Upon hearing Song Qingshu's words, Empress Peiman and Daiqisi both looked utterly confused. Daiqisi was puzzled because when they had interrogated Wanyan Dan earlier, he had shown no sign whatsoever of having given the Tiger Tally to someone else. Otherwise, he would certainly have used it as leverage to make them wary.
As for Empress Peiman, she was puzzled because the person she had been waiting for was not Tang Kuobian. Moreover, Tang Kuobian had never been particularly close to Wanyan Dan. Why would the emperor entrust something as important as the Tiger Tally to such a peripheral figure?
"Bullshit!" Wanyan Liang roared furiously. After all these years, how could he not know what kind of man Wanyan Dan was? If Wanyan Dan had truly possessed such cunning, how would he have dared to rebel? He simply did not believe that Wanyan Dan would give the Tiger Tally to Tang Kuobian. Yet judging by the current situation, the other man very likely had it. That was what he could not understand no matter how hard he thought.
Noticing the baffled expressions on their faces, Song Qingshu secretly laughed. Go on, keep guessing. Even if you rack your brains, you'll never figure out how I got the Tiger Tally.
Wanyan Dan would naturally never have given him the Tiger Tally. Not long ago, Wanyan Dan had thrown him into the Heavenly Prison and nearly killed him. Song Qingshu had the Tiger Tally because Tudan Jing had told him that Wanyan Liang would launch a coup soon. Thus, in the dead of night, he had slipped out of the Heavenly Prison, infiltrated Wanyan Dan's bedchamber, and stolen it.
With Song Qingshu's current qinggong, if he seriously set his mind to being a thief, there was probably nothing in the world he could