Hope ignited in Lin Yuwei's heart. She immediately called her trusted palace maids and asked them to inquire about the news about the token.

Lin Yuwei waited anxiously the whole morning. During lunch, she was absent-minded and put down her bowl and chopsticks after eating a few bites.

"Princess, please eat a little more, otherwise you will get sick from overeating." The maid said worriedly.

Lin Yuwei shook her head. "I can't eat. I just want to know the whereabouts of the token as soon as possible."

Finally, in the afternoon, the palace maid who had gone out to inquire came back.

"Princess, we have asked around, but there is no definite information about the token. We only heard that something similar might have appeared in an ancient temple outside the city." said the maid.

Lin Yuwei decided without hesitation to go to the temple to explore. She packed up and set off with a few palace maids and guards.

Along the way, Lin Yuwei was extremely anxious and kept urging the carriage to speed up.

It was dusk when we arrived at the temple, which looked a bit dilapidated and filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

Lin Yuwei didn't care about being afraid and led everyone into the temple. The temple was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood, and the dim light made it difficult to see the road ahead.

They searched every corner carefully, not missing any place where the token might be hidden.

"Princess, there seems to be nothing here." A palace maid said somewhat disappointedly.

Lin Yuwei bit her lip and said, "Look carefully again."

At this moment, Lin Yuwei discovered that there seemed to be a secret compartment behind a Buddha statue. She walked over carefully and opened the secret compartment, but there was only a tattered sutra inside.

Lin Yuwei sighed in disappointment, but still picked up the scripture and flipped through it. Suddenly, a yellowed piece of paper fell out of the book, with some strange symbols and words written on it.

Lin Yuwei's heart moved, thinking that this might be related to the token.

As the sky gradually darkened, the temple looked even more eerie and terrifying.

"Princess, let's go back first. It's too dangerous here." said a guard.

Lin Yuwei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

After returning to the palace, Lin Yuwei didn't take time to rest and began to study the note again.

It was late at night, and the light was still on in Lin Yuwei's room. She was concentrating on thinking about the contents of the note, exhausted but unwilling to give up.

A new day has come, and the sun shines through the curtains onto Lin Yuwei's slightly tired face. She has not slept all night, tightly holding the yellowed paper she got from the temple in her hand. The mysterious characters on it seem to be telling her something.

After a simple breakfast, Lin Yuwei sat at the desk and began to study the characters carefully. She took out rice paper and copied the characters one by one, trying to find the rules through different arrangements and combinations.

"Princess, it's not a good idea to keep staring at her like this. Why don't you take a rest for a while?" the maid said worriedly.

Lin Yuwei shook her head. "I must figure out the meaning of these characters as soon as possible. This may be the key to my return to my previous life."

She started with the shape of the characters and found that some characters looked like some kind of ancient totem, while others looked like simplified patterns. Lin Yuwei flipped through a large number of ancient books collected in the palace, trying to find similar records.

Time passed unnoticed, and it was already noon. The sunlight became stronger and stronger, shining on the desk, but Lin Yuwei was unaware of it and was still immersed in the study of characters.

"Princess, it's time for lunch." The maid reminded again softly.

Lin Yuwei then raised her head and rubbed her sore eyes. "Put it aside for now. I'm not hungry yet."

After saying that, she lowered her head again and continued to compare the patterns in the ancient books, analyzing the mysterious characters one by one.

In the afternoon, Lin Yuwei felt a little pain in her eyes, but she was still unwilling to give up. She decided to change her thinking and look for clues from the order and frequency of the characters.

She recorded the number of times each character appeared and found that several characters appeared more frequently than others. Perhaps these characters were the key to solving the mystery.

Lin Yuwei picked up a pen and repeatedly wrote these key characters on the paper, thinking about what they might mean.

Before she knew it, the sun had set and the afterglow shone through the window onto Lin Yuwei.

"Princess, it's getting late, you should rest." The maid couldn't help but persuade her again.

Lin Yuwei looked up and looked out the window. "Wait a little longer. I think I'm about to get a clue."

She reorganized her thoughts, combining those key characters with the totems and patterns she had copied before, and suddenly, she found that these characters seemed to form a simple map shape.

Lin Yuwei felt excited. Could it be that this was guiding her to find the answer somewhere?

At night, the moonlight was like water, but Lin Yuwei had no mood to appreciate it. She sat under the candlelight and continued to study the "map" in depth, thinking about where it might point to.

Just as she was concentrating, she suddenly heard a slight noise coming from outside the window.

"Who?" Lin Yuwei asked vigilantly.

However, there was no answer, only a gust of wind blowing past, making the windows creak.

Lin Yuwei stood up and walked to the window, looking out. She saw that the courtyard was completely silent, with only the leaves rustling in the breeze.

She couldn't help but feel a little confused and uneasy. Could someone be secretly monitoring her actions?

Back at the desk, Lin Yuwei's mood became even heavier. But she knew that no matter how many difficulties and obstacles she encountered, she had to solve the mystery of these mysterious characters and find a way to return to her previous life.

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