Chapter 333: The Obstruction at the Gate
Han Meiyan looked at the Young Lord before her and gave a quiet nod, while in the depths of her eyes there quietly stirred an irresistible thread of enchanting intent.
The Young Lord's eyes went unfocused almost without his realizing it, his mind thoroughly captivated, and he felt as though he had never in his life seen a woman so utterly charming.
In the next instant, he gritted his teeth and whipped around, unleashing a torrent of abuse at the guards on the wall, furious that they were blocking him from bringing his future wife into the city. In his mind it was nothing short of a capital offense.
By any normal reckoning, even as a marquis's son, he absolutely should not have dared to make such a scene at the entrance to the imperial capital. And yet at this moment he seemed to have lost all sense of propriety.
Seeing such boldness from this Young Lord of the marquis's house, quite a few of the people who had been blocked at the gates felt their own frustration ignited, and began joining in, shouting and cursing at the guards on the wall.
The guards of Taixuan City visibly stiffened with anger. Then a general in silver armor stepped forward from among the guards, swept a commanding look over the crowd, and shouted in a sharp voice, "The sealing of the city is a command from the court. Anyone who continues to shout and curse will meet this blade."
At those words, a finely crafted iron blade at a nearby guard's hip lifted off on its own and hung in the air before the silver-armored general. Without a single visible movement on his part, the blade collapsed in the next instant into a shower of iron powder that fell softly to the ground.
At the sight, the people blocked at the imperial capital's gates went instinctively quiet, and a flash of fear crossed more than a few of their eyes as they looked at the silver-armored general.
The Silver Soul Army was one of the elite forces that protected the capital. Every silver-armored general was selected from among the emperor's own personal guard, and their martial cultivation was formidably deep. Moreover, they carried the emperor's personal favor and were not the sort of people ordinary individuals could afford to antagonize.