the child will already remember his or her parents, so there is no way she can raise him or her well.
In her previous life, she had read too many stories about adopted children, and there were not many who could truly regard their adoptive mothers as their own family members, unless they had no idea of their own life experience.
But all of these children have living parents, which means they come here with the intention of inheriting the property.
"Wife Ziqi, you are still young now and don't understand many things. When you are old, you will be alone and won't even have a relative to serve you tea or water. You won't even be able to enter the underworld in the future." Grandma Hong advised with a look of concern for her.
Yu Yuanzheng looked around at the ten children. All of them were very pretty and were born in families that had no worries about food and clothing. So why did she still want to give the children away for adoption?
She couldn't understand.
Is the palace really that simple?
Yu Yuanzheng didn't know how much property the palace had.
Money can move people's hearts.
Moreover, the royal palace is an iron-hat royal family, and Shangguan Ziqi is the legitimate son of the princess.
After being adopted into the palace, he and the prince's children will be the closest cousins and have a bright future.
"I'm sorry, Grandma Hong, I will listen to Queen Mother Queen on this matter." Yu Yuanzheng had a shy expression.
She is still a virgin, so she has to act as if she is not polite when it comes to adopting a child.
In this body, she is only sixteen years old, one year younger than Yu Chaoyang.
"Child, you have to think about your future. Being a widow is already very unfair to you. You must have a child in your name to take care of you in your old age." Grandma Hong advised earnestly.
"Sister-in-law, you really should choose a child to adopt. Otherwise you will be lonely in the future. If you have a child to play with, your life will be much better." Yu Chaoyang also advised with a smile.
She was sitting right next to Yu Yuanzheng.
In her previous life, she adopted the eldest child.
At the beginning, she was nice to the child, and the child behaved quite sensibly in front of her.
But after Shangguan Ziqi died, the child pretended to obey her but secretly disobeyed her under the persuasion of his biological mother.
He often took out small things from home and gave them to his biological mother.
He goes to his biological mother's house every few days.
In addition, Nanhua County often showed off her happiness in front of her, which made her increasingly disappointed in life.
In the end, she gave up on the child and let him do whatever he wanted. When she died, the child was only thirteen years old, but he already looked like a dandy.
In this life, this life was Yu Yuanzheng's turn to bear. She certainly wanted to give it a push.
Will she also die of depression like her previous life?
When she thought of that scene, she felt an indescribable sense of comfort in her heart, the comfort of having changed her own destiny.
It's a pity that Yu Yuanzheng didn't even look at her.
“But, Hongzunan, I have heard a story.
There was a woman in the past who was in the same situation as I am today. She adopted the grandson of her distant cousin.
She worked hard to raise the child, sent him to school, and he eventually passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.
She looked forward to her child coming back every day to enjoy happiness with her.
She waited for the child to come back, but the person who met him was his biological mother.
In the end, he left his adoptive mother alone in his hometown, where she died of sadness and loneliness. It was the villagers who helped collect her body.”
Yu Yuanzheng deliberately pretended to be pitiful and made up a story to tell.
"How could this be possible, kid?" Grandma Hong didn't expect Yu Yuanzheng to be so stubborn.
He also insinuated that the child cannot be raised well because he is not his own.
"If you really want me to adopt a child, I will adopt a child without a mother or relatives. In other words, he must be an orphan, so that it will be easier to raise him." Yu Yuanzheng stated her request very bluntly.
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.
How could the Shangguan family have such an orphan for her to adopt?
They were willing to adopt their sons to the royal palace, of course they had their own purpose.
"We'll discuss this later." The prince glanced at Yu Yuanzheng and pushed the conversation aside again, not wanting to talk more.
"When will it be in the future? Please give me a definite answer, Your Highness." Patriarch Hong still did not give up.
"Let's talk about it later." The prince did not give an exact time.
"Well, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, please come to our house for a gathering, and don't talk about nonsense.
After the meal, I gave the clan leader five thousand taels of silver to repair the clan school, and those clan members who were unwilling to follow the military training could do so.
Don't take advantage of the fact that you are a descendant of the Shangguan family and stop striving for progress.
All clan elders, please restrain the young men of the clan."
The prince looked at the elders majestically and continued.
The prince does this every year.
In the entire Shangguan clan, the hereditary throne is the most honorable, and everyone else has to rely on their own struggle.
The Prince's Palace also provides them with a layer of protection.
With an unshakable palace, they can go out with dignity and are rarely bullied. This alone is the greatest blessing.
Without the Second Madam present at this meal, Yu Yuanzheng felt that the air was much fresher. She had eaten half a bowl of rice more before she had even digested the food she had eaten at the palace banquet at noon.
A group of elders left in despair.
Yu Chaoyang and Yu Yuanzheng accompanied the princess to see the guests off.
But Yu Chaoyang always felt uneasy.
Everything has changed.
Today, Yu Yuanzheng did not choose a child to adopt.
But in the previous life, the prince and princess were willing to adopt the child and asked her to choose the one on the spot.
Why?
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