Hua Hong was ushered away by a crowd.
Though the Ink Shadow Pavilion was the power center of the Prime Minister's Mansion, high-ranking figures like Hua Hong and Lou Ji rarely appeared here, except for end-of-year banquets or urgent meetings personally convened by Xu Yinhe.
As the Crown Prince who had "supervised the country" on behalf of the Prime Minister's Mansion for more than a decade, Xu Changge understood how busy these people truly were.
Lou Ji was especially worth mentioning—she spent barely a handful of days in Di'an each year.
Hua Hong was slightly more present, but his workload was mountainous, and many cooperative ventures and investigations within the Commerce Assembly required his personal oversight on-site.
For these two individuals to both come to the Ink Shadow Pavilion on the same day to report their duties was a rarity in the past decade.
Was it due to the succession change?
