Not long after Shàngguān Wǎn'ér left, a burst of hurried footsteps approached from afar. It turned out that the City Guard had been pursuing Captain Li and the others all the way into the Imperial Palace. Charging aggressively into the garden, the City Guard shouted, "Don't let them escape!"
Seeing this, the Imperial Guard immediately stepped forward to block their path. Huo Ming, the commander of the Imperial Guard, shouted angrily, "Who are you people? How dare you trespass in the Imperial Palace!"
Hóu Chāo, the commander of the City Guard, sat high in the saddle and said arrogantly, "We are hunting down fugitives, you'd better stay out of this!"
Chapter 53