Inferior dominance

After being stunned for a moment, I rarely saw that kind of "trance" expression on my elder brother's face. Almost without thinking, I said, "No, what did you dream about?"

I sat across from the eldest brother Prince, and he held his forehead with his hand. He seemed a little weak, but he still raised his eyes and raised the corners of his lips slightly at me: "It feels...it's not a particularly good content. In the dream, apart from worry-free It's so strange to have a carefree childhood, those days when I traveled with you, so many brothers and sisters, but I always have the best relationship with you..."

I smiled, the usual days in my memory have been diluted into the color of old photos, for a moment I was a little dazed, because I really rarely talked about these things with my elder brother, and at this moment, I only looked at him earnestly, and I realized that the way the prince looks at me has gradually begun to change, he has become so much like a big brother, although he was very similar at first, but the kind of eyes I am familiar with...

"It seems to be in a different world. We have known each other since we were very young. Well, it is what I told you before, but this time I also dreamed of Ji Xiao, and the third brother. There are Concubine Lan and Father Emperor..." The eldest brother blinked and sighed, "I always feel that I have done a lot of wrong things. In my dream, I actually reached a cooperation with Ji Xiao. I was blinded by the urgent hatred... I was used by him as expected, and he monopolized everything, including you."

Whether it's Ji Xiao or the eldest brother, when they talk about each other, they all seem to have a cold light in their eyes.

Facing his gaze, I was at a loss for a moment. In today's world, the reason why I have always stood by Ji Xiao's side has always been - "Only I share the memory beyond the dream with him".

But at this moment, there is already a small crack in this belief, and the gap gradually spreads with the awakening of the elder brother's consciousness, and even——

"A lot of bad things happened. The fourth child went to jail, and the third child who had always supported me died because of me. I..." As I spoke, my elder brother laughed softly, "Where is that?" At that time, I seemed to have nowhere to go, I thought that there must be at least one thing that I could hold firmly in my hands, but then..."

"You died too, and Ji Xiao went with you. Originally, I had the determination to sever everything, but suddenly I got everything."

Boom—boom—I seem to hear the sound of my heart beating violently. This is the first time that I have learned something other than a dream from someone else.

"Ji Xiao is going with me?" The voice trembled unconsciously. I don't know what kind of emotion was on my expression at that moment. The eldest brother just looked at me and slowly closed his eyes——

"Yes, but strictly speaking, he is not like you. It cannot be said that he has completely lost his life, but has only become a body, um, just like that little prince."

"After dealing with your afterlife, gradually, he became like that."

"Your death has stopped our struggle. If this was your goal from the beginning, then..." The eldest brother smiled rather palely, "Undoubtedly, you succeeded."

"After you died, Ji Xiao gave up everything, and I... I seemed to have easily obtained what I was looking for, but at that time, it seemed that everything was meaningless. The fourth child went to prison, and the third My brother is gone, so you simply left me in that way.” The elder brother’s voice was soft, as if he was caressing something carefully, “I managed everything in an orderly manner, and along the way, my hands seemed to be stained. With more blood, I became more ruthless, and my heart seemed to be covered with a thick layer of ice from the inside out."

"It wasn't until I got old that I realized that it was on the day when I first left the Yu family that my father's words haunted me forever.

"Just like this life."

For a moment, I seemed to have lost the ability to speak. I stared blankly at my eldest brother, and suddenly felt that his soul suddenly seemed to have aged ten years...20 years...or even 30 years old.

"In that grotesque world where everyone is brothers and sisters, he told me that he wanted me to leave not because I did anything wrong, but because I disliked him, so he couldn't let me inherit His family business."

"In my dream, I was confused by his words for many years. I thought, if this is the case, why did you train me in that way from the beginning? Why did you give me that illusion?"

"For me, the more others don't want me to get something, the more I want to get everything. I want him to know that even if things rot in my hands, I won't give the original things as he wished. What belongs to me is handed over to the so-called 'his favorite' person."

"But this time, even though I didn't have those strange dreams at that time, on the night my father died, for some reason, I still asked this question out of my mouth."

"He gave me the answer."

