"Nope." Xiao Yurui flatly denied it, but his eyes gradually darkened.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Ling Yuxin's eyes, and she continued to ask, "Then do you know that there are any other people who have taught me to practice martial arts or swords?" ”

Xiao Yurui still denied without hesitation: "No." But the darkness at the bottom of his eyes also became more and more intense.

Ling Yuxin was silent for a long time and then asked again: "Then cousin, do you know that in addition to your childhood sweetheart when I was a child, did I have any other boys who knew each other?" ...... It's the kind that I know and get close to. ”

Xiao Yurui stared at Ling Yuxin for a moment, but he didn't see any other expression on her face and eyes other than doubt, so after a moment of silence, he said indifferently: "There are also the emperor who was the prince at the time and several other princes. ”

Ling Yuxin instantly showed a look of great surprise, "Your Majesty? ”

Xiao Yurui's expression was still indifferent, "Why are you so surprised?" I remember telling you before you left the Twilight Villa that you and the Emperor have known each other since childhood. ”

Ling Yuxin was stunned for a moment before confessing: "That's right, I remember, but I thought that I knew that emperor at most, and I didn't expect that I would be very familiar with or close to him." ”

Xiao Yurui said lightly: "You have been a princess since you were a child, and you have to go to the palace almost every day to study with the princesses and princes, and it is not surprising that you are familiar with the emperor who was a prince at the time." ”

Ling Yuxin Ling Yuxin thought about it, and then asked, "What do the other princes mean?" ”

Naturally, it refers to the other sons of the first emperor, that is, the brothers of the current emperor. The few who are still alive today have been crowned vassal kings. ”

Ling Yuxin intuitively felt that Xiao Yurui's voice seemed to be a little unusually calm, which made her feel a little chill in her calmness, and subconsciously turned to ask, "What do you mean by how many are still alive for the time being?" ”

Xiao Yurui glanced at Ling Yuxin lightly and then shifted his gaze and looked away, but his voice seemed to reveal a deeper chill, "Since ancient times, the most ruthless emperor family, didn't you also say this!" Historically, the change of the throne has inevitably been fratricidal and fraternal. How many people will be alive after the fight! And how long can they live! ”

Ling Yuxin looked at Xiao Yurui in surprise, his face was still as calm and indifferent as ever, but Ling Yuxin clearly felt that there was a deep sadness and ridicule behind his indifference.

Ling Yuxin was in a trance for a moment, feeling that Xiao Yurui in front of her seemed to be very unfamiliar, so strange that she felt a little scared. She looked at the face in front of her in a daze, but it seemed to be very unfamiliar, and she couldn't help but immerse herself in the sadness of 'the most ruthless emperor family since ancient times', and only after a long time did she suddenly come back to her senses and asked again: "That's the emperor's family's business, it has nothing to do with me, I can't care about it, I just want to know...... That emperor, and several other princes, do they also know martial arts? Is it possible that they have ever taught me martial arts or swordsmanship? ”

Xiao Yurui's eyes flashed a hint of color, and he secretly thought: It really has nothing to do with you, and you can't care about it? What would you think if one day you knew how all this was related to Ling Yuxin, how Ling Yuxin had influenced all of this, and how you would affect the direction of all this? And what will be done? As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly realized that he had lost his mind, and he hurriedly collected his thoughts, and said to Ling Yuxin with great certainty: "They all know martial arts, but it is impossible for them to teach you martial arts. ”

"You...... Sure? Ling Yuxin was a little surprised.

"I'm sure." Xiao Yurui explained lightly: "Because when the emperor was still a prince, the first emperor asked me to be his companion, so when I was a child, I was the same as you, almost every day I had to go into the palace to attend classes with the princesses and princes, and when you were with them, I was also there, they had practiced and learned martial arts with me, but they had never taught you martial arts," after a pause, he said word by word: "They can't teach you martial arts, because you weren't interested in it at all." ”

Ling Yuxin glared at Xiao Yurui in surprise, she didn't expect that Xiao Yurui was the emperor's childhood companion, and like herself, she had been associated with the imperial family since she was a child, and then instantly remembered the conversation between Xiao Yurui and herself on the edge of a waterfall on the way back to Beijing, so she was silent, and said after a while: "Cousin, I know you once told me that I didn't like these before I lost my memory, and even hated them, and I don't know why I'm suddenly interested in these now, but I just want to learn, I want to learn martial arts, I want to learn to ride a horse, I want to learn archery, or even want to learn swordsmanship, I can't explain why, and I don't know if my nightmares have anything to do with my martial arts, but even if it's really related, I don't want to give up learning martial arts because of this, and, although I still don't understand what the dream of practicing swords is, but the other two nightmares I think may be related to what happened to me, if it's really because of learning martial arts that I reminded me of these two nightmares, then maybe learning martial arts can help me recover my memory, That's good for me, isn't it! Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered what he wanted to ask Xiao Yurui at the beginning but was interrupted by him, and asked instead: "By the way, cousin, in fact, when you first came in, I wanted to ask you, you once told me that when everyone found me two years ago, I was already unconscious, and I was the only one at that time, so do you remember where you found me at that time?" Is it in a remote wilderness valley? ”

Xiao Yurui's eyes flashed with a hint of discoloration, and he was silent for a moment before replying: "It was the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion who found you that day, and I don't know where it was, but when I arrived at Chi Du Villa, I saw you already unconscious. ”

Ling Yuxin couldn't help but show a look of disappointment, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Then cousin, can you go and ask Wei Chifeng where he found me that day?" Can you take me to the place where I was found at the time? ”

Xiao Yurui's eyes deepened, and he was silent for a moment before he said, "Xin'er, didn't you say that when you wanted to recall the past, there seemed to be another voice in your body that wanted to stop you from thinking about it and studying deeply?" The body is the most honest, so that may mean that everything you went through that night could be a really painful experience, and your subconscious doesn't want to think about it anymore, so why bother to explore it? It's better to forget about it completely, live the current life well, and start over, isn't it? ”

Ling Yuxin looked at Xiao Yurui in surprise, and vaguely saw a glint of indistinguishable light flashing at the bottom of his eyes, but she couldn't see through what it meant, but she subconsciously felt that Xiao Yurui today seemed a little strange, as if she didn't want to remind herself of the past, so she asked tentatively, "Cousin, don't you want me to recover my memory?" ”

Xiao Yurui lowered his eyes slightly to cover the cold glint that flashed in his eyes, and was silent for a moment before he said: "If recovering your memory will make you unhappy, or even experience pain again, then I would rather you never think about the past." ”

Ling Yuxin was stunned for a moment, and a complicated feeling surged in her heart, some moved, some surprised, and some puzzled...... Even, as if there were doubts, when she realized her subconscious feelings, she immediately stopped herself from thinking deeply, secretly annoying how she could doubt her cousin, so she looked at Xiao Yurui gratefully, "Cousin, I know that you are for my good, in fact, I used to think that as long as I choose not to think deeply, I can act as if nothing has happened, and I can pretend that I don't mind knowing anything about my past, but in fact it is just self-deception, leaving aside the troubles that I often have because I don't know the past, I don't know how long they will stay with me, and I don't know when they will pop up, but instead of that, I should choose to face them, find out the cause and the truth, maybe only by figuring everything out, can I really get rid of those nightmares completely. ”

Xiao Yurui stared at Ling Yuxin with burning eyes, but his voice seemed to carry a hint of chill, "Then have you ever thought that it is possible that the truth you find out is something you can't face!" It's possible that you get rid of the nightmare of the present, but it will be the beginning of another nightmare! ”

Ling Yuxin glared at Xiao Yurui in surprise, and muttered a little blankly, "Cousin...... What do you say...... What is the meaning? ”

Xiao Yurui softened his tone and said: "I just want to remind you that another voice in your body that prevents you from delving into the past may be your instinct, the truest thought in your heart, so you may not want to remember some of the past experiences, and you may even hope that you can forget forever, I don't want you to do something that you will regret in the future on impulse, and I don't want to see you really find your memory and regret today's decision, so I don't let you continue to learn martial arts, and I don't want you to have nightmares again because of this, I don't want you to be haunted by nightmares and impulsively seek out what you think is the truth. ”

Ling Yuxin couldn't help but gradually show a look of confusion when she heard this, she subconsciously frowned and lowered her head in contemplation, and only after a long time did she slowly raise her head again, but her eyes were extremely firm, "I'm not sure if I will regret today's decision when I recover my memory one day, but I know that at this moment, I want to learn martial arts, and I also want to find out what happened on the night I had an accident, and I can also be sure that if I give up learning martial arts now and give up looking for the truth, I will ...... in the future No, maybe soon I will regret it, and I will spend every day in regret and chagrin without waiting for me to regain my memory, cousin, do you want to see me like this? ”

Xiao Yurui's eyes flickered, as if he was struggling fiercely in his heart.

Ling Yuxin saw that Xiao Yurui was silent, and couldn't guess what he was thinking at the moment, so she said softly: "Cousin, I know that you are for my good, but you are not me, how can you be sure of what is best for me?" What's more, the possibility you are worried about is just your guess, the truth may not necessarily be what you think, maybe the truth of that night is just a very accidental accident, maybe after finding the truth, not only will I not have any painful experience, but I will be able to completely recover my memory! Then I won't be able to remember everything we used to do! Don't you want me to be reminded of our old days? ”

Xiao Yurui's eyes suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and he seemed to have ended the fierce ideological struggle in an instant and made a decision resolutely.