Hearing the other party's casual denial, Xiao Shiyilang asked suspiciously, "He entered the palace with you and often came and went by your side. How could you possibly know nothing at all?"
Shen Biqun's expression turned cold. "If I truly knew him, rescuing me would have been as easy as lifting a finger with his martial arts. Why would I have let you people manipulate me all this time?"
Xiao Shiyilang froze. Thinking that she had a point, he said nothing further.
After Song Qingshu rushed out, he did not leave the palace. Instead, he hurried straight toward the Empress's chambers. Since they had sent people to arrest him, Su Quan was clearly in even greater danger.
When he reached the chambers, he found them completely deserted, with only a few guards stationed outside. Su Quan was nowhere to be seen. From the whispers of the palace maids and eunuchs outside, he learned that the Empress had been taken away by the guards, though no one knew where she had been taken.
Song Qingshu was still utterly bewildered. He could not understand how his affair with Su Quan had been exposed. Every time he had entered or left Su Quan's chambers, he had been exceedingly careful. There was no way anyone should have discovered him.
"Could Yelü Yixin have made his move?" A possibility surfaced in Song Qingshu's mind, but he could not be certain. After hesitating for a while, he decided to leave and ask Zhao Min first. She had always been well informed, while what he lacked most now was information. He needed to understand the current situation first.
He rushed out of the palace without stopping and arrived at Prince Ruyang's Mansion's secret hideout. Zhao Min and Bing Xue'er were anxiously discussing something. When they saw him