"Uncle Fourth!"
Zhu Yunxi turned around again and stared at Zhu Di closely.
Then, gently place the two empty tea cups side by side.
"I've given you the road, right here!" As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi's fingers suddenly moved, and a tea cup suddenly overturned and fell to the ground. With a snap, it shattered into pieces.
This sudden sound made Zhu Di's heart twitch and his pupils shrink.
"One way to live! One way to die! You choose it yourself!" Zhu Yunxi said slowly, word by word, "You choose the path to go, life and death are all in my mind!"
Zhu Di raised his head, controlled his heart palpitations, and looked into Zhu Yunxi's eyes.
He suddenly realized that he was wrong. He had misjudged the young emperor in front of him, and he had also missed the nephew.
I thought that this young emperor would be like his father. Even if he knew something well, he would not reveal his face. Instead, he would give soft words to persuade, and then say some words of family affection. Let both parties, let each other.
There is some leeway.
Or, like the old man, he was furious and just beat and scolded him. But when he was actually in the situation, Zhu Di realized that he was wrong.
He has never understood this young emperor. What he has always thought and done has always been talking to himself. He has never really thought about his biggest enemy.
The emperor in front of him made him feel strange and frightened.
For the first time in his life, he felt powerless. This feeling made him feel shameful and ashamed. But he had no way, no language, to refute or even confront the other party.
"I am not an old man, nor am I the father I was. I won't let them accommodate you!" Zhu Yunxi continued to look at him and spoke slowly, "There are no conditions for me here. As for the favor, Fourth Uncle, you have used up all of it.
My patience has run out."
Suddenly, Zhu Di's eyes ignited with deep humiliation, and the stubbornness and unruliness in his heart burst out, "Why is the emperor so hard to do so? I have worked hard at the border for these years, will I end up like this?"
As he said that, Zhu Di stood up suddenly, ripped open his chest with a sound, exposed the scars on it, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Look! Look! Look!"
"When I was a teenager, I tied my hair and joined the army. When the prince's eldest brother was studying in Wenhua Palace, I was in the army with those Qiu Ba!"
"When the capital is in full bloom, I am fighting in a bloody battle in the wind and snow in the desert!"
"The palace is magnificent and the palaces are towering. How many times have I stayed here?"
"Climb on the ice and lie in the snow, wearing your liver and gallbladder. Wear armor more than a king's robe, and hold a knife more diligently than chopsticks!"
"Look at the injuries on my body! Which part of my body is not for Daming?"
"Why does the emperor treat me like this today?"
Amidst the low roar, Zhu Yunxi just looked at him quietly with no expression on his face.
After Zhu Di's words paused, Zhu Yunxi said, "Are you done?"
After just three words, Zhu Yunxi showed a different smile on his face, "Are you here to talk about your merits and your grievances?"
"Yes, you have made great contributions to the country over the years. It is precisely because of your merits that I will give you a way to go today. Otherwise, you will have no way to go now!"
With just one sentence, the courage Zhu Di mustered up quickly disappeared like a ball being deflated.
"You said you fought for the country! You said it was not easy for you these past years! As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, King Qin, this is your fate! Your responsibility! Your responsibility!"
"Tell me your credit! You were responsible for all the border battles? Without the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who fought bravely and fought with blood, can you, Zhu Di, do it alone?"
"Show me the scars on your body? Others have fewer scars than you? The world belongs to the Zhu family. As a son of the Zhu family, do you want to hide behind others?"
"Yes, you are much better than other vassal kings, you are better than them!"
"But you have to remember that it was not you, Zhu Di, who made the Ming Dynasty possible, but the Ming Dynasty that made you!"
After saying that, Zhu Yunxi paused and looked at Zhu Di again, "Furthermore, if everything can be judged by merit, why do we need national laws and family rules?"
Zhu Di worked dejectedly and silently.
"Using merit as an excuse? Humph, even if the merit is worth the crime, you must have more than one capital crime on your body!"
After a long time, Zhu Di raised his head, his eyes were scarlet and his voice was hoarse, "Your Majesty, please kill me!" He lowered his head and said, "Everyone on the left and right is dead, give me a good time!"
All the illusions in my heart were shattered, and all these years of hard work were in vain. I suddenly realized that what I had been holding on to all along was just a ridiculous dream.
Zhu Di felt a little hopeless in his heart.
Now that things have come to a point, it is better to die neatly than to be manipulated and ravaged by others.
Anyway, this is the only pride he has left now.
"Why should I kill you?" Zhu Yunxi smiled slowly, "I have given you two roads, life or death! But you still have to walk the road after all!"
"Even if you choose death, you will not die here. This is my late father's Spring Harmony Palace, which contains the friendship between your brothers. My father is watching from the sky, how could I let you die here?"
"The old man enjoys his old age and lets you die in your prime. How can I face his old man?"
"If you choose death, I will let you go!"
Suddenly, Zhu Di looked up in disbelief.
"That's right, even if you choose the road of death, I will let you go back. Are you thinking in your heart that I am letting the tiger return to the mountain?" Zhu Yunxi smiled and shook his head, "In my heart, Fourth Uncle, you are no longer a tiger!"
"Let you go back and let you go further and further down the road to death and fall deeper and deeper. There will be no recovery, everyone will betray you and your relatives will be separated. When the time comes, your life will be worse than death!"
"When the time comes, everything will be your own fault because of your stubbornness!"
"The path to life is completely different!"
Zhu Yunxi picked up the teacup and took a sip, "If you choose to live, I can treat everything in the past as if it never happened and let bygones be bygones."
"From now on, you will still be the wise king of the Ming Dynasty. You will still open up new territories for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and trample across the border!"
"In the future, you will be the Zhu family praised by history books and the king of Sai respected by future generations!"
"Don't dwell on those ridiculous knots in your heart. They are dead knots that cannot be broken through!"
With that said, Zhu Yunxi turned around and sat down, "You make your own choice, tell me when you have chosen!"
Zhu Di slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with surprise, confusion and astonishment.
"To put it more seriously, I am here for the country!"
"To put it mildly, I am here for my family!"
"I still remember when I was a child, whenever my father saw the news about your success at the border, he would happily tell the old man. Father, the fourth child has made meritorious service again. The old man would say, the fourth child is well done and he is our good son!"
"Dad said that it is not easy for the fourth child to be at the border, in a bitter and cold place. I wonder if you remember that in the letter my father sent you back then, he said that he was less concerned about military affairs and more concerned about your health!"
"You took the wrong path once, don't make the same mistake again and again!"
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Suddenly, Zhu Di's scarlet eyes were covered with a layer of crystal.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to choose a way out?"
"This question is ridiculous!" Zhu Yunxi flipped his hands slightly, "The road is given by me, you can choose it yourself!"
"I have chosen a way out, and I will be a good minister with all my heart from now on, right?" Zhu Di asked again.
Zhu Yunxi sighed slightly and said with a wry smile, "The emperor's words are true. The most difficult thing in the world is preaching!" After saying that, he looked at Zhu Di and said, "Choosing a life path does not mean that you will be a kowtow in the future. You are superficial.
, and you make me look simple!"
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