CHAPTER 2025: CHAPTER 2027: WEDDING ATTIRE MADE FOR OTHERS

"Of course, the old records only document the first part. The rest of the legend I came across in a miscellaneous book once. Thinking back, it seems the treasury of the former dynasty indeed fell into the private vault of the ancestor Emperor, but he never used it. Instead, he had it hidden in case of future dynastic changes. If Great Zhou faced difficulties, when that day came, his descendants would have this secret force and wealth to make a comeback and rebuild the Great Zhou dynasty."

At that time, when the Grand Emperor came looking for him, he thought presenting the gold bar was the decree, only to find out the decree was inside the gold bar.

However, he felt something was off. How could a gold bar be a decree? Such a simple thing could be easily counterfeited. If word got out, who knew what kind of storm it would stir up.

So he pondered in secret for two or three nights before finally discovering the hidden secret.

Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia’s mouth gaped wide. The ancestors of the Baili Family really had far-reaching foresight.

"The imperial family doesn’t know about this news?" If they did, there wouldn’t be any lack of strife.

"Haha, that’s the skill of the ancestors of the Luo Family."

Back when the ancestor Emperor was gravely ill, the last foreign minister he saw was the ancestor of the Luo Family. He first told the complete story to the Luo Family ancestor, entrusting them with the custodianship of this item.

The Luo Family ancestor naturally complied.

Then the ancestor Emperor, in the presence of the Luo Family ancestor, intended to inform the next Emperor. Who would’ve known that after instructing his descendants with the first secret decree, he died before conveying the rest, so only the ancestor of the Luo Family knew about the treasure and secret army.

The Luo Family ancestor, seeing this, felt a sense of selfishness rise up.

Who wouldn’t want perpetual family prosperity? So the Luo Family ancestor concealed the news of the treasure and secret army, and in the end, these things became family heirlooms of the Luo Family. Yet the imperial family only knew of part of it, unaware of the rest. Midway through Great Zhou, another significant political upheaval occurred. The emperor at the time, like the ancestor Emperor, only managed to mention such a secret decree existed before passing away, having no time to specify who should keep the decree.

If it hadn’t been for Noble Princess Concubine Luo encountering trouble in the palace, and the Old Master Luo voluntarily speaking up, the present Grand Emperor wouldn’t have known of its existence.

"My goodness!" Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but exclaim. The ancestor Emperor had strategized so well, only to end up benefiting others.

"Come on, I’ll show you something."

At this point, Ye Zi’an led Yang Chuxia into the inner chamber, reaching a hidden room. He drew out a secret cupboard, from which he took out a box that looked exactly the same as the box in Ye Zi’an’s sleeve.

"This is the real gold bar. The one I took out was counterfeit," Ye Zi’an said after taking out the genuine gold bar. "When this gold bar is heated, words and images appear, probably indicating the location of the treasure. The mark on this lid, this imprint is the token command for the secret army. The fake gold bar is missing a few lines on the imprint."

"My lady, the Baili Family doesn’t know about this. They only know of the ancestor’s decree, while the Luo Family, as far as I know, no one other than the Old Master Luo knows about it. Since the Luo Family chose to conceal it back then, we can only continue to keep it hidden."

"How do you know the Old Master Luo doesn’t know? He is the current head of the Luo Family."

"Haha, this item in the Luo Family isn’t passed down through word of mouth but has the secret letter of the Luo Family ancestor. Only by opening this gold bar can the secret inside be known. This thing was taken out by my mother back then, he has never even looked at it, so how could he know?"