A Thousand Autumns of Passing Years

In the fourteenth year of Yuanshou, Xu You, founding emperor of the Xu Dynasty, died after years of campaigning in the rebellion and exhausting himself with the burdens of rule. His old illness had returned despite his tireless efforts to govern the country. Crown Prince Xu Huaizheng succeeded him, adopting the era name Wuyuan and crowning his crown princess, Lu Lingyi, empress.