Outside, a crowd of onlookers had gathered: young nobles who had come seeking pleasure, young experts and sect disciples traveling the world, as well as Jade Viewing Pavilion's famous courtesans and maidservants.
"What exactly happened? Someone actually dared lay a hand on a disciple of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion."
"I heard Ning Heng and some big figure from the army both took a fancy to the same woman, and the two got into a dispute. Ning Heng thought he could scare that military big shot off by invoking the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, but that man had quite the backing too. He was Luo Mufeng, one of the Twelve Tiger Generals of the Cloud Marquis's Mansion. He wasn't afraid of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion at all, so Ning Heng naturally ended up suffering."
"The Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion is one of the thirteen hereditary marquis estates, one of the Imperial City's foremost noble houses. Luo Mufeng is merely a military general, yet he dares discipline a disciple of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion. That is tantamount to slapping the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion across the face. Is he not afraid of their retaliation?" said a thirteen-year-old scion of a marquis house coldly.
The youth had sword-like brows and hawkish eyes, his noble bearing pressing down on those around him. He wore a luxurious purple robe woven with gold thread, with jade pendants hanging from his waist. Four servants followed behind him.
He carried the pride unique to the descendants of noble marquis families and was deeply dissatisfied with Luo Mufeng's actions.
To the descendants of hereditary royal and marquis estates, nobility was inborn. From the day they were born, their education had taught them that they were more exalted than others and that the dignity of a marquis