The Dowager Empress Defies Heaven: My Dear Ministers, Behave Yourselves

His ancestor murdered his elder brother and seized the throne. To keep the peace, he slaughtered the entire family of his brother, Emperor Dingwen. When Emperor Dezong, the previous emperor, saw that the imperial princes all met tragic ends and there was no heir to succeed him, he repented of his ancestor’s crimes while ill. He found the sole surviving descendant of Emperor Dingwen’s family and returned the throne to him.