Murong Li understood that his mother's nature was always gentle, so when Murong Yan and he decided to pretend to have a growing rift due to power struggles, Murong Li chose to feign reliance on his maternal granduncle.
But... Murong Li was clear about his maternal granduncle's capabilities; it was absolutely impossible to secretly have his mother sent out of the palace under the eyes of his Ninth Uncle.
The Empress Dowager Yan led her son all the way to Murong Li's study, lifted Murong Li's sleeve, and looked at the wound wrapped with fine cotton cloth, which indeed appeared to be just a superficial wound, and only then did she let out a sigh of relief, her eyes involuntarily reddening again.
Seeing no one around, Empress Dowager Yan touched her son's handsome little face and said to Murong Li, "You... be more cautious! From now on, you must absolutely not set foot on the battlefield! You should pack up now and go back to the capital with your mother after New Year's Eve!"
