I Became The Stepmother of My Ex-husband

Chapter 82: Adoption

"Adopt?"

The few people in the hall looked at each other, and many of them were surprised: "A family with no heirs and no children will needs to adopt. Shizi obviously has a son. Although he is a shu son, but he is the true descendant of Shizi. What is the ground for adoption?"

"If Gao Chen is a di son, why do we need to do all this fuss." The elder who proposed the adoption had long expected that there would be opposition, so he explained calmly, "Gao Chen is shu eldest son, if we report to the imperial clan court to ask him to be conferred, it's inevitable that some people will use his identity as a shu son to make trouble. In recent years, although the mansion is extravagant, the momentum of current younger generations is mediocre. We have today's situation all relying on Yan Wang. But the third girl is just a daughter-in-law and not really has the right to speak in Yan Wang Mansion. Even if we use this matter to ask Yan Wang, she may not be able to talk to Yan Wang. I think left and right, and after discussing with the second elder, I thought it would be better to pick a child from the clan to be adopted under Shizi. Then Shizi will have a di son, and it will be logical to inherit the title. Secondly, it will be able to mend the relationship with Grand Princess Shou Kang."

It was rare for the Gao family to know that their house was just an empty shell, looked good on the outside, but in fact, there were no promising juniors. Although there were still people who oppose it, but more people were contemplating it. Adoption originally was to pass on the incense, and it was not limited to a family without a son, so according to etiquette adopting a child under Duke Yingguo Shizi was justified.

The real reason, however, if Gao Chen inherited the duke mansion, they would not get any benefits. Instead, they would have to bear the risk of Duke Yingguo Mansion falling into a marquis. On the contrary, if one child from the clan was adopted... Duke Yingguo Shizi didn't have a di son, but they have.

The word benefit was the priority, and any rules could be made flexible.

The minds of the people who could sit here wouldn't be bad. People from the Gao family were mediocre in officialdom, but they were very shrewd when calculating their own interests. They pretended to discuss the thing again, and looked at the Duke Yingguo who had not spoken: "Duke Yingguo, what do you think?"

Duke Yingguo was silent. He was not stupid. How could he leave his grandsons with no other choices, and leave the family inheritance to other people's son. Although once adopted, the child had nothing to do with the original family, and Duke Yingguo Shizi and Wei shi became his parents, but the blood relationship constantly set them apart, there was a close and far relative, Duke Yingguo could still distinguish it.

But he was not only a grandfather, he was also the head the Duke Mansion and the patriarch of the Gao family. He took the title of Duke Yingguo from his elders. How could he let the Dukedom be reduced to a marquis or even to a count in his hands? How could he meet his ancestors in the future?

In the end, the interests of Duke Yingguo Mansion overwhelmed the feelings between grandparents and grandchildren. Duke Yingguo did not oppose the idea of ​​adopting a succession. Instead he said: "Let's set aside these things. In the next few days I will go to Yan Wang Mansion, let's sounding out Yan Wang's attitude. If Yan Wang can help, there will be no problem with our duke mansion getting the equal rank. But just in case, it's best to prepare for the adoption. In this few days, first pick a smart and diligent child from each branch, let them come to the mansion to study with Gao Chen. Anyway, they are still young and the succession matters are not urgent."

This action would have taken care of the opinions of both parties, and everyone could accept it without any objections. It didn't take long for the news of the adoption to reach the backyard, and Duke Yingguo old madam was very surprised when she heard this: "Adoption? There is obviously Chen boy, why do you want to adopt from outside?"