Jinggong Ci

After a hundred years of founding, the country went through seven emperors, and by the time of the first emperor, it was already in decline. The late emperor was addicted to elixirs in his later years, the government was in ruins, natural disasters occurred frequently, and civil unrest broke out all over the place. Three months before the death of the late emperor, Prince Xiao Heng (15 years old at the time) was established as the crown prince. On his deathbed, the late emperor entrusted him to the regent Xiao Chong, ordering him to "assist the young emperor and stabilize the country." In fact: Xiao Chