Song Qingshu skirted around to a remote corner and quietly sneaked into the imperial palace. Although it was daytime, the guards in the Western Xia Imperial Palace were far from as strict as those in countries like Song, Qing, or Liao, so sneaking in was not difficult.
However, Song Qingshu was somewhat dumbfounded next. Even the smallest imperial palace was still an imperial palace. With such a vast expanse of buildings, how was he supposed to know where Yelü Nanxian was currently housed?
After running around like a headless fly for a while, and even capturing a few palace maids and eunuchs along the way to question them, regrettably none of them knew anything. Song Qingshu had no choice but to settle for second best and ask for the whereabouts of the eunuch he had just encountered. After all, it was that eunuch who had been making arrangements for Yelü Nanxian previously, and in the end, it was also he who had escorted the fake county princess out; he definitely knew the location.
Yet upon arriving at the eunuch's quarters, he failed to find him. Figuring that at this hour the man should still be on duty, Song Qingshu could not help but grow somewhat impatient. If the matter dragged on for too long, Yelü Nanxian would genuinely be in some danger.
Right at that moment, a tender and melodious voice suddenly drifted over from beyond an adjacent palace wall: "Humph, I'm going to go see just what kind of peerless natural beauty this Liao Country county princess is, to actually make His Majesty act so infatuated and lose his senses!"
Song Qingshu started slightly. This voice sounded somewhat familiar, yet for a moment he could not recall where he had heard it.
"You mustn't, you mustn't! If that provokes