The octogenarian Grand Master Zheng left the Council Hall, having discarded his golden scissors and tacitly approved Yun Chi's decision. The rest also deflated, finding no words left in opposition, and one by one, they withdrew from the Council Hall, leaving their golden whips and hammers behind on the floor.
After his grand wedding, the young Crown Prince did the first thing that shocked both the court and the public.
Seeing that the trend was irreversible, the court officials closed their mouths and no longer retorted. Yun Chi therefore struck the gavel at the morning court session, decreeing that, effective immediately, Prince Shiyi and Xia Ze would become students at the Hanlin Academy.
After the morning court session, without waiting for the Emperor to summon him, Yun Chi went to the Imperial Governance Hall.