Ming Dynasty: Regrets about the Jingnan Rebellion? I changed it in a dream!

Chapter 4 Meeting in a Dream
Zhu Di slowly leaned on the table.

All the plainclothes guards were silently calculating the time in their hearts.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhu Di still hadn't woken up.

In the whole pub, not even a fly can escape.

……

But at this moment, Zhu Di had already entered a dream.

When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the tavern.

But this is still Yingtian Prefecture.

The thirteenth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Di felt a little heavy in his mind. Was this a dream?

He stretched out his hand and looked at the palm of his hand, the lines on it were clear.

If you look closely, you can actually see the pores on your wrists.

The floor beneath your feet is also made of solid stone bricks.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Such a real dream.

Just as Zhu Di was feeling the dream world.

A voice sounded from behind.

"Fourth."

This familiar voice.

big brother...

The moment he heard Zhu Biao's voice, his body became heavy.

I wanted to look back, but found myself like a stone statue.

Couldn't move at all, couldn't speak, could only breathe and blink.

As the footsteps behind me got closer and closer,

His eyes also began to turn uncontrollably and gradually turned red.

A tear slowly slid down Zhu Di's young cheek.

When did I lose even this little courage?

My elder brother is right behind me and my inner demon is in front of me, why shouldn’t I dare to turn around and face it!

Face it with dignity...

Even though Zhu Di knew very well that one of the nightmares that had troubled him for many years was right behind him.

I don't have the courage to face it.

Zhu Di's hands were shaking constantly.

He couldn't understand why he had been emperor for more than ten years.

But I still don't have the courage to face him.

Until a hand patted Zhu Di on the shoulder.

This slap removed all the "stiffness" in his body.

"Old Four, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Biao's voice was still gentle.

He was also wearing the same yellow dragon robe, but Zhu Biao looked a little younger at this moment.

Looking at Zhu Di in front of him, Zhu Biao was slightly stunned.

I saw that my brother's eyes were red, as if he had suffered a great injustice, and tears kept falling.

"Why are you crying?"

"Who bullied you? Or did the emperor scold you again?"

"Don't be afraid, I will go and argue with Father."

In Zhu Biao's heart, he was grateful for the kindness that could make his fearless brother cry.

Only one's own father, everyone in the world is afraid of one's own father.

But he alone was not afraid.

At this moment, Zhu Di finally had the courage to speak.

"Brother, don't go."

Hearing this voice full of vicissitudes of life, Zhu Biao looked back.

at this moment.

He seemed to see the shadow of another person on Zhu Di.

An old man who is aging, regretful, and filled with endless guilt.

However, this figure only lasted for a moment.

Zhu Biao blinked quickly, and the old figure had disappeared long ago.

Could it be that I saw it wrong?

Never mind. Maybe I’m just dazzled.

Zhu Biao walked slowly forward and wiped Zhu Di's face with his sleeve.

He raised his bright smile and said, "That's enough. A man shouldn't cry easily."

Seeing that Zhu Di was still frowning, Zhu Biao reached out and placed his hand on the corner of his mouth.

Lifted it up.

Forced a smile on his face.

"That's right. Stop looking so sad."

"Come for a walk with me."

Zhu Di was still in a daze at this moment, and Zhu Biao was still the same Zhu Biao.

Kind, loving, still the brother who always protected me. But I... was no longer the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di.

Just when Zhu Di was stunned, Zhu Biao turned around and looked at Zhu Di.

"Fourth."

Zhu Di then came to his senses and wiped the tears from his face.

He trotted towards Zhu Biao.

The two brothers strolled along the bluestone road of the imperial palace.

"Old Four, you are not young anymore, and you need to shoulder some responsibilities."

"After a few years, you will go to the frontier and become a vassal king with real power."

"It won't do if you just cry."

Zhu Di felt this moment of warmth.

Facing his elder brother's teasing, he laughed from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahaha, brother, I am no longer the same person I used to be."

"You know what? I had a dream yesterday."

"I dreamed that I became an emperor on horseback, punching the Tatars and kicking the Wala tribes. Those grassland people were like old dogs."

"Kneel before me and beg for my forgiveness."

Zhu Biao looked at the lofty ambitions displayed on Zhu Di's face.

But he was stunned. The emperor soon?

This kind of thing is not something you can say casually.

If outsiders heard this, they would definitely say that Zhu Di was trying to seize the throne.

If my father heard this, the consequence would be at least imprisonment.

Looking at the silent Zhu Biao, Zhu Di realized that he seemed to have said something wrong.

I am really confused. How can I say that I have become the emperor in front of the prince?

No matter how good their relationship is, it won't work.

Zhu Di's heart tightened and he looked at Zhu Biao.

Just when he thought Zhu Biao would scold him.

Zhu Biao just laughed softly.

"Hahaha, how can I take things in dreams seriously?"

"But it's good that you have this ambition."

"Father keeps talking about this every year, wondering when we can finally defeat the foreign enemies."

"If you can do this, my father and I will be proud of you."

Zhu Di was stunned.

Yes, how can we take things in dreams seriously?

However, the things in the dream did come true.

He indeed became an emperor on horseback.

He spent his whole life in military service, fighting against Arutai of the Tatar tribe and Mahamu of the Oirat tribe, making people on the grassland terrified.

Don't dare to compete with yourself.

"But...Old Four, you should stop saying such things."

"It's okay for me to hear it, but it needs to be heard by someone with ulterior motives, or by my father."

"You will be punished."

Zhu Biao warned with a serious expression.

As an emperor on horseback, he would not do anything to Zhu Di.

You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.

If this news really reached Zhu Yuanzhang, he would inevitably be hung up and beaten.

Zhu Di said softly.

"I am not afraid of punishment. I am young and not that weak."

"Dad, you can't beat me to death."

It would be better if they really beat him to death.

Atonement with life, even though it was just a dream.

But it is so real. Perhaps this real death can make my regretful heart feel a little better.

At the same time, his eyes looked towards Zhu Biao.

"Besides, don't I have you, my big brother, to back me up?"

Zhu Biao smiled helplessly.

"You have been like this since you were a child."

"You rely on me to support you and make father angry every day."

"You are sure that your father will not kill you, right?"

"Forget it, you are my brother after all."

"However, there are some things that cannot be done. It is better not to do them, otherwise I will not be able to protect you."

After all, Zhu Di was his younger brother, and the education he received when he was a child was about brothers living in harmony.

When his father is not around, he, as the eldest brother, has the responsibility to protect his younger siblings.

As long as it is not rebellion, treason, or patricide, he can protect it.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Biao with heavy thoughts, and he spoke slowly.

"What if I did these things, would you still protect me?"

(End of this chapter)