On the first day of the new year, the Great Yan Capital City was exceptionally festive from early in the morning. Every household was abuzz with celebration.
But in the early morning hours, many outsiders appeared outside the Imperial Capital City.
Carriage after carriage rolled into the Capital City, accompanied by a stream of people arriving on foot.
Most of them wore varied attire and had distinct features, making it clear they were not from Great Yan. The one thing they had in common was the formidable guards at their sides. The more conventional-looking visitors were escorted by armored warriors clad in heavy armor and carrying weapons. Even when their clothing was strange, it was clearly of high quality.
The guards of some outsiders were particularly special, including graceful and otherworldly women, dashing young men in Confucian shirts, and Daoists in tall crowns and long robes, carrying swords on their backs...
