Li Shimin stood before the window.
He watched the night birds fall from the sky one by one, and only then did the fear in his heart slowly subside.
He returned to bed, lay down, and closed his eyes.
But strangely, the moment he closed his eyes, Li Jiancheng's face appeared again!
He abruptly opened his eyes, no longer daring to sleep.
He kept his eyes open like that until dawn.
The next day, Li Shimin did not attend court.
He sat in his study and reviewed memorials for a while, but his mind was muddled, and he could not take in a single word.
He leaned back in his chair, intending to rest his eyes. Yet the instant he closed them, he saw Li Jiancheng standing before him, blood still seeping from the hole in his chest.
He abruptly opened his eyes.
He could not sleep again.
At least, he could not sleep again today!!
He forced himself to stay awake, reviewing memorials, receiving ministers, and handling state affairs until nightfall.
That night, lying in bed, he told himself that he would not have another nightmare today. It was already the second day; it was impossible for him to have another nightmare.
What happened yesterday had merely been an accident!!
But who could have known?
When Li Shimin closed his weary eyes and drifted into a daze.
That dream came again!
Gray mist, the stench of decay, damp earth—Li Jiancheng stood before him, smiling with a vicious, terrifying expression. "Second Brother, you came?"
"I've been waiting for you for a long time!!"
"Why did you only come now!!!"
"You..."
A chill ran through Li Shimin's entire body. He wanted to run, but his legs would not move!
He could only stand there and watch Li Jiancheng approach step by