She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

Chapter 260 Yue Er recognizes her adoptive father

"When I saw the young lady, I felt particularly close to her. I liked her very much at first sight. So I would like to make an unwelcome request. I want to adopt her as my adopted daughter. I wonder if that's okay?" Zhong Weiliang said a little embarrassedly.

The clever Shangguan Ziqi and his wife understood what he meant as soon as they heard it.

With this relationship, wouldn't I have a perfect excuse to get close to them mother and daughter in the future?

"Haha, it's Yue'er's blessing to be liked by the third place winner. Sister Ru, what do you think? Lord Zhong is sincere. It's not bad for the child to have a godfather to support him in the future." Shangguan Ziqi advised with a smile.

Shangguan Ru was also stunned for a moment.

Is he repaying her?

Thinking about the future, they, mother and daughter, will definitely be looked down upon. If the child has a foster father to support her, it will be a kind of protection.

After thinking for a while, Shangguan Ru squatted and bowed to Zhong Weiliang.

"Thank you, Lord Zhong, for your kindness."

It means she agreed.

"That's great! Xiao Yue'er will have a foster father in the future." Yu Yuanzheng took the child from Zhong Weiliang's arms and kissed her on the cheek. "Come on, without further ado, let's let Xiao Yue'er recognize her foster father now."

"Master Zhong, please take a seat." Yu Yuanzheng was very proactive.

Zhong Weiliang sat down in the place where Shangguan Ziqi had just sat without any courtesy.

Then Yu Yuanzheng carried Xiao Yue'er in front of him and instructed her to kneel down.

Zhilan was also very tactful. She got on her horse and brought a cup of warm tea.

"Little Yue'er, come and follow your aunt. Yue'er greets her adoptive father." Yu Yuanzheng taught with a smile.

Xiao Yue'er saw that all the adults were looking at her with smiles.

All of them looked encouraging.

She was a very well-behaved girl and followed Yu Yuanzheng's instructions seriously.

After she finished reciting this sentence, Yu Yuanzheng taught her to kowtow.

"Godfather, please have some tea." Yu Yuanzheng taught again.

"Godfather, please have some tea."

Zhilan put the cup in her little hand, and Yu Yuanzheng helped her hold it and stretched it towards Zhong Weiliang.

"Okay, okay." Zhong Weiliang happily took the teacup from the little hand and drank it all in one gulp.

Then she took off a jade pendant from her waist and placed it in her little hand.

"Godfather doesn't have any good things. I'll buy Yue'er some good things when he makes more money."

His jade pendant was indeed quite ordinary. He had only been in office for a little over a year, so how could he have saved much money? He only had this thing to hold his clothes.

But no one will dislike it at this time.

Yu Yuanzheng helped Yue'er put it into her pocket.

A simple ceremony is completed.

With this simple ceremony, it would be much more legitimate for him to visit the mother and daughter in the future.

"Thank you, Master Zhong. But you haven't even discussed this matter with your wife before making this decision. I wonder if your wife would have any objection to you adopting a daughter?"

Shangguan Ru was also happy that her daughter had a godfather, but she still felt that it was a bit disrespectful to his wife to make this matter a reality without letting her know.

Everyone froze when they heard Shangguan Ru's words.

"I haven't married yet." Zhong Weiliang said it generously.

Shangguan Ru was surprised after hearing this.

His face was a little red.

"Okay, Sister Ru, it's just an adopted daughter. It doesn't matter whether Lord Zhong has a wife or not." Yu Yuanzheng broke Shangguan Ru's embarrassment.

Zhong Weiliang achieved his goal and said goodbye and left.

Shangguan Ru was still in a daze.

It seems a bit inappropriate no matter how you think about it that a daughter regards a man without a wife as her godfather.

But we have already paid our respects, how can we continue to communicate from now on?

But Lord Zhong will get married sooner or later, and everything will be fine then.

Shangguan Ziqi and Yu Yuanzheng both chose not to tell her what Zhong Weiliang meant for the time being.

It’s not too late to talk about it later when things become natural.

It's less than a day's journey from here to the capital.

They planned to return to Beijing the next day.