"He said, my mother, was a lowly woman, he said, he knew she had never done anything wrong, guilt, which made him deceive himself to raise me, but he still couldn't convince himself to give me real meaning Because every time he sees me, he can't help but think, if I don't exist, can he have the future he wants? He holds me to a high place, looks carefully, and tries his best to prove I'm not good enough for him to let go and smash me to pieces."

"Just as he despises my mother, he also deems me unworthy."

"After Father finished all this, he looked at me with a smile on his face, and in the midst of overwhelming resentment, watching his life gradually disappear in my hands, I finally felt an unprecedented joy in my heart."

"Although this joy gradually disappeared with various problems that followed, little lamp, I understand the problems that have puzzled me for two lifetimes, but I still can't seem to save myself from this endless world. Fan cage."

Staring into big brother's eyes, I think at this moment, my heart is more than shocked.

This is the first time he confessed to me so profoundly, and it was at this moment, my brother, that I realized that I had understood him a little bit.

"Leave." Uncontrollably, I said these three words, my body trembled a little, and I even began to resent myself for betraying such a person who had been kind to me from the beginning to the end, maybe ... I was the one who sinned, "Brother, leave." Perhaps, in the end, I made such a request feebly.

The elder brother only shook his head slightly, and slowly he stood up, "Little lamp, this is my fault, rights, money, answers, and other people's affirmation...all of these, although I am tired of it now, But... if it is atonement, it can exchange for the well-being of you and your mother in this life, and I am willing to face such an ending."

"It's the strange thing. I woke up too late. It's a pity that I accidentally had the experience of fighting against Ji Xiao for two lifetimes this time, but I still couldn't beat him after all."

From the beginning to the end, my elder brother and I never made our relationship clear, nor did we explain everything about our previous life one by one. I even felt that he already knew about my betrayal. Maybe he didn't neglect the guards in the palace, but just the moment he got the answer and remembered everything, the eldest brother suddenly lost his fighting spirit.

I stared at the sleeping owl parrot on the desk and in the birdcage. Slowly, I opened the birdcage, wanting it to fly out of the window, to a place where no one can see place, chic and free...

But in the end, it became a lifeless toy parrot, willing to stay in the cage forever, and just fell asleep so deeply.

Although I know so much, the action that should be carried out must continue.

The night when the third brother left the palace was smooth, I remember when we parted from him, he grabbed my hand and wrinkled his whole face in distress, "Brother Deng, I will let Ji Xiao come to pick you up earlier, You can bear it for a few more days."

Not knowing how to answer, I could only bite the bullet and nod.

The third brother is not like the eldest brother, he failed to regain his consciousness after all, but I think this is a good thing for him, a person like him should have been living carefree in a favorable environment .

Later, the enthronement ceremony that should have been held grandly did not start as scheduled.

The increasingly chaotic situation in the capital finally passed through the thick palace walls and entered the ears of the people in the palace.

Only then did I know that the army led by Ji Xiao had already begun to try to break in from outside the city gate, while the convoy carrying the third prince was riding northward on horseback, spreading rumors of the prince's regicide along the way. As soon as they responded, many provincial and municipal troops began to follow Ji Xiao's pace and rushed all the way to the interior of the capital under the banner of "fighting for the former emperor".

On the day when the news came, the prince came to my bedroom to look for me with a calm face. I don't know how his imperial army has fought against Ji Xiao's army. Or, why can he still show such a gentle yet somewhat resolute expression?

He was not wearing the emperor's dragon robe, but he was wearing the clothes he often wore when he was a prince. He grabbed my sleeve and said to me softly: "Xiao Deng, you are the only person I can trust now, my mother Mrs. Song wholeheartedly wants to die here with me, but I can't just watch her like that because I have suffered misfortune, now I will arrange a carriage to take you out of the palace quietly, just pick two or three capable assistants... I Knowing your relationship with Ji Xiao, I don't ask for anything other than that when the carriage is stopped, you try your best to keep my mother safe, is that okay?"

At that moment, my tears flowed down, he knew, he really knew everything, but now what can I say to him?Eldest brother is a man of integrity, it is impossible for me to ask him to flee in a hurry with us.

"What about you?" I asked.

He paused, looked at me, and smiled a little relieved, "The next thing will be a scene that I have never seen in my two lifetimes combined. It may be good to experience it."