Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Before the Tongzhi Emperor came to power, the Grand Commission would never open it. This meant that the Supreme Harmony Hall was only opened on a special day of celebration!

The royal family controlled everything in the empire, and the East Warm Pavilion was the place where the royal family ruled!

However, this Yangxin Palace was indeed too small, it was simply unable to hold the officials of the Six Division's Nine Sisters. Thus, the public administration system had always been a very small part of the senior officials discussing State matters with the empress dowager!

Most of the time, it was impossible for even the heads of the six divisions to participate in meetings. The empress dowagers and the Military Secretary held common meetings, and if there was any department involved in today's matters, they would summon their officials to attend!

That is to say, as long as you observe carefully, you will be able to roughly guess what the topic is about by observing the officials attending the assembly today!

On the surface, the guards of the sect looked like clay statues. However, they were constantly calculating in their hearts who had come today and what secrets they had.

It was not as if he was a spy. Sometimes, he was just curious. Today, he was trying to figure out a secret. At night, he could brag while drinking!

Isha, the face of this Ci Xi could be said to be completely red in the Forbidden City. Besides guarding the Qixiangmen, she also handed over the authority of protecting the Heart Nurturing Gate to the first stage Knife guard.

Isha naturally did not need to stand guard like a wooden stake. He stood in a secluded corner of the Resting Heart Door's inner plaza, eyes rolling around wildly, looking at the numerous officials who had entered, her mouth muttering to herself.

"Yi, Yi Xuan, Prince Li, Yi Kuang … Yi Cong's Fifth Master is here too, so many of them! "

"Qing San Ye of the Great Clear Telegraph Office, Master Weng Tonghe, Master Li Hongzao … Oh wow, the Great Marshal Zeng is here too? "

"Minister of Revenue, Bao Yun? It really had been a long time since they last met. "British cinnamon?"

"The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War have arrived. The Hanlin House of the Ministry of Rites and several other officials of the royal family have also arrived …" What exactly was he talking about today? Didn't they say that they were discussing His Majesty's wedding? "Why is someone from the military here too?"

"Something's not right …" There are still a few people behind who are unfamiliar with it, so is young they are from Hanlin House? "

"Someone come!" Send a message to Eunuch Li Lianying and ask if the candidate for today's assembly was decided by the empress dowager. If that's not the case, then let everyone know about the news today! "

Isha's response was still correct, because there were two ways to decide who would be the leader of the assembly. One was chosen by the empress dowager, and the other was decided by the Military Secretary.

It was impossible for the empress dowager to be absolutely courteous to him. Sometimes, specific matters still needed to be handled by the lower echelons, so sometimes the elites would have to choose according to the topic!

Isha felt that the taste was not right, so she had to hurry up and report to the empress dowager so that she would be mentally prepared!

Sure enough, when Li Lianying reported the list of officials who had entered the palace in a line, the empress dowagers's brows tightly knitted together. "Today's discussion is about the emperor's grand wedding. Why would his military department be so excited about it?"

"There's also people from the Hanlin House. Since he, Weng Tonghe, has already come here, why has someone else who isn't related to him come?"

"Who was the one calling him?" Ci An and Ci Xi said at the same time, staring at each other, they both thought that these were each other's names!

The empress dowagers did not call for these unrelated people, but for this person to suddenly send so many people, there was a way!

Ci An let out a long sigh, "What should come will eventually come. Hail has been through so many moves, now the other party is going to retaliate!"

"Call His Majesty in!"

At that moment, Ci An and Ci Xi were sitting on the soft ground of the Three Sheath Hall on the west side of Yangxin Palace, while Zai Chun was standing in the Changchun Book Hall, letting Da Sixi and the others clean his dragon robe.

Hearing the call of the empress dowager, Zai Chun quickly walked to the Sanxi Hall and asked, "Did the empress dowager call me?"

"My son... "Looks like today's situation isn't right. There are many officials of all ranks here, so you must remember one thing during the negotiation!"

"Be angry!" You must restrain your emotions. No matter what happens, you must let I hold it in! "

Ci Xi also added, "Sister is right, this group of people definitely came prepared. Child, before you figure out their intentions, you must not fall out with them!"

"What?" Someone wants to mess around? " Zai Chun's eyes flashed with a fierce light, the nails holding onto the Chao Zhu almost broke the rope.

"Hur hur, you sure are capable!" Go to Donghua Gate and transfer troops here, whoever dares to cause trouble will be taken care of! "

"You can't!" The two emperors immediately sat up. "Nonsense!" "This is the day when we are formally in charge of political affairs. Every word, every matter, must be recorded!"

"How can you block the mouth of all the people in the world? They do not know how to salute, so of course the people would scold them. If you were to use force, then you would be the one being courteous! "

"Child... In the long run! Your reputation must be cherished like the feathers of a cherishing phoenix. This is the greatest thing that you can rely on to rule this country! "

After persuading Zai Chun for a long time, he finally expressed that he would not make a fuss and said, "Alright, alright, today I will just act like a deaf ear device! Can't I just say nothing? "

"Let's go!" Go to East Warm Pavilion and meet these old men that you can't afford to offend! "

When the emperor and empress dowager started the fight, it was only because they had moved from the Sanshi Hall to the Warm Winter Pavilion. After the curtains were lowered after the three of them were ready, Zhou Daoying called out to them loudly from the door.

"The His Majesty and the Heavenly Queen of the Holy Mother listen to the government … "Ladies and gentlemen, I am meeting all of you …"

Only then did the various palace ministers who had been waiting around the wooden screen enter the palace in two lines according to their rank!

"This official greets you for all eternity, and my emperor greets you for all eternity!"

"This subject pays respects to the empress dowager. The empress dowager is thousands of years old!"

After three kowtows and nine kowtows, the officials were standing on both sides of the stage, so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard!

The empress dowager and the emperor deliberately dragged out three to four minutes to create an oppressive atmosphere. After a long while, Ci An finally spoke up.

"No matter what, we have to settle the marriage matter in His Majesty this year! "This is the most important thing in the kingdom right now. All departments have to do their best to handle this matter. If there's a flaw in that department, then we can't care about the friendship for the rest of our lives!"

"The nation's legal conscience won't forgive you!"

"Prince Li …" As Ci An spoke, Shi Duo quickly stood up and bowed, "This humble subject is here!"

"Right now, you are in charge of the Zongzheng Mansion. The royal family and all the other families have already made their report to you. The Empress's choice is of course within the rules!"

"Have you brought the names of the suitable women from the eight flags?"

"Reporting to the empress dowager, this subject does not dare to be negligent. Since the beginning of the year, the selection of women of appropriate age from the eight flags' clans has started. A total of six women have been selected with excellent looks and valuable statuses!"

"Here's the list, please take a look …" Prince Li Shi Duo knelt on the ground with both hands holding onto the namelist, waiting for the eunuch to take it!