Now that things have come to this, Shangguan Ziqi probably won’t try to assassinate him again.

"I don't know if my father and the others have returned." Yu Yuanzheng sighed.

"Not yet. But he should be here in three days at the latest. I didn't write down everything we suspected in the letter. I just told him that there was something very important that required him to return to the capital with Zishu."

"Oh, then my father will definitely not be so anxious. He needs to arrange the military affairs."

"It's okay, the matter is clear. Uncle San can't find any excuse to shirk responsibility."

"The ones who are hurt the most are Sister Ru and you." Yu Yuanzheng felt heartbroken for them when she thought about these things.

Is the throne of the prince's palace so important? It's not the throne of the emperor, why are they fighting for it so much?

"Fortunately, I have a wife. But sister Ru is the one who was hurt the most. She almost lost her life." Shangguan Ziqi seemed to be content with having a wife.

After a night's rest, the guards were all in high spirits the next morning.

They are responsible for the protection of the master for the entire hundred miles. If they are unable to protect their master in case of another assassination, they will be derelict in their duty.

Fortunately, the road is flat for a hundred miles.

There were many merchants and travelers coming and going, and they encountered no danger and entered the capital safely.

It was already afternoon.

"Sister-in-law, it's better for us mother and daughter not to go into the palace, right?" Shangguan Ru felt a little timid as she was about to arrive at the palace.

"Sister Ru, don't you want to know the truth? You can no longer blindly let your uncle and aunt arrange your life. From now on, you will be the one who decides your life. Don't be afraid of seeing them. Instead, they should be afraid of seeing you." Yu Yuanzheng encouraged.

We're already at the doorstep, how can we retreat?

"But I'm a divorced woman, and no one in the mansion will welcome me in." Shangguan Ru lowered her head dejectedly.

"That's not your fault. It's the fault of your uncle and aunt, and the Lin family. They teamed up to leave you with nowhere to go.

So you should hold your head high and walk into the palace with dignity.

If anyone dares to say anything bad about you, you just need to look on coldly.

Wait for father to come back and make the decision for you.

Until Father returns, you still have Mother and us to support you."

Yu Yuanzheng's words made her raise her head again.

Yes, she did nothing wrong. The ones who were wrong were her parents who raised her and her mother who gave birth to her.

The carriage stopped steadily at the gate of the palace.

Shangguan Ziqi returned this time and didn't play dumb. He simply rolled down from his tall horse.

When the gatekeepers saw the eldest son coming back, one ran to report to the steward Li, while the other came forward to help lead the horse.

The servant saw that the young master was standing and shouted happily: "Young master, your legs are healed!"

"Yeah." Shangguan Ziqi just hummed lightly and threw the reins to him, then walked to the front of the carriage and helped Yu Yuanzheng get off.

At this moment, a carriage came back from behind.

Shangguan Ziqi turned his head and saw that it was the second master who had returned.

When the prince went to the border, no one could take care of him, and no one knew where he went to have fun and come back.

Yu Yuanzheng got off the carriage.

The second master just happened to walk over.

Then he saw Shangguan Ziqi standing there intact, and was so shocked that he didn't know how to react.

"Hello, second uncle. Where did you come back from?" Shangguan Ziqi ignored his shocked expression and greeted him politely as a junior.

"Zi Qi, you've been away for a few months. Have you healed your leg?" The second master finally found his voice.

Shangguan Ziqi pretended not to see it, he had already prepared himself mentally.

My second and third uncles both hope that Zishu will be the crown prince, and this matter has long been made public.

"Yes. I went to the Kingdom of Southern Shu and found my uncle who was a miracle doctor before, and he cured me." Shangguan Ziqi lied easily.

At this time, Yu Yuanzheng helped Shangguan Ru out of the carriage and helped her take the child down.

Only then did the second master notice that there was someone else in the carriage.

When his eyes saw Shangguan Ru, they almost popped out of their sockets.

Shangguan Ru had met the second master when she was a few years old.

"Ru'er greets Second Uncle." Shangguan Ru squatted politely.

"You, you, who are you?" The second master was so shocked when he saw Shangguan Ru's face that he stuttered.

They are so similar, almost 80% similar.