"The whole truth?" Ling'er looked at the words on the token, then at Gu Mu's serious expression.
Even someone as intelligent as her couldn't help but panic in love: "You're not going to tell me that something happened between you and Ma Shishi, are you?"
Shen Ling looked at Gu Mu with a slightly probing expression, a hint of panic appearing on her face.
"What are you thinking? Do you think I'm that kind of person?" Hearing Gu Mu's firm denial, Shen Ling's expression finally calmed down a bit.
I really don't want to.
His Majesty always wants to kill that little green tea bitch whenever he sees her.
If His Majesty and that green tea girl really had something going on, His Majesty wouldn't treat her this way.
Thinking of this, Shen Ling finally felt completely at ease.
"Speak, what secret is it?" She had a feeling that the secret His Majesty was about to tell was no small matter.
Without her previous jealousy, Shen Ling listened attentively to Gu Mu's words.
Shen Ling looked at the handwriting on the token: "Who do you think carved this?"
“It looks like…it looks like His Majesty’s handwriting…” Shen Ling said with some difficulty.
She knew that this token was bestowed upon Little Green Tea by His Majesty.
The writing on the token wasn't there before!
Gu Mu glanced at Shen Ling. When the original owner carved these words, Shen Ling was already dead. Although Shen Ling's soul was still wandering in this world, she certainly wouldn't watch the two people she hated the most showing affection all the time.
Therefore, Shen Ling naturally did not know that the words on the token were carved by the original owner.
But how did a token that should have vanished with the past life and shouldn't have appeared in this restarted world end up in the hands of the little green tea girl, and then end up in Gu Mu's hands?
Gu Mu suppressed his doubts, because he would only know the truth on the night of the full moon.
However, he can now discuss with Shen Ling and deduce the truth as accurately as possible.
"Ling'er, I know the secret of your rebirth." Gu Mu said earnestly, pursing his lips.
Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stared wide-eyed at Gu Mu.
This is her secret, she has never told anyone... Your Majesty, how could you know?
"Due to some restrictions, I can't tell you how I know this, but this token was given to Ma Shishi by Gu Mu from your previous life."
Gu Mu handed the token in his hand to Shen Ling.
Chen Ling took it and examined it carefully.
This token seems to have been around for a longer period of time.
Given Xiao Lvcha's meticulous attitude towards everything, if this token were on her, she would definitely keep it safe.
However, this token not only had a corner missing, but it was also stained with mottled bloodstains that could not be washed off no matter how long it had been there.
Shen Ling suddenly remembered that when the little green tea died in her previous life, she was cut in half with a knife, and she heard a crisp clanging sound at that time.
It's like an enemy's knife striking a piece of metal.
Perhaps because the little green tea died so tragically back then, Shen Ling didn't care about these unimportant details at all.
Now she finally understood that the crisp sound was from the knife striking the token.
That's why the token I have in my hand right now is missing a corner.
And these bloodstains probably belong to Little Green Tea.
But... weren't those past lives?
Shen Ling held the token in her hand, her mind filled with thoughts.
"Isn't it strange?" Gu Mu said, "I also thought that things from my past life would no longer exist in this world, but Ma Shishi gave me this."
The two men stared at the token, but neither could find the answer.
But... the truth seems quite simple.
Holding the token, Shen Ling finally managed to say, "Your Majesty, do you think it might be because... what we thought was our past life was a restart from some point in the past?"
"But the real past life is that this world has hidden everything that happened before, and erased the memories of everyone else except us?"
"But everything that happened before still exists in this world?"
"If that's the case, then my corpse... and His Majesty's..."
"Does it still exist in this world?"
Shen Ling rubbed the token.
What she thought was a fresh start wasn't actually a complete restart.
Everything that has happened still leaves its mark on this world.
"Then let's look for them and we'll find out, won't we?" Gu Mu regretted saying that as soon as he finished speaking, because the traces of their existence were in the Southern Kingdom, but now they were in the Western Frontier.
Perhaps this is why Little Green Tea insisted on him coming to Xinjiang?
However, Gu Mu has Hidden City. Even if he can't go there himself, he can send the parchment scroll and his assassins.
Just as Gu Mu projected his consciousness onto the Hidden City and explained several important locations to be found,
But suddenly Chen Ling's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty! I've got it!"
"We are currently in the Western Frontier and cannot go to the Southern Kingdom to find evidence, but Your Majesty will surely send others to do so."
"But... those places are actually frequented by people, if we could have discovered them, we would have discovered them long ago, so I think the gains might not be significant."
"But I have another way..."
Shen Ling concealed her excitement and leaned close to Gu Mu's ear, saying, "We can reason in reverse! This token will end up in Ma Shishi's hands, but when she died, she died in the palace, which is the late emperor's bedroom. When this world restarts, if we follow our previous reasoning, the token will still appear in the palace. Given Ma Shishi's status, she would have no chance of entering the palace at that time, let alone the late emperor's bedroom!"
"If a token were to appear in the late emperor's palace out of nowhere, people would suspect that it had been robbed. It's impossible for it to just disappear without a trace as if nothing had happened."
“Even if it was buried underground, Ma Shishi has not dared to set foot in the Southern Kingdom’s palace these days, so she must not have obtained this token from the original place.”
That makes a lot of sense.
Gu Mu nodded.
Some admired Shen Ling's intelligence and talent.
Although Gu Mu's intelligence was at the level of a normal person, it was still far inferior to his fighting ability.
Therefore, having a wise queen is extremely important.
Gu Mu couldn't help but kiss Shen Ling on the cheek: "Ling'er, please continue."
Shen Ling continued with a shy expression, "Ma Shishi's token was given to His Majesty by an envoy from the Western Frontier. Ma Shishi also insisted that His Majesty come to the Western Frontier. I think that the secret she sent you to the Western Frontier is very likely related to this place."
Gu Mu thought for a moment and asked, "You mean to say that this token was obtained by Ma Shishi in the Western Frontier?"
“Very likely.” Shen Ling nodded heavily.
"Alright, we'll search in the Western Frontier!" Gu Mu immediately ordered his guards to find out exactly where Ma Shishi had been in the Western Frontier recently, when she arrived, who she met, and where she went. The more details the better.
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