Hearing Zuo Zong say this, Xin Lin sensed sothing was amiss.
Did General Shi know in advance that Shi Pin and her son would encounter trouble?
"Did the General ntion what he was going to do?"
Xin Lin pressed on.
"He didn’t say, but when he ca to find , he brought a box with him, which seed very important. When I learned about his accident, I was one of the first to arrive at the scene, but the box was already gone from him."
General Zuo recalled.
After that, due to issues with Seventh Prince’s lineage, Shi Pin was expelled from the Imperial Palace.
General Zuo arranged for the mother and son to leave Purple Cloud City.
Over the years, he continuously adhered to the wishes of the old General, secretly taking care of the mother and son, thinking that Shi Pin and her son would live out their lives elsewhere.
Who would have thought Shi Pin would suddenly return to Purple Cloud City with Little Xinzhuo.
Upon learning this, General Zuo felt conflicted.
On one hand, he didn’t want to go against the General’s wishes, as he, like the General, felt that Shi Pin and her son weren’t suited to survive in the complex environnt of the Imperial Palace.
Yet on the other hand, upon seeing the growing Little Xinzhuo, he started to waver.
He knew well that the General’s death was shrouded in mystery, and as his old subordinate, how could he sit back and watch the General suffer injustice.
"Was the box that the General had with him this one?"
Xin Lin hesitated briefly and took out the box she had just acquired.
"That’s it! How did it end up in your hands?"
General Zuo was surprised.
The box had been missing for several years.
He had thought the box surely was in the hands of the one who frad the General, but unexpectedly, it was with Xin Lin.
"Earlier, Shi Guiren also saw this box, she said the General gave it to her. When she left the Imperial Palace, she hid the box. To avoid suspicion, she didn’t even hide it at her own residence at the ti, it’s said she hid it in a secluded spot in the palace. But later, when she returned to the palace, the box was gone, and she didn’t know where it went. I also just found it today, inadvertently in the palace."
Xin Lin looked at the box in her hand.
The box was neither light nor heavy, neither big nor small, without a keyhole, not even a crack.
It bore so ancient patterns, but their aning was unclear.
"Earlier, Empress Feng hunted down Shi Pin and her son to find this box."
Xin Lin ntioned again.
"Empress Feng? How is she... This box is very important. Xin Lin, why not hand it to the Emperor? If the box is truly related to Empress Feng, it might help uncover the true culprit who frad the General."
General Zuo hesitated.
What’s inside the box is a mystery.
This box undoubtedly is a hot potato.
"No, if this box could truly clear the General’s na, he would have given it to Emperor Longteng back then. You know, the General was very loyal, he didn’t give the box to Emperor Longteng, there must be a reason."
Xin Lin analyzed.
Hearing this, General Zuo also thought Xin Lin’s reasoning was sound.
"Then how do you plan to deal with this box? We can’t open it."
"I’ll hold onto it for now. Even if we can’t open it now, maybe soon we’ll find a way."
Xin Lin said, storing the box inside the Tuling hairpin.
In Xin Lin’s eyes, General Zuo and his daughter have already beco one of her own.
The carriage continued down the road, passing through alleys, while on the other side of the city...
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