Zhu Zhan's pupils suddenly constricted. What Li Dai was holding was none other than half of a dragon-shaped jade pendant. Looking at this jade pendant stained with his blood, it felt as though the brotherhood he and Yuanxiu had shared for many years had been defiled, never to return to the way things were.
Yuanxiu was the courtesy name of the Grand Qi monarch. In private, he always called him Yuanxiu, a privilege once granted to him.
Back then, the two of them had faced life and death together many times; they were true brothers through thick and thin. The half-jade in Li Dai's hand was the one Yuanxiu had given him during those years, saying that this ancestral jade was his most precious possession and he was willing to give him half of it, just like his own life. Yuanxiu had told him that even if he ever ascended to that throne, he would always be his brother. If the choice truly had to be made between brotherhood and the realm, he would undoubtedly choose him. For the sake of his brother, he would gladly give up the greater part of the empire, as long as he wanted it.
Chapter 555