She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

Yu Yuanzheng was stunned when he heard this.

Breaking the pot?

What do you mean?

By the way, smashing pots was an important custom in ancient folk funerals. When the coffin was opened, the earthenware pots used for burning paper money were 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 successor.

But Yu Yuanzheng remained silent, just listening to see what he meant.

"Let's talk about this later. Ziqi is still far from death." The prince was a little unhappy.

Is this a curse for his son to die early?

"You've already said that the imperial physician has already made a conclusion 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 I adopt him when the time comes, I will just inherit 40% of the family fortune for nothing without any affection."

Patriarch Hong advised earnestly.

"It's a rare occasion for us all 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 now. Asking her to raise someone else's child was like smashing a pot at Shangguan Ziqi, to put it nicely, but to put it bluntly, he just wanted to get the 40% of the property that the prince mentioned.

The benefits should not be shared with outsiders, and only the descendants can be selected from within the clan.

"Let's talk about this later." The prince still refused to give in.

He remembered clearly what Qingfeng and Mingyue reported to him that day. Maybe his son would wake up. If he was adopted now, it would be difficult to take him back 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. I don't want to adopt the child under my name for the time being." Yu Yuanzheng has no habit of helping others raise children, 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 parents, so how can she raise him well?

In her previous life, she had read too many stories about adopted children, but few could truly regard their adoptive parents as their own family, unless they were completely unaware of their own life experience.

But all of these children have living parents, and they are planning to inherit the property.

"Wife Ziqi, you are still young 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 her with an expression that was for her own good.

Yu Yuanzheng looked around at the ten children. All of them were very beautiful and were born in families that had no worries about food and clothing. Why did she still want to give the children away for adoption?

She couldn't figure it out.

Is the palace really that good?

Yu Yuanzheng didn't know how much property the palace had.

Money moves people's hearts.

Moreover, the royal palace is an iron-hat kingdom, and Shangguan Ziqi is the legitimate son of the princess.

After being adopted into the palace, he will become the closest cousin to the prince's children and have a bright future.

"I'm sorry, Grandma Hong, I will listen to my father and mother on this matter." Yu Yuanzheng had a shy expression.

She is still a virgin, so she must feel embarrassed when talking about 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 very lonely in the future. If you have a child to play with you, your life will be much better." Yu Chaoyang also advised with a smile.

She happened to be sitting next to Yu Yuanzheng.

In her previous life, she adopted the eldest child.

At first 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 actually disobeyed her under the persuasion of his biological parents.

He often takes out good things from home and gives them to his biological parents.

He goes to his biological parents' home every few days.

In addition, the Nanhua County Lady 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 completely, letting 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, it was Yu Yuanzheng's turn to bear all of this. Of course, she wanted to give it a push.

Will she die of depression like her previous life?

When she thought of that scene, she felt an inexplicable sense of comfort in her heart, the comfort of having changed her own destiny.

Unfortunately, Yu Yuanzheng didn't even look at her.

“But, Grandma Hong, I 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 and 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 take her to enjoy a good life.

As a result, the child finally came back, but it was his biological parents who picked him up.

In the end, he left his adoptive mother alone in his hometown, where she died of grief 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 happen to you, kid?" Grandma Hong didn't expect Yu Yuanzheng to be so stubborn.

He also hinted that the child cannot be raised well because he is not his own.

"If I have to adopt a child, I will adopt a child without parents or relatives. In other words, he must be an orphan, so that it is 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?

Of course, they had their own purposes in being willing to adopt their sons into the royal palace.

"Let's discuss this matter 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." Chief 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 with all the elders, and don't talk about anything else.

After the meal, I will give the clan leader five thousand taels of silver to repair the clan school, and those clan members who do not want to study martial arts can study literature.

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 keep your clan members in check."

The prince looked at the elders with dignity 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.

But the palace also provides them with a layer of protection.

With an unshakable palace, they could go out with dignity and were rarely bullied. This alone was their greatest benefit.

The second old lady was not present at this meal, and Yu Yuanzheng felt that the air was much fresher. She had not yet digested the food she had eaten at the palace banquet at noon, so she ate half a bowl of rice more.

A group of elders left disappointed.

Yu Chaoyang and Yu Yuanzheng accompanied the princess to see the guests off.

But Yu Chaoyang always felt uneasy.

Everything has changed.

Yu Yuanzheng did not choose a son to adopt today.

But in her previous life, the prince and princess agreed to the adoption and let her choose the one on the spot.

why?