In the Imperial Capital, Gu Chenfeng led a thousand soldiers into the city and began the ceremonial procession.
Compared with the tales the Northern Territory's border troops spun about Gu Chenfeng,
the people of the Imperial Capital were far more straightforward.
They all believed a military family bred no weak sons, especially the Gu Lineage, who were born to be the Barbarian Tribe's bane.
Although this Third Young Master of the Gu Family had been something of a wastrel in his youth,
had he not awakened one day and become the "foremost poet" of the Imperial Capital, and even all of Great Li?
For such a genius, accomplished in both letters and arms, earning military merit at the Border Pass and slaying a Barbarian Tribe prince seemed perfectly reasonable.
And so, titles such as "Invincible Third Son," "Young God of War," and "the Imperial Capital's Foremost Scholar-General" came pouring from the crowd in an overwhelming tide.
Even Gu Chenfeng blushed a little.
Once the procession ended, he reported to the Imperial City.
The thousand-strong Futu Army temporarily moved into the Imperial Guard's barracks.
The First Prince entered the Imperial City first with his personal guards.
Gu Chenfeng, meanwhile, took several dozen Blood Tiger Guards to the Prime Minister's Residence in the southeastern Imperial Capital.
The Gu Residence's gates stood wide open as before, with lanterns and decorations outside and a red carpet laid out. The welcoming ceremony had long been prepared.
After Gu Chenfeng and his men were welcomed through the gates,
he heard that his eldest sister was already waiting in the rear courtyard and hurried over.
Yet when he reached the rear courtyard, no one was there.
Just as surprise stirred in Gu Chenfeng's heart,
"Watch my spear!"
Suddenly, from the pavilion behind him,
a point of cold