Xiao Yurui was stunned, his eyes flickered for a moment, he immediately lowered his eyes to cover up a trace of chagrin that passed under his eyes, and when he raised his eyes again, he returned to the same as before, and said with a smile: "I mean the first acquaintance after amnesia!" Naturally, you used to know that Xin'er was very intelligent, delicate and clever since she was a child, but now it seems that her mind is more delicate than ever,"

"Really?" The doubt in Ling Yuxin's eyes was still there.

"Of course, after all, Xin'er is two years older, and her mind is naturally more mature." Xiao Yurui said with certainty, still with his usual faint smile on his face, "To get back to the point, in order to hide from the emperor and everyone, my cousin needs Xin'er's cooperation." ”

"How does my cousin want Xin'er to cooperate?"

Xiao Yurui smiled and whispered a few words in Ling Yuxin's ear.

Ling Yuxin looked at Xiao Yurui blankly after hearing this, "That's it?" So I can hide from everyone that I lost my memory two years ago? ”

Xiao Yurui smiled incomprehensibly, "Don't you believe your cousin?" ”

Ling Yuxin pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay, my cousin said that's it." ”

Although she still didn't understand how she could hide from everyone that she had lost her memory two years ago, she believed that Xiao Yurui said that if she could, she would definitely be able to. In the past two years, there seems to be only Xiao Yurui and Bai Zhu in her world, and now everything she knows is told by Xiao Yurui, and everything she knows is taught by Xiao Yurui, although Xiao Yurui has said more than once that these are what she would have been, and she doesn't remember it because of temporary amnesia, but for some reason, she still feels that way, and even sometimes she has an illusion, as if everything she has now is given to her by Xiao Yurui, although she doesn't understand why she has this strange feeling, But what she can be sure of is that she believes in him, unreservedly in him.

Xiao Yurui nodded with a smile, looked up at the sky, and then said: "It's not too early, cousin should go, I won't leave you homework this time, you can do whatever you want in the next seven days, and you will leave here completely in seven days." ”

Ling Yuxin was reluctant in her eyes, but she still smiled and agreed, after watching Xiao Yurui walk out of the yard, she turned her head to look at the towering iron bridge, not long after, the sound of iron chain friction sounded in her ears again, and the iron bridge in front of her also slowly fell, she just watched and listened quietly, as usual every time Xiao Yurui left, until the iron bridge rose again, and her ears returned to calm, she raised her head slightly, looked into the distance, as if she wanted to see the outside world through the towering courtyard wall, and her heart was mixed with many emotions that even she couldn't distinguish.

In the imperial study, Zhuo Haoxuan was immersed in reading the folds.

Xiao Yurui slowly walked in with a little eunuch, Zhuo Haoxuan heard the footsteps and looked up, and without waiting for the little eunuch to salute Xiao Yurui, he smiled and got up to greet him, "Yurui, you are finally back, I have been waiting for you for many days, where did you go this time?" As he spoke, he waved his hand and dismissed the little eunuch.

Xiao Yurui wanted to kneel and salute, but Zhuo Haoxuan raised his hand to stop him, "I have said many times, as far as you and I are brothers, there is no need to be polite." ”

Xiao Yurui glanced at Zhao De, who was standing on the side, and then changed to a salute, with the usual faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "Emperor Xie, the grass people are just invited by friends in the rivers and lakes to go to the appointment, and they can't talk about their experiences." I don't know why the emperor is in a hurry to find the grass people? ”

Zhuo Haoxuan was slightly displeased, "Yu Rui, you are really stubborn, I don't know how many times I have said it, in private, you don't always have to call yourself a grass person, it seems that you are angry, I still miss the time when you and I could call each other brothers and sisters in private, regardless of each other." ”

Xiao Yurui still had a smile on his face, "This time is different from the past, the emperor is now the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, how can the grass people offend the emperor regardless of dignity and inferiority." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan shook his head and sighed: "That's it, since you insist on this, I won't be reluctant." After a pause, he continued, "I am in a hurry to find you, because I have something to discuss with you." Do you remember what day tomorrow is? ”

"If I'm not mistaken, tomorrow will be the end of Xin'er's two-year stay at the Twilight Villa."

Zhuo Haoxuan smiled and said, "Yes, it seems that I am too worried, I was really worried that you would forget about this before." I have already arranged for Li Qingshan to lead a team to Chi Du Villa tomorrow to pick up Xin'er back to Beijing, if it goes well, we will see her the day after tomorrow, I came to you to discuss how to pick up the wind and wash the dust for her. ”

Xiao Yurui pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, Xin'er has lived in Chidusk Villa for two years, and the grass people guess that in addition to the emperor, what she wants to see most should be his relatives, and it is inconvenient for the emperor to go in person, so the grass people want to ask the emperor for permission, and let the grass people and Commander Li go to the Chi Dusk Villa to pick up Xin'er back to Beijing tomorrow." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan bowed his head and said: "Yes, you have always had a deep brother and sister relationship, and it is indeed more suitable for you to pick her up." Okay, then tomorrow you will go to the Twilight Villa with Li Qingshan. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. As for the matter of picking up the wind and washing the dust, it is better to wait for the grass people to pick up Xin'er on the way back to Beijing, ask for her own opinion, and see what she thinks before telling the emperor. ”

Zhuo Haoxuan thought for a while and said: "It's okay, I have always been hesitant, I am worried that it is too simple and will treat Xin'er badly, and I am worried that it will cause trouble for her if it is too grand, so I will do as you say, and I will make arrangements after asking Xin'er's own opinion." After a pause, he continued, "There's another thing I'd like to hear from you. ”

"Your Majesty, please command."

