At the end of the year, it was once again time for the various lords to come to the Tudor City Lord’s Manor to pay their taxes and grain quotas.
Chen Xuan arrived at the manor punctually, taking the opportunity to meet the new City Lord, Cullen. Compared to the relatively scholarly Watin, Cullen, with his curved, handlebar eyebrows, exuded a more mercenary air—the look of an aristocrat sent by some major family of the Ryan Divine Kingdom to pad his resume.
As Chen Xuan waited, other lords walked in one by one. As they passed him, they cast strange, sidelong glances his way. Chen Xuan had already received word that the lords of Tudor City were planning to join forces to pressure him, so he had steeled himself for the day.
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