The night is deep, and the hazy moonlight also shines on the majestic and magnificent Forbidden City.
The young emperor Zhu Youxiao had fallen asleep, his expression peaceful and his breathing even; beside him was Zhang Yu'er, who was sleeping soundly with her breath as sweet as orchid.
This has become Zhu Youxiao's habit. He can't sleep well without someone by his side. Sometimes he does some bedtime exercises with his partner, and sometimes he just whispers to them for a while before falling asleep in each other's arms.
The curtain moved slightly, and a big head popped out from the side of the bed. Its two strange eyes looked left and right, and finally fixed on the young emperor's face.
Xiaobai is chubby, but he moves nimbly and lightly. He stepped on the bedding with his little paws and came to Zhu Youxiao's side silently.
Xiaobai stared at Zhu Youxiao with his heterochromic eyes, opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, except that he didn't make any "lululu" sound, as if he was making fun of him.
Then, it gently placed a little paw on Zhu Youxiao's hair scattered on the pillow.
Zhu Youxiao felt like he was dreaming again. Yes, people were flying, but they were not birdmen. Wasn’t it just a dream?
Haha, I seem to have had this kind of dream before, probably when I was a child.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the Forbidden City below, smiled, stretched out his arms, and flapped them vigorously twice as if they were wings.
In my childhood dreams, it seemed like I could fly away like this. Sometimes I would clench my fists and stretch my arms forward like Superman.
Of course, it always falls down in the end, and then you wake up with a start.
"Big brother, let me take you out to play!" The voice next to his ear scared Zhu Youxiao, and he hurriedly turned around to look for him.
With a burst of crisp laughter, a small face suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Youxiao from above, and said with a mischievous smile: "Scare you."
"You——" Zhu Youxiao felt that the voice was very familiar. He blinked his eyes and said guessingly, "Are you Xiaoji?"
"You guessed it right!" Xiao Ji's chubby face was full of joy. She shrank her body and returned to Zhu Youxiao's back. Her voice rang in Zhu Youxiao's ears.
Although Zhu Youxiao could not feel any obvious weight, his sense of touch told him that Xiao Ji was being carried on his back, with her two small hands clearly pressing on his shoulders.
Zhu Youxiao felt very close to this adorable little baby and said with a smile, "The cat you gave me is so cute. How come you disappeared after giving it to me? Where did you go?"
"Xiao Ji has always been by your side!" Xiao Ji patted Zhu Youxiao's shoulder and said, "It's just that Xiao Ji hasn't grown up yet and doesn't have that much energy, so there's no way to communicate normally with big brother."
"So what happened tonight?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.
Xiao Ji said, "I've accumulated enough energy, so I want to help Big Brother. Next time, we won't be able to see or talk for a long time."
Zhu Youxiao liked this little girl more and more. She was so sensible, but he didn't know what she was capable of. So he asked, "What can you do? How can you help me?"
"I can take you flying!" Xiao Ji's crisp voice was very pleasant, and her tone was very proud. She said, "Isn't it amazing?"
Take me flying?! Zhu Youxiao pondered it and felt that there should be another sentence before it. Shouldn’t it be "Take you to show off, take you to fly"?
Hehe, Zhu Youxiao laughed twice and said in a slightly more elegant way: "Then Xiaoji is the 'help you act cool, help you fly' system?"
Xiao Ji didn't quite understand what pretending to be cool meant, but she understood the following "take you flying", so she nodded her head, and her bangs on her forehead trembled.
"When I grow up, I will know other things!" Xiao Ji patted Zhu Youxiao's shoulders with her two small hands and said, "Big brother, don't you want to know about Guangning's situation? Let's go and see it now."
"Now?" Zhu Youxiao asked doubtfully, "Fly over there, like a bird or like an airplane?"
"Just fly over!" Xiao Ji giggled, and suddenly lay on Zhu Youxiao's back. Her two soft little hands stretched out from behind her head and suddenly covered Zhu Youxiao's eyes.
Zhu Youxiao chuckled twice, thinking that the little girl was playing games with him, and did not make any other moves.
The little hand moved away, and before his eyes was the night sky and the stars. But Zhu Youxiao blinked, feeling that something was not right.
"Big brother, we're here in Guangning, please take a good look!" Xiao Ji said crisply, hugging Zhu Youxiao's neck.
Guangning? Arrived?!
Zhu Youxiao slowly lowered his head and looked down. An unfamiliar city appeared at his feet, which was very majestic and tall.
Oh my god, it arrived as soon as it was said, faster than an airplane - even faster than a rocket!
Xiao Ji's hands, which were holding Zhu Youxiao's neck, suddenly stretched forward, and her two chubby white hands were clenched into fists, with a few small dimples appearing on the back of her hands.
Whoosh, Zhu Youxiao flew out immediately, his mouth opened into an "O" shape in shock, his eyes widened and his eyeballs were dull and motionless.
"Fly, fly!" Xiao Ji laughed happily, and bent her two little fists from the wrists downwards, and the direction of flight immediately changed, diving down.
Closer, closer. Zhu Youxiao's eyes darted and he saw the Ming army's flag on the top of the city wall. Then, the two of them swooped down and charged towards it.
Chuck, chuckle, Xiao Ji laughed mischievously, raised her two little fists upwards, and the two of them flew past the big flag and flew upwards again.
A smile appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face. He not only saw the Ming army's flag, but also saw a group of soldiers patrolling on the city wall. They were definitely wearing the Ming army's armor and uniforms.
"Big brother, you can talk and shout loudly, they can't hear or see you!" Xiao Ji lowered the altitude again and flew along the city wall.
Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and saw the camp of the Later Jin army outside the city, with lights flickering inside.
"Is this really Guangning City?" Zhu Youxiao asked in disbelief, "Isn't this just a dream?"
Xiao Ji nodded her head vigorously and said, "Big brother, Xiao Ji is a good child and won't lie. This is called daydreaming, that's, that's..."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "I know. It means that the spiritual consciousness is scattered outside the body and travels thousands of miles in an instant."
After a pause, he asked again: "Xiao Ji, can you go to Youtunwei to take a look?"
"Sure, I'll take you there!" Xiao Ji opened her fist, stopped flying, and covered Zhu Youxiao's eyes with her little hands.
Are you going to carry me or should I carry you?
Zhu Youxiao was complaining in his heart, and he felt his eyes go dark. He just waited for the little hand to move away, but he suddenly heard Xiao Ji's cry of "Oh, it's broken..."
The darkness turned dim, and a soft call came from his ears. Zhu Youxiao slowly opened his eyes.
There was no starry sky, no city. All he could see was Zhang Yu'er's face, with a few strands of hair scattered around her cheeks. She was calling him softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, urgent military reports from Liaodong..."
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