The king. But enough royal family members escaped to the east where they still kind of grasped to the dynasty. So they're in power, but they're really not in power. It's a breakdown in law and order. The different nobles and feudal lords are really running the show. If you have any doubt about how chaotic it was, historians refer to this time period as the time of the warring states. And for about 500 years of Chinese history, they're confused.