"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.
