"Forty years ago, we, the Wei Dynasty, had a strong army and strong horses. After several years of fighting, we could have unified the world and become the co-lord of these nine states.

Unexpectedly, during the final battle to destroy Shu, the six aristocratic families were worried that after the world was unified, the imperial court would take action against the aristocratic families. So they used the excuse of a civil uprising in their clans and returned to their respective clans with their troops.

Emperor Taizong originally led a military expedition in person, but during the decisive battle, when he received the news that the six aristocratic families had withdrawn their troops, he became angry and vomited blood, which caused him to suffer from an old illness. Soon after, Long Yu passed away.

After the late emperor Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, the six aristocratic families not only did not feel guilty for the death of Emperor Taizong, but intensified their efforts. Almost all the people in the court were members of the six aristocratic families. The late emperor's edicts were not only promulgated to the world, but sometimes even the imperial palace Can't get out.

Even so, the six major families were still not satisfied and even intervened in the issue of succession to the throne.

At that time, the mother of the eighth son of the emperor was the legitimate daughter of the Xu family, and the eighth son of the emperor married a daughter of the Pei family as his concubine. Moreover, he was weak in temperament and became the heir to the throne selected by the six major families. However, he had several brothers above him. It became an obstacle to the aristocratic families.

The eldest prince is now His Royal Highness King Lu. He is the direct descendant of the queen, good at fighting, and has a strong personality. Because he was dissatisfied with the family's practices, he repeatedly attacked the family in the court. As a result, he was framed by six major families and demoted to a commoner. Even in front of the late emperor, he was decapitated and became a useless person.

The second prince was born to the imperial concubine. Although he was a concubine, he was favored by the late emperor. He praised the second prince many times in public. The family was worried that the late emperor would break the rules and establish virtuous people instead of direct heirs. They tried their best to win over the second prince. Unfortunately, although the second prince was He was a scholar, but he was proud and did not want to become a puppet in the hands of a noble family, and was assassinated and died.

The fourth prince, His Majesty, has the best relationship with the eldest prince from the same mother, but he also admires his second brother's character. Seeing the fate of his two brothers, His Majesty was not frightened, but was actually excited. His anger aroused. When the late Emperor saw this, he hurriedly hid His Majesty in the army and handed it over to me. Only then did he escape the vicious hands of the six great families. In this way, he narrowly escaped death several times.

The remaining princes were not taken seriously by the six major families because of their young concubines.

At that time, the eighth prince had the support of his mother, Concubine Shu, and the help of the Pei family of the six aristocratic families. It seemed that becoming the prince was a certainty.
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