Chương 859: Chapter 859: The Woman of the East Palace_1

Li Hongyuan heaved a sigh, "The process was complicated, so there's no need to go into that. In any case, during that incident, the Emperor Father was forced to compromise with the Cabinet, and it left quite an ire in him."

"He just swallowed it? That seems out of character for the Emperor."

"You're right. The Emperor Father couldn't erupt at that moment, but after a few months, when things had died down, all the officials who had been involved were either demoted or transferred away from Chang'an. So, that did afford the Emperor Father some catharsis." Li Hongyuan grinned, "Oh by the way, due to this incident, there was a vacancy in the Cabinet, your father was promoted from an associate professor to a Grand Academician in the Culture and Learning Pavilion, and after a few years, he slowly ascended to the position of Senior Grand Secretary."

Jiang Ning exclaimed, "With these cautions in mind, how could my father still be so domineering?"