Enter the Imperial Palace through an investigation on South Gate Avenue. This is a Kaifeng Lost Chapter, listed as Worldly Affairs in Quest.
Stroll along South Gate Avenue
Listen to the crowd
Ask locals for info
Approach the crowd at the marked street corner and ask about the incident.
Track footprints with Wind Sense
Observe secretly
Pick up dropped official seal
Follow the middle-aged man
Follow the footprints to the man with the cat. Collect the dropped seal, then board the carriage.
Report to the Imperial Service's Imperial Soldiers
Find another Imperial Service Guard
Gather info from idle guards
Explain to Zhao Guangyi
Find Cheng Shiwen, then Zhang Mengbin beside the spears. Continue through the interrogation.
Go to the Imperial Service
Check files in study
Wait until Zi Hour
Read the study files. Use the time menu to reach Zi Hour for patrol.
Go on night patrol
Patrol the palace
Continue the patrol alone
Investigate the letter by the withered tree
Read the letter
Join the guards, then investigate the letter beside the tree and report back.
Go to the Servants' Quarters
Follow Qianhui
Approach Huizhen
Dodge Huizhen's slap
Meet Xu Qianhui in the Inner Quarters. Follow her and complete Huizhen's dodge minigame.
Go to the haunted palace wall
Use Wind Sense to follow the tracks
Trace the courtyard footprints to the guard's token.
Investigate at the training ground
Speak with Niu Lian
Catch a cricket and go to the fighting ground
Win the cricket battle
Listen to the guards, then catch a cricket for the match.
Follow Liu Liang without being seen
Use Meridian Touch to strike the bell
Confront Liu Liang
Follow from the rooftops. Ring the bell with Meridian Touch (opens in a new tab). Continue next with Sealed Treasury (opens in a new tab).