If you want to do anything, you must first obtain the consent of Beckett and Hudson, otherwise any policy she issues is just a scrap of paper.
Even if the Empress Dowager's seal is attached, people below still won't heed it.
Those who show face will symbolically comply; those who don't will simply toss the edict into the trash, as if they never received it.
Due to their special status, they spend most of their time in the deep palace, making it inconvenient to go down to the local areas for oversight and implementation.
As newcomers to the political arena, they lack sufficient prestige in the Empire, and the civil and military officials below are non-cooperative, effectively sidelining them completely.
"Do you mean to talk to those two?"
The Empress Dowager asked uncertainly.
Having grown up in the court, she's naturally not politically naive. In the current situation, they lack the confidence to overturn the table.
