The rooftop hall of the Thirty-Six Hanging Mountains.
Jia Huan entered the top floor alone.
This was his first time approaching this office. Standing beside a corridor window, he took in the majestic Forbidden City in its entirety. He could even look down upon the long white marble steps and glimpse a corner of the Golden Throne Hall.
Looking toward the Northern Commandant Office's Imperial Prison, he saw figures in Flying Fish Uniforms as tiny as ants.
This was truly the pinnacle, the summit of the Embroidered Uniform Guard throughout the realm!
He knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in!" A commanding voice sounded from within.
Jia Huan stepped inside and cupped his fists, his expression blank.
"Commanding Commissioner."
With that, he handed over the official document.
To become the joint first-ranking Pacification Commissioner, with control over the Experiences Office's finances and authority to decide promotions and demotions below Deputy Thousand-Household Commander, he needed the Commanding Commissioner's seal on the document.
Jiang Wuyuan sat upright in a Grand Secretary Chair and took out an official seal the size of a fingernail.
Jia Huan stared at the Gold and Jade seal.
Great Qian's Founding Emperor had cut a corner from the imperial seal, polished and finely crafted it, then bestowed it upon the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Commanding Commissioner. It had been passed down through the generations!
It symbolized honor and power!
Thump-
Jiang Wuyuan stamped the seal.
Jia Huan's appointment as joint first-ranking Pacification Commissioner was already settled. Stamping the document was merely a formality, so Jiang Wuyuan did not make things difficult for him over it.
"I'll take my leave." Jia Huan turned to go.
"Wait!"
Jiang Wuyuan opened a drawer, took out a stack of silk scrolls, and said unhurriedly:
"At the Winter Solstice, the Jianghu factions will gather