Emperor Gaozong of the Donglu Kingdom died, and his posthumous edict appointed his youngest son, the eleven-year-old Xun Wang Rong, to succeed him as Yuan Hongde. At the same time, Prime Minister Shen Guanglu, Minister of Civil Affairs Xie Yizhang, and Grand Sima Zhao Jinyuan were appointed as ministers of Gu Ming to assist the government.
In the eighth year of Hongde's reign, the granddaughter of Xie Yizhang, one of the three ministers of Gu Ming, was ordered to enter the palace. Because of her noble birth, generations of hairpins, talent, appearance, and virtue, she was appointed queen. At that time, Queen Xie was only thirteen years old.
In the ninth year of Hongde's reign, Shu Guang, the new king of Xiyue Kingdom, came to the throne and sent envoys to the court to renew the oath of alliance and maintain good relations with each other forever. The emperor issued an order to treat Chongtong, the special envoy of the Xiyue Kingdom, favorably and to grant him temporary residence in a mansion in the capital without supervision, allowing him to come and go freely.
In the eleventh year of Hongde's reign, Xie Yizhang, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the scholar of Jieyingdian, rebelled. All the ministers in the DPRK jointly signed the petition, please punish me.
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