Starting with the Reign of the YongZheng Emperor of the Ching Dynasty (1723 AD), this Palace, the Palace of the Cultivation of the Mind was the Imperial reigning Palace. No longer were the central Halls used for this purpose.
In Sequence, the Yongzheng Emperor, the Qianlong Emperor, the Chai Qing Emperor, the Dao Guang Emperor, the Xian Feng Emperor, the Tongzhi Emperor, the Guanxu Emperor and then The Xuan Tong Emperor - Pu Yi lived here and handled State Affairs within these Quarters.
This was also the Palace of the Famous "Reign Behind a Curtain".
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