Chapter 272 - 127: Repay Kindness, Seek Revenge_2
It seemed as though he had been severely beaten; his nose was swollen and his bruises had not yet faded.
Nevertheless, he proudly carried himself with a lifted chin, displaying a certain self-pride and arrogance.
It was the young civil servant, the Vice Minister’s son, Yan Daiqing, who was involved in the brawl with Li Guanyi at Changfeng Building, or more accurately, who was unilaterally beaten up. The people around must have also been sons from civil servant aristocratic families.
The aristocratic sons looking at Li Guanyi chuckled and said, "Ah, isn’t this Colonel Li Guanyi in his crimson robe? A military advisor below the eighth rank, why are you dressed in plain clothes today?"
"Where is your crimson robe?"
"Where is your white jade belt?"
They teased him with a tone of lightness as if they delighted in the young man’s difficulties.
They felt as if they themselves had won.
Yan Daiqing said, "Alright, let’s go to the banquet."
As a Vice Minister, Yan Daiqing held some prestige among these sons of civil servants, so after chuckling for a while, they left. Yan Daiqing was the last to leave on horseback, gripping the reins tightly even as he rode away.
The very intelligent horse slowed its pace.