▁him ▁of ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁Prince - Reg ent . ▁Y ish en ▁( <0xE5> <0xA5> <0x95> <0xE8> <0x84> <0xA4> ), ▁Y ix uan , ▁Wang ▁Zh eng ▁( 王 <0xE6> <0x8B> <0xAF> ), ▁Sun ▁Y im ou ▁( <0xE5> <0xAD> <0xAB> <0xE7> <0xBF> <0xBC> <0xE8> <0xAC> <0x80> ), ▁Y in ▁Z ha oy ong ▁( <0xE6> <0xAE> <0xB7> <0xE5> <0x85> <0x86> <0xE9> <0x8F> <0x9E> ), ▁Pan ▁Z uy in , ▁Wang ▁We iz hen ▁( 王 <0xE7> <0xB6> <0xAD> <0xE7> <0x8F> <0x8D> ), ▁Gu ang ch eng ▁( <0xE5> <0xBB> <0xA3> <0xE8> <0xAA> <0xA0> ) ▁and ▁others ▁ple aded ▁with ▁the ▁em press ▁dow agers ▁to ▁p ardon ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁and ▁make ▁him ▁Prince - Reg ent ▁again . ▁Although ▁the ▁em press ▁dow agers ▁did ▁not ▁restore ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁as ▁Prince - Reg ent , ▁they ▁permitted ▁him ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁the ▁inner ▁imperial ▁court ▁and ▁continue ▁running ▁the ▁Z ong li ▁Y amen . ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁personally ▁thank ed ▁the ▁em press ▁dow agers ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁te ar ful ▁ap ology . ▁The ▁em press ▁dow agers ▁issued ▁a ▁dec ree ▁announ cing : ▁" The ▁Prince ▁pract ised ▁favour it ism . ▁As ▁we ▁are ▁bound ▁by ▁a ▁common ▁cause ▁and ▁have ▁high ▁expect ations ▁of ▁him , ▁we ▁cannot ▁show ▁len iency ▁in ▁pun ishing ▁him . ▁He ▁will ▁still ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁over see ▁the ▁Grand ▁Council ." ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁as ▁the ▁N ian ▁reb els