However, Hou Yuduan's words clearly aimed to shatter this status quo and did so in a practical sense. All the commanders of the Nine Departments held the authority to deploy their respective departments, and also possessed the Cabinet voting rights. To put it bluntly, if one day they encountered misfortune or lost their commander positions, would the Cabinet not then have the right to overrule Hou Yuxiao?
By then, would this family still bear the Hou surname?
Neither of them continued to speak, yet their glaring eyes conveyed their stance.
The rest of the crowd, upon seeing the expressions of the two, also remained silent without uttering a word, just silent.
Li Sanyun and his three companions felt somewhat uneasy. They hadn't been a part of the Hou Clan for long and their ideas were not as radical. While they were somewhat moved by Hou Yuduan's proposal, they were mostly nervous.