The Great Yan Imperial Palace.
Before the sun had even risen, the entire palace city was already adorned with lanterns and colorful decorations, creating a festive atmosphere.
As for the court ministers and high officials who had come to offer congratulations, they had been waiting before the palace gates since the early hours.
The palace gates were especially lively today. To accommodate the older, more frail ministers, Yan Jun had specially ordered warming sheds to be built before the gates. Inside, charcoal braziers burned, and hot congee was served.
This was an unprecedented courtesy, unheard of since the founding of the Great Yan dynasty.
Therefore, even though some ministers were resentful—feeling that Yan Jun had conspired with the Empress Dowager to commit regicide and filicide, making him too cruel and venomous to be a sovereign—their anger diminished considerably as they cupped the bowls of warm congee in their hands.
