Empress Dowager Cixi usually sits on the right side of the emperor, because in ancient times, Empress Dowager Cixi was an elder and should sit more decently than the empress. The queen sits on the emperor's left. If there is no queen mother, the emperor and the queen sit in the middle, with two seats, the queen on the left and the emperor on the right. But if there is a minister present, there is usually no queen at the banquet, only a family dinner. If a group of ministers are invited, the queen will first receive congratulations from the concubines in the Jiaotai Hall.

According to the concubines system in Qing Dynasty, imperial concubines, concubines, concubines and concubines are arranged in this row from the upper seat to the lower seat, one on the left and one on the right. And dignitaries, always there, promised to have no seat for anything, and generally did not serve.