My mother was referring to Xi Run, my son.
I asked her: "Is that all right?"
"Why not Yun er but Run er?"
She also knew that I had a daughter. Seemingly, she was clear about everything about me. Did she know that I had almost died two years ago?
If she knew, why hadn’t she send people to take me to her then?
I answered her truthfully: "Run er is the elder brother. He is bound to suffer more than his younger sister, so the peerage is my compensation for him."
Xi Zhan had told her that Run er would be sent away from home to live on his own, and that Yun er would be kept close to us.
In the future, my son would definitely encounter a lot of hardships.
This peerage was my only compensation to him.
My mother replied: "This is not fair on your daughter."