She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

"Filial piety? There is a saying that goes, 'A kind father makes a filial son.' The father must be kind before the son can be filial. As an elder, have you ever been kind to me? If you are not kind, how can you have the nerve to ask me to be filial?" Yu Yuanzheng asked back.

"Madam, don't bother with her. The second old lady is already senile and confused." Shangguan Ziqi narrowed his eyes and added.

The third old lady looked at Yu Yuanzheng with a subtle look.

She had known for a long time that Yu Yuanzheng and Jiang Qingqing were not on good terms, but she had never expected Yu Yuanzheng to speak to her elders in this way. Such a woman was rare in a large family.

She also became wary of Yu Yuanzheng. This woman always gave her a bad feeling.

But I can't say what's wrong with her.

The two hadn't interacted much in such a long time. But this woman gave her a feeling of being more than simple. She would have to ask the third brother to investigate thoroughly.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

"Greetings, Prince." The voice of the maid outside came into the hall.

When he heard it was the prince, Nanhua quickly stood up and walked to the door.

"The prince is back!" Nanhua was very excited.

I haven't seen you in a long time.

"Ah."

Shangguan Zishu came in, dusty and exhausted, with a look of fatigue on his face.

"Greetings to my mother, the two old ladies, my concubine, and my two aunts..." Shangguan Zishu called everyone.

"My son, why have you become so thin? Your face is so dark from the wind." Concubine Luo felt so distressed that she stepped forward and wanted to touch her son's face.

"Don't worry, Concubine. I'm just a little tired."

"Now that your father is back, I was wondering if it was time for you to come back too." Concubine Luo knew yesterday that the prince was back and she wanted to ask him when he would come back.

I didn't expect that he would be back in just one day.

"Where is my father?" Shangguan Zishu looked for him in the study in the outer courtyard as soon as he came back, but he was not there.

"He has entered the palace." The princess replied.

The prince went to the palace to attend court early in the morning.

The entire capital is now filled with a tense atmosphere.

Everyone knew that Canglan had sent troops.

There's going to be a big battle soon.

A war would mean the sacrifice of soldiers and the loss of manpower and money.

"Greetings, Your Highness." At this time, the maid's voice came from outside the door again.

Then everyone saw the prince striding in with a stern face.

"Greetings, father." Shangguan Zishu bowed to the prince before he even had time to sit down.

"Yes." The prince strode towards the main seat. When passing by the mats where several children were crawling, he took the little girl in his arms before sitting down.

"Zishu just came back?"

"Yes, Father."

"Please take a seat. This morning, I went to the palace to discuss matters with the Emperor. Canglan Country has already dispatched its troops, and although Great Wei has long been prepared, our Rong Palace has always been the commander-in-chief on the battlefield. So, Zishu will rest for a few days before returning to the palace to receive the command seal and go to war, bringing Zifeng with him."

"Your Highness!" When the Second Lady heard that Zifeng was going to be brought along, she was so shocked that she stood up from her chair.

"What?" The prince gave him a cold look.

"Your Highness, I only have one son. He can't go to the battlefield. Zifeng hasn't left any offspring yet. If anything happens to him, how will I survive?"

"Yes, Your Highness, we only have this one legitimate son in the second branch, and Zifeng cannot go to the battlefield." The second old lady also said anxiously.

"Zifeng, what's his last name?" the prince asked coldly.

"But, but, but..." The Second Madam wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.

"The sons and daughters of my Prince Rong's Mansion all take it as their responsibility to defend the Great Wei. No one can be a coward." The prince said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

"But Your Highness, Zifeng is not the Crown Prince." The Second Lady finally managed to utter a word.

"Is it only the Crown Prince who goes to the battlefield? Shangguan Zifeng lives in the Rong Palace and is a member of the Rong Palace. He is aware of the need to sacrifice himself to protect the people of Wei."

At this moment, the second master also hurried in.

"Is the eldest brother really back? As soon as the second brother heard about it, he rushed back from the military camp. Did you find the iron box?" The second master asked about the iron box as soon as he came in.

"It hasn't been found yet." Shangguan Ziqi answered for his father.

"Oh, Ziqi is back too? Is your leg healed? Why is he still sitting in a wheelchair?" The second master looked at Shangguan Ziqi who was sitting next to him with a look of surprise on his face.

He was not blind and could see at a glance that he was still sitting in a wheelchair.

"Second Uncle, do you want me to be cured or not?" Shangguan Ziqi knew from his expression that he didn't want him to stand up at all.

He had long been aware that everyone wanted him to be confined to a wheelchair forever.

"Master, please persuade the prince quickly. The prince wants Zifeng to go to the battlefield with the prince." When the second wife saw her husband coming back, she immediately told him what the prince had just said with red eyes.

"What? How can this be? Big brother, Zifeng has such little ability, how dare he go to the battlefield? If he goes, he will be cannon fodder. He is my only legitimate son, you can't send him out to cause trouble for me." The second master jumped up and shouted.

"If the prince can go to the battlefield, why can't he?"

"How can they be the same? The Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, he has to take on the responsibility of the entire Rong Palace, while Zifeng is just our second wife's child. He doesn't have to bear the responsibility of the palace."

"Only the side branches have no obligations. In this case, let's split up the family. You, the second branch, should get out of Prince Rong's Mansion." The prince's face turned cold and he used his trump card.

When they were asked to split up the family business, the second master didn't dare to say a word.

The second master saw Shangguan Ziqi sitting steadily in the wheelchair again.

At this moment, he hoped that Shangguan Ziqi's leg would be healed so that he could go to the battlefield and his son would not have to go.

Shangguan Ziqi just smiled at him slightly.

The meaning of that smile is self-evident.

"Alright, everyone, disperse. We have guests coming to the mansion tomorrow. Everyone, do your part. Zishu and Ziqi, follow me to the outer chambers."

After the prince said this, he pushed his daughter into the princess's arms and strode out of the main hall of the main courtyard.

Everyone broke up unhappy.

But Yu Chaoyang stayed.

"Second sister, I knew you were back yesterday. I thought you might be very tired from the journey, so I didn't come to disturb you. We can have a good talk today."

Her desire to get close to Yu Yuanzheng was obvious.

Yu Yuanzheng rolled her eyes in her heart. She just realized it now, but it was too late.

"During the six months since you left, Chaoyang often came to the hospital to help mother take care of the children." The princess told Yu Yuanzheng about Yu Chaoyang's recent behavior.

As for how her daughter-in-law gets along with her sister, she doesn't care.

After all, some damage has already been done, and it is indeed not easy to completely heal, but we cannot kill someone with one blow.

If Yu Chaoyang put aside all her worries and got along well with her eldest daughter-in-law, she, as her mother, would not be too harsh.

"Thank you so much, big sister." Yu Yuanzheng replied indifferently.

Neither too close nor too distant, just maintaining a superficial peace.

Yu Yuanzheng didn't think that the two of them could get along peacefully just because she apologized to him.

There is still the life of the original owner between them.

Although it was not her own doing, it was also caused by her.