A moment later, a team of imposing imperial guards brazenly stormed into the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Today was Old Madam Gu's birthday banquet, and all the dignitaries of the Capital City had come to offer their congratulations. Therefore, the Marquis Mansion did not arrange for ferocious household soldiers to be on duty, relying only on some household staff to maintain order.
Thus, when the imperial guard appeared, the people of the Marquis Mansion were almost completely incapable of resistance and were quickly surrounded.
Although the Marquis Mansion had several hundred household soldiers, all of them seasoned veterans from the military, only Gu Lan, Gu Chengye, and Old Madam Gu could command them. Without their orders, they usually lived in their respective homes near the mansion, and would not be able to arrive in time.
No one anticipated that the imperial guard would suddenly besiege the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
