Shen Biqun was both startled and delighted. "Someone from the Imperial City Department?" Though Xue Yiren held a high position in the Imperial City Department, she was a sheltered young lady raised in the inner chambers and naturally did not know him.
"Miss Shen, where is the Ge Lu Saber you were escorting?" Xue Yiren swiftly swept his gaze across the room, but unfortunately, nowhere seemed capable of concealing a saber.
Outside the window, Song Qingshu secretly sighed. Xue Yiren had truly trained with the sword until he had lost all human emotion. Such a stunning beauty stood before him in the dead of night, yet he did not even spare her a glance, instead asking about the saber's whereabouts. How was that any different from Sun Wukong freezing the Seven Fairies, then running off to eat peaches?
At his words, Shen Biqun frowned almost imperceptibly. "Have you found the culprit behind the massacre at Shen Garden?"
Xue Yiren had been focused on searching for the Ge Lu Saber in the room, but her question gave him quite a shock. "How did you know something happened at Shen Garden?"
Not only was he shocked, but Song Qingshu outside the window was as well. Shen Biqun had been imprisoned here, so how could she know what had happened thousands of miles away? But upon further thought, he immediately understood. The only possibility was that Yelü Yixin had deliberately told her. No wonder she had agreed to impersonate Xiao Xiamo's sister and enter the palace. First, the Shen family had already been exterminated, so even if she escaped, she would be alone and without support. Second, she could become an Imperial Consort and use the power of Liao Country to avenge her parents.
"You needn't concern yourself with how I found out.