In the thirty-eighth year of the Great Age of Zutian:
The eldest prince Xiao Wang rebelled, and the prime minister Zhao Youzheng brought order to the court. Outside Jingzhou, the second prince, King Yong, led the border troops to resist foreign enemies. The third prince, King Huai, led the troops to resist the rebellious army, and finally suppressed the rebellious King Xiao's army.
The old Emperor of the Great Kingdom died of critical illness after this disaster, and the crown prince Zhou Huaiyi, who was only fifteen years old at the time, succeeded to the throne. The following year, the reign was changed to the first year of Yuan Lai.
The former emperor was worried about the future fate of the great country, and left a secret decree for the new emperor: when the country changes its owner, extraordinary measures can be used to eliminate all the foreign forces...
Over the years, King Yong guarded the gate of the Northern Kingdom and held a stalemate with the Northern Yan Kingdom for several years, in exchange for a short-term peace. In the middle of the court, with the support of Prime Minister Zhao Youzheng and King Huai, the Dashi Kingdom was able to stabilize its political power.
It was not until the night of the winter solstice in the fourth year of Yuanlai that Xiao Quan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Dynasty, was assassinated in his own house. An assassin was caught that night and was tried for several months without success. In the second year, the imperial court fell into new turmoil due to the presiding judge Chun Wei. In February of the first year of the fifth year, the emperor secretly ordered the Supervisory Council to send people to deal with the assassin of Dali Temple, hoping to break the situation...