Chapter 96 Turmoil

City Lord's Mansion.

Yu County was one of the Seven Prefectures of Yu State, and the City Lord of Yu City was also the Prefectural Governor of Yu County, a Substantive Fifth Grade official of the Imperial Court. Even during the golden era of the great Da Xuan, a Prefectural Governor was a powerful local official with immense authority.

As it is now, the situation is much the same. The Xue Family is the most powerful clan in Yu City. In terms of foundation and overall strength, they surpass each of the other three families, unequivocally taking first place among the four leading families of the Inner City. The Xie Family comes next, followed by the He Family and the Yu Family, with smaller clans barely worth mentioning.

Nowadays.