"In the past two years, there have been many groups of assassins who have tried to break into the Twilight Villa, and they are not weak, although the Twilight Villa has a cliff as a moat and an iron gate wall as a protection, but for those who know martial arts, as long as they use some tools, or several people work together, it is not impossible to cross the cliff and courtyard wall. Therefore, I sent a few shadow guards to protect them from the beginning, but I still underestimated those assassins, and on several occasions they were all broken through the shadow guards' defenses. Zhuo Haoxuan paused slightly, "But what is even more surprising is that those assassins who were not stopped by the shadow guards did not enter the villa, but instead died less than a mile away from the villa for no apparent reason. According to the shadow guard's inference, they should have been stopped by other masters and forced to commit suicide, but the shadow guard searched all over the vicinity of the villa, but never found anything. ”

Xiao Yurui showed a look of surprise, "The assassin was able to break through the defense line of the shadow guards?" In addition to the shadow guards, there are other people secretly protecting Xin'er?"

Zhuo Haoxuan had been paying attention to Xiao Yurui's expression when he was narrating, but except for the surprise that gradually appeared on his face, he couldn't catch any other clues, and a complicated look couldn't help flashing in his eyes, and he nodded after listening to his question, "Not bad." ”

"This also made the grass people very surprised, not to hide from the emperor, the grass people were also worried at first that someone would take advantage of Xin'er's time in the twilight villa to her disadvantage, so they also wanted to discuss with the emperor, but when they entered the palace that day, they happened to see five shadow guards leave the palace in a hurry, although they disguised themselves as ordinary eunuchs, but the grass people were also old acquaintances with two of them, so they recognized them at a glance, so they thought that the emperor had a safe arrangement, so they did not come to the emperor again, but they didn't expect that the five shadow guards were not enough to stop the assassin."

Zhuo Haoxuan recalled after he mentioned it that after he was named the crown prince, the first emperor sent two shadow guards to protect him, and he often used to find those two shadow guards with Xiao Yurui to learn martial arts, and there were indeed these two among the five shadow guards sent this time.

Xiao Yurui saw Zhuo Haoxuan's expression and knew that he had already remembered the past, and before he could speak, he continued, "If it is true that as the emperor said, there are other masters who are secretly protecting Xin'er, could it be General Wei Chifeng Wei who was ordered to escort and guard Xin'er?" ”

"No, Wei Chifeng and his subordinates don't have such skills." Zhuo Haoxuan's tone was affirmative.

Xiao Yurui frowned slightly, "Then the grass people can't think of who will do it." ”

"I thought it was Yu Rui who you arranged." Although Zhuo Haoxuan said this in a joking tone, his eyes were staring at Xiao Yurui's eyes tightly.

Xiao Yurui did not shy away from looking directly at Zhuo Haoxuan, his eyes did not have a trace of waves, and his tone was calm as usual, "The emperor said that he laughed, although the grass people have also made some friends in the rivers and lakes, but to say that the martial arts are above the shadow guard, there are really only a handful, and besides, how can such characters follow the arrangement of the grass people to do the guard." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan stared at Xiao Yurui for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and said with a smile: "That's right, but I really envy you, and I also hope that one day I can travel around freely like you and make friends in the rivers and lakes." ”

"The emperor laughed again, how can the grass people be envied by the emperor, if the emperor is really interested in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, another day the emperor has time, and the grass people can tell the emperor."

"Okay, then it's a word, after you take Xin'er back to Beijing, the three of us can reunite, and then you have to come to the palace often to walk around, I really miss the time when the three of us were together in the past."

"The grass people should listen to the emperor's call." Xiao Yurui paused and continued, "We will leave early tomorrow morning, and the grass people will simply pack up their clothes, if the emperor has no other instructions, the grass people will retire first." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan bowed, "Okay, this trip will be hard for you, be careful on the road." ”

Xiao Yurui saluted respectfully and then exited the imperial study.

Zhuo Haoxuan kept staring at Xiao Yurui's back, and only after he completely disappeared from sight did he slowly frown.

Zhao De saw Zhuo Haoxuan's eyebrows furrowed, his eyes were extremely complicated, and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, is it ...... Is it suspicious of Xiao Gongzi? ”

Zhuo Haoxuan was still frowning, "Originally, I was a little skeptical. ”

"And now?" Zhao De was a little puzzled, hearing the meaning of this, he should have doubted it, but now he didn't doubt it, but looking at his expression, it didn't look like he was relieved.

"Now...... I wish it wasn't him. Zhuo Haoxuan's eyes gradually deepened.

Zhao De didn't understand it even more, but seeing that Zhuo Haoxuan didn't mean to explain, he didn't dare to ask any more, and said instead, "Your Majesty, we have sent twice as many shadow guards in the past seven days, but there has been no news from the Twilight Villa, could it be that those assassins have completely given up?" ”

Zhuo Haoxuan's eyes suddenly showed a look of worry, "Let Li Qingshan bring more people and tell him to take more precautions on the way back." ”

"Is the emperor worried that the assassins will attack Miss Ling on her way back to Beijing?"

"I hope not, but these seven days have been too peaceful, and the calm is a little unusual. It was inconvenient for Yingwei to openly appear in broad daylight on Xin'er's way back to Beijing, and he couldn't protect Xin'er along the way, so he could only rely on Li Qingshan, so he must bring more people. Zhuo Haoxuan's eyes became more worried.

Zhao De saw Zhuo Haoxuan's expression, and immediately comforted: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, Commander Li is strong in martial arts, and now that he has Xiao Gongzi with him, he will definitely be able to protect Miss Ling." ”

"I hope so."