From the chatter of some palace maids and eunuchs, Song Qingshu learned that Yelü Hongji had long since finished the court session and was summoning Yelü Yixin, Acting Grand Councilor of the Northern Court, in the Imperial Study. Thinking it was a good chance to hear what the two were discussing, he hurried in the direction of the Imperial Study.
Though he had never visited the Imperial Study of the Liao Country, he had entered and left the imperial palaces of Qing, Jin, and Southern Song too many times. There was probably no one in the world more familiar with palace layouts than him. He roughly deduced the Imperial Study's location and hurried over, quickly finding the right place.
Although the palace guards were tight, Song Qingshu was now dressed as a palace eunuch, which provided a certain degree of disguise. Combined with his elusive qinggong, and the occasional use of the Soul Transfer technique to hypnotize guards who blocked his path when there was no way around them, he finally succeeded in slipping beside the Imperial Study.
Suddenly, the sharp crash of a teacup smashing against the floor rang out from within, followed by an enraged roar. "I gave him the finest cavalry of the Gongfen Army, yet he still let traitorous scum like Yelü Qi and Xiao Banhe escape with their entire families! The whole world must be laughing at me now!"
Song Qingshu knew that the speaker was most likely Yelü Hongji. From what he said, it seemed he was deeply dissatisfied with Xiao Feng. When Song Qingshu had fled with Yelü Qi and the others, he had not known Xiao Feng was pursuing them. But as more intelligence came in afterward, he naturally learned who their pursuer had been.
"King Xiao already did his best. He