Chapter 352
Liangzhou City, City Lord's Mansion.
Zhong Wutai stood in the hall in shock and trepidation, utter fear preventing him from so much as glancing up. Seated in the hall today were the notable figures in the Northwest, and even in the entire Empire.
Liangzhou Governor, Song Bokang, was once an imperial exam topper in his youth and represented the literati faction in the Empire. Some believed him to be most likely to succeed the current Prime Minister in the next hundred years.
General Xuanwu of the Northwest, Dai Bai, commanded a hundred thousand cavalry of Liangzhou. Born in the Prime Minister's Mansion and married to the Prime Minister's daughter, he was Xue Wenting's uncle.
General Liu Luo, from the Lu Family of Jiangnan. The Lu Clan was the wealthiest in Jiangnan with a saying among the people that half of the world belongs to the Lu Clan.
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Among these dignitaries was Zhong Wutai's father. Tension on their faces, all looked deeply worried.
