Chapter 851 - 109 Competing for Hegemony_2
Unaware, Jiang Yuan drank a lot of wine, tears streaming down his face, saying that in the past he was foolish and often opposed his elder brother, hoping his brother could forgive and forget. Jiang Gao sighed in his heart, and Jiang Yuan used a dagger to cut his palm, swearing a blood oath never to betray his brother.
Then he performed a sword dance in the courtyard, singing as he danced.
Finally, Jiang Yuan respectfully went to bid farewell to his brother, saying that there had never been such a joyous banquet in the past, today was satisfying, but he involuntarily thought of his mother who had passed away early, and felt sadness in his heart.
Now their mother was gone, their father was absent, only his brother was there.
He wondered if his brother could give a personal item to him as a keepsake.
Jiang Gao was drunk and by nature lenient, when his younger brother, born of the same parents, asked his elder brother for a gift, how normal could this be? So he removed a sword, directly handed it over, and said:
"This sword was used by our father when he was young, later in the struggle for the world, the palace coup, it was this sword that was used. When I was six, father gave this to me, today I give this sword to you, my brother."
That night, Jiang Gao returned to the Eastern Palace, while Jiang Yuan’s expression was full of struggle.
He held the sword known throughout the court as the Crown Prince’s sword, his face showing violent internal conflict. For a moment he recalled when he was little, his brother took him around to play, he didn’t want to study, running out to climb trees.
Jiang Gao would also set aside his books to play with him, at that time he sat on the tree, using a slingshot to shoot birds, while his brother sat on a rock watching him. Jiang Yuan worriedly asked him, is it okay not to study like this?
Jiang Gao gently answered: "Books are endless, reading every day can’t finish them, the books not read today can be read tomorrow, but my only biological brother is you."
"We will eventually grow up, and the time I can play with you grows less each day."