The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl-Chapter 866 - 864: The Lost-and-Found Casket
Xin Lin fled from Qingque Platform.
But when she looked back, she realized she was lost.
Longteng Palace was vast, and her Ghost Escape Technique was unpredictable. Right now, she was amid a lush landscape, seemingly a part of the palace.
Xin Lin circled around but couldn’t find the path she came from.
Unknowingly, she saw a palace wall up ahead, the paint long stripped away, overgrown with dried vines. The leaves on the vines had fallen, and there was bird droppings nearby.
"This seems to be an abandoned part of the palace."
Xin Lin looked around, took a few steps, and suddenly kicked something beneath her foot.
A dust-covered box rolled out.
Xin Lin was taken aback when she saw the box.
She faintly felt that the box looked familiar.
"It’s that!"
Xin Lin remembered where she had seen the box before.
Previously, Shi Pin was pursued by Empress Feng, because Empress Feng wanted to seize the box left by General Shi.
That box looked exactly like the one in front of her now.
Later, Shi Pin was forced to leave the palace, and before leaving, she hid the box in an abandoned section of the palace.
But she left in a hurry, thinking she had hidden it in the palace where she once lived. However, when she returned to the palace, she couldn’t find the box.
She just assumed she had remembered incorrectly.
"Could it be such a coincidence that I’ve found it by accident?"
Xin Lin was very surprised.
She picked up the box, its surface full of dust, indicating it had been there for a long time.
The area was very desolate, clearly not visited by many people.
Xin Lin rubbed the box and weighed it.
The box wasn’t light, nor was it heavy, but when she shook it, there was no sound from inside.
The surface of the box had no seams.
She searched all over but couldn’t find a lock or opening.
"Strange, it’s a lock without a solution."
Xin Lin examined the box over and over.
She checked the hour; it was almost noon, and there was little time before the birthday banquet started. She had to hurry back to the Imperial Kitchen, otherwise, Huang Xuerou’s father would be in danger.
Thinking it over, Xin Lin decided to keep the box. Since she had it now, she could take her time later to figure out a way to open it.
As Xin Lin left, not far away, a figure flashed by. The person’s appearance couldn’t be seen clearly, only a flash of bright yellow was visible.
On her way, Xin Lin encountered a few palace maids, and after inquiring, she managed to return to the Imperial Kitchen.
"Useless, every single one of you! By noon, you must make a Spiritual Food dish, or else, the whole Imperial Kitchen will be beheaded."
As soon as Xin Lin walked into the Imperial Kitchen, she heard the angry voice of Long Qingchen.
The Third Prince, Long Qingchen, was furious, pointing at the Imperial Chefs and cursing.
It had been several days already.
Yet they still couldn’t make a single Spiritual Food dish.
With the birthday banquet approaching, earlier on the road, he had encountered General Nalan, who had mocked him.
Long Qingchen, being a person who valued face, couldn’t swallow this insult.
"Third Prince, we truly don’t know what kind of Dark Spirit Beast it was. Several of us tried to catch it and were all frostbitten. Even if you take our heads, we still can’t make it."
The fat Imperial Chef, who had previously scolded Xin Lin, was wiping sweat from his brow, looking distressed.
"Then start by beheading a couple of chefs, I don’t believe that even then no one will be able to make it in the Imperial Kitchen."
Long Qingchen waved his hand, about to order an execution.
