So this is the last meeting before the results are out.
An hour later, the grand ceremony in the main hall has concluded, and the sky outside is just beginning to darken.
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April 1st, the sky just begins to darken.
In Shengjing, all businesses cease, with carriages banned on the streets. For seven days, the streets have been cleaned every day, and now they are sparkling like new.
More and more commoners are lining the street sides, eagerly looking toward the imposing Imperial City in the north. Poets, rangers, Taoists, swordsmen... all mingle together. For almost everyone, it is their first time witnessing the selection of the Crown Prince.
