Concubine Li suddenly looked at him seriously.
"Yu'er, Mother said I did this all for you. This Daning Kingdom has always been yours. Why should they enjoy the good life here while you have to hide in the imperial mausoleum and guard the graves of the dead?"
Yu'er was frightened by Concubine Li's words. His mother had always been a gentle and elegant person. Why did she suddenly become like this today?
He looked at her in astonishment.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? You didn't say that before. You said that we were accompanying Father in another way. He couldn't see me grow up when he was alive, and after he died, he wanted to see me grow up with his own eyes. Why would you say such a thing today? Yu'er doesn't seem to recognize you. Mother, are you sick again? I'll go call the imperial physician now..."
"Yu'er..."
Concubine Li suddenly called him,
"I'm not sick. I'm telling you the truth today. You have to seize this throne, no matter what means you use."
"No."
Yu Er immediately raised her voice to interrupt her.
"Mother, you are crazy. I just thought you were talking nonsense."
"I'm sober now. I know what I'm saying. Yu'er, you have to listen to me. Otherwise, Leng Yu will kill you sooner or later."
"No, he is my fourth brother. He won't kill me, and I won't fight for his throne, even if you kill me."
After saying this, he was about to turn around and leave, but Concubine Li suddenly called him,
"Yu'er, if you don't agree, your mother will die in front of you."
As she said this, she pulled off a hairpin and stabbed it into her neck. Blood immediately flowed out from her snow-white neck.
This scene frightened Yu Er, and he immediately stepped forward and tried to persuade him fearfully.
"Mother, please don't do anything stupid..."
"Yu'er, Mother said that all this is for you. If you don't agree to it, Mother would rather die."
After saying this, she pressed her hand hard inward, and the hairpin was instantly stained red with blood.
"Mother..."
Yu'er was so frightened that her face turned pale. He kept waving his hands, trying to go forward and pull her, but he was afraid that if she exerted a little force, she would be killed by the hairpin.
He stood there at a loss, his face pale with anxiety...
"Yu'er, I have lived my whole life for you. If you don't agree to my promise, there will be no point in my living anymore."
Before she finished speaking, she closed her eyes tightly, as if she was really ready to die.
In a hurry, Yu Er suddenly shouted,
"Mother, I promise you, I will promise you everything."
This sentence hit the mark of Concubine Li. A barely perceptible smile flashed across her eyes. She then put down the hairpin in her hand and looked at Yu'er with tears in her eyes.
"Yu'er, don't blame your mother. Since ancient times, there have been countless cases of the strong preying on the weak, especially in the palace. If you are not strong, you will be eaten alive. You must become strong and defeat all your opponents."
At this moment, Yu'er looked at Concubine Li as if she were a stranger. He felt that the person in front of him was no longer the mother he was familiar with and relied on. She was more like a lioness who would do anything for food.
But she is his mother, this is an indisputable fact. She has suffered a lot for him over the years, and he cannot bear to see her die in front of him.
For his mother, he was willing to do anything, even if he was forced.
Thinking of this, he bit his lip, sighed deeply, and then nodded.
"Okay, I agree to whatever you say."
Seeing Yu'er's attitude change, Concubine Li's eyes flashed with pride, and then she took out a package from her pocket and handed it to him.
"Put this in the prince's water cup."
Yu Er looked at her with astonishment.
"Mother, what is this? You can't harm Lele."
Concubine Li hurriedly explained with a smile,
"Yu'er, you're overthinking it. This packet of medicine is harmless. Just do as Mother says. Mother will tell you the reason later."
"But……"
"If you don't agree, you're trying to force Mother to death."
Seeing that Concubine Li's eyes had become fierce, Yu'er immediately took the packet of medicine and nodded with gritted teeth.
"Okay, I promise you, but you have to promise me that no matter what, you won't hurt Lele. I haven't been with him for a long time, but I can see that he has a kind heart, just not very good at speaking."
To reassure Yu'er, Concubine Li smiled and nodded.
"Silly child, mother will not harm Lele, but if we want to fight for the throne, we can't let Lele become too powerful..."
"What do you mean? Will this thing make Lele stupid? Or...will it ruin his martial arts?"
"No, no."
Concubine Li quickly shook her head.
"This little medicinal noodle will only temporarily make him lose his fighting spirit, but it won't harm his body, so don't worry!"
Yu Er held the medicine bag in her hand and looked at her with pity.
"Mother, I really don't want this throne..."
As soon as he said this, Concubine Li's face suddenly turned from bright to gloomy.
She glared at him and yelled,
"Yu'er, you are trying to force your mother to death. Now your mother will give you two choices: either fight for the throne or your mother will die. Make your choice!"
"Mother..."
Yu'er felt caught in a dilemma at this moment.
He looked at Concubine Li's ashen face and the bloodstains on her neck, and dared not say anything more.
He discovered that after this illness, his mother's temper became much more irritable than before, or rather, he suspected that her illness had not been cured at all, and she was still possessed by ghosts.
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