She had this feeling a long time ago.
Cui Yan was always so good to me. No matter how much I acted strangely, he would always give in to me, and he would even inexplicably cater to my habits in some small details.
This made her feel comfortable, but also very insecure.
At that time, she knew that if she continued with Cui Yan, she would become more and more reluctant to part with him. So, when the mission in the capital was about to be carried out, she chose to take action.
"Vomit!!"
A Li lay on the ground, vomiting incessantly, her body convulsing so badly she almost brought up bile. The Queen, however, showed no disgust, watching with great interest.
Pan Kai, the only boy in the art design team, is always the attentive gentleman who brings milk tea to the beautiful girls in the team. But everyone knows that the person he is trying to please Heavenly Capital is actually the team leader.
A Li knew, A Li knew a long time ago, that shy boy who had only been working there for a short time was secretly thinking about her.
She dislikes relationships with younger men, always feeling that once the initial excitement wears off, they'll find fault with her age, and no matter how much they seem to desire her, she won't reciprocate.
I just didn't expect that shy boy to remember all my little habits and take such good care of me.
"Vomit!!"
The more she recalled the past, the more A Li vomited, as if she wanted to throw up her own stomach, because the image of personally eating that man's heart and liver was almost etched into her mind!
"How pitiful." The Queen slowly walked over, stroking A Li's beautiful black hair. "Why bother? Isn't keeping some memories just a hassle? Look, Pan Kai doesn't remember you. He only remembers marrying a woman he loved so much in this life. Until you killed him, the pain was only for a moment. At least for the two years before that, he was incredibly happy, wasn't he?"
A Li looked up, staring intently at the other person. "Was this arranged by you?"
"You overestimate us," the Queen shook her head. " Samsara is something we can't control. We only learned about this after Cui Yan died, through the Spirit Devouring Demon, and obtained some information about him. Now, he's long gone. A new beginning, a new Samsara —he'll forget all of this and start a new life. Perhaps one day we'll meet again on this continent, won't we?"
A Li fell silent, her fierce gaze slowly fading. She sensed that the other person wasn't lying; meeting Cui Yan was pure luck.
Haha, what a coincidence!
I just hope that idiot won't have such bad luck in the future and won't run into me again.
The Queen watched with a smile as A Li's emotions gradually calmed down. At this moment, Ahri's eyes slowly lost their luster, and even A Li herself did not realize that her unique emerald green pupils were slowly turning yellow.
That's it.
They've experimented many times. When players reach their limit of despair and pain, unable to accept this world, they subconsciously choose to conceal their memories, and slowly, after Samsara, they completely forget everything from the past.
At that point, they will be no different from the NPCs in this world.
"Remember your promise, A Li." The Queen rose, and this time, she called out A Li's name.
The Thousand-Faced Fox possesses a life-saving supernatural ability: even the most powerful people cannot remember anything about her original self, including her original appearance and name. These two points alone have caused countless powerful figures a great deal of trouble. In addition, A Li, in her Samsara, actually encountered the Evening Elephant Sorcerer, making them two ultimate troublemakers.
That's good. If we can destroy this little girl's mind this time, there won't be many demons left to fear in the first version.
When A Li left the room, she didn't look up, but just stared silently at the puddle of yellow water on the ground, her eyes vacant.
"Sorry"
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Before dawn the next day, the huge martial arts arena Vermilion Bird Gate in the capital was already packed with people.
The capital has been shrouded in an eerie atmosphere for the past six months. The once bustling markets are now deserted, a rare sight indeed. But it is human nature to love excitement, especially such a gossipy match. One is a prince from the Southern Barbarians, who is said to be so ruthless that he once cut off his own father's head to snatch a woman. The other is a unique non-royal king of the Great Jin Dynasty, who single-handedly created the Jiangnan region that countless people yearn for.
These two people, setting aside their identities, decided to duel in the martial arts arena because of a princess of the Great Jin Dynasty, regardless of life or death!
Who would miss out on a show like this?
On this day, there were over a thousand Imperial Guard maintaining order, and the huge training ground hadn't been this lively in twenty years.
Of course, ordinary civilians could only watch the battle from the lower three levels of the arena, or even from the outer walls, while the best spots were naturally reserved by the scions of the major families.
The best spots, however, were reserved for the royal family themselves.
The Empress Dowager, who had not appeared in public for a long time, was dressed in black with golden phoenixes embroidered on it, exuding a solemn and dignified aura. Several princes of the royal family also came.
These princes rarely appeared in public. Those who failed to awaken their bloodline were more or less disabled, some with limp legs, some with hands like a child's, and some even with large heads.
These princes, who rarely appeared in public due to their inferiority complex, were all present this time.
"Oh, Fourth Brother's here too? Cough cough cough"
The people who arrived had just found seats when they saw someone who was both incredibly conspicuous and completely unexpected.
Those were His Majesty's four princes, the one with the best chance of awakening initially, but unfortunately, he suffered the most after failing. His entire Laoda was inflated like a balloon, making him look deformed like a monster.
Everyone knows that since his defeat, His Highness has been staying in the Prince's residence and rarely goes out. In fact, given his current state, who would want to wander the streets?
The Fourth Prince looked up at the other person. It was the Laoliu, Xiao Mingxuan, one of the princes who had failed to awaken his bloodline. Unlike himself, if this guy drank some ginseng soup and put on makeup, he would look no different from a normal person. But everyone knew that he was weak and had not had a child for more than ten years. Although he himself was deformed, he had at least given birth to four or five more children for the Xiao Household. When these children grew up, they might be able to awaken their noble bloodline like his younger sister.
Thinking of his younger sister, the Laosi subconsciously looked over again. At this moment, she was standing next to the Empress Dowager, her face indifferent, very different from the lively and sunny person she used to be. Since she came in, she had not looked at her brothers once.
It's true that people are all the same; once they gain power, they all become arrogant and haughty.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The Laoliu prince stepped forward to greet the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager nodded slightly. Of all the princes, she felt the least affection for the Laoliu. Although the others were deformed, at least they could still reproduce for the Xiao Household. This Laoliu was simply wasting imperial resources.
"Royal sister, it's been a long time." The Laoliu looked at Xiao Mingxue with gentle eyes, displaying the demeanor of a tender older brother.
"It's been a long time," Xiao Mingxue said indifferently, glancing at the other person.
Their relationship was different from that of the other princes and princesses; they were siblings!
However, this was not enough to warm Xiao Mingxue's eyes in the slightest.
From childhood to adulthood, she had witnessed too much of her brother's cruelty. It was said that many palace maids had been tortured to death by him. Fearing that her brother would harm her one day, her mother sent him out of the palace early on to build his own residence outside.
On the day his mother died, he didn't even visit her once. Now, who is he putting on this act of being a gentle older brother for?
Seeing his younger sister's attitude, a dark glint flashed in Laoliu Xiao Mingxuan's eyes, but he still maintained his smile.
Unlike the other princes who hoped Xiao Mingxue would marry out, he secretly hoped that his own sister, who had suddenly appeared as a wonderful surprise, would stay.
After all, the Crown Prince is dead, and the position of the heir apparent remains unknown. All the princes have a chance. Although they are disabled, they can at least give birth to the next generation. If a pure Golden Crow Bloodline appears in the next generation, then they will have a chance to compete for the position of heir apparent.
I can't do it alone!
He was originally the one with the least chance, but now Xiao Mingxue has given him one. There are miraculous healers in Jiangnan, as well as many Mountain God who are said to be able to cure all diseases.
The Blood Ginseng Wine that had been offered to him previously had given him a rare, short-term reaction, which had greatly surprised him.
Whether his sister becomes the Princess Consort of Jiangnan or the next Crown Prince of the capital, she will have the opportunity to cure his illness.
Only after the illness is cured can we have the opportunity to move on to the next step, right?
All of this is predicated on Jiangnan winning. His father intends to marry his younger sister to those disgusting barbarians. He doesn't know where his father's perverse sense of humor comes from. It's not that he pities his sister; he just feels that only if Jiangnan wins will Xiao Mingxue have a chance to stay.
Thinking of this, he looked at the vast martial arts arena. At this moment, the Grand Master of the Palace had already appeared, and his superb barrier magic enveloped the entire arena. The duel that everyone was looking forward to was about to begin.
Rumor has it that Chen Qing once defeated Duke of Qin Lu Ming of Qin; let's just hope he really can fight.
Xiao Mingxuan looked at the Southern Barbarians waiting to enter in the backstage area not far away.
To be honest, he looked down on these barbarians, but he had to admit that this guy was dangerous. The Golden Crow Bloodline remaining in his body told him that this guy was even more dangerous than his father!