"Mother, you call me son?"
Concubine Li glanced at Yu'er and nodded.
"Yu'er, are you adapting to life in the palace?"
"Well, it's good, but I feel it's not as quiet as the Imperial Mausoleum. I wanted to come and discuss it with you. Once you recover, I will return to the Imperial Mausoleum..."
"Yu'er..."
Concubine Li interrupted him,
"You've guarded the imperial mausoleum for six years. That's enough."
"But I said I would keep it for ten years."
"What's the point of guarding the dead? If you have that time, you'd better guard the living."
Yu Er looked up at her in confusion.
"Mother, what do you mean by this?"
Concubine Li looked at him solemnly with her shrewd eyes.
"Yu'er, although you are only ten years old, your intelligence is far superior to your peers. Therefore, you should understand what your mother says. Your mother has put a lot of thought into us returning to the palace early this time. If you bring up the idea of going back again, it will be a waste of your mother's long-term pretense."
Yu'er stared at her with wide eyes, as if she didn't understand.
"Mother, you...what do you mean by that? You just said you were pretending to be crazy? Could it be that...you weren't really sick before, and you were just pretending?"
Concubine Li sneered lightly.
"Yes, Mother did this for you. Please don't reject Mother's kindness."
Yu Er looked at her in disbelief, shaking her head and questioning,
"Mother, why is this happening? Why did you lie to me? Why did you make me a person who breaks my promise? You know how much trouble the Emperor and Empress have put in because of you pretending to be sick. Why did you do this?"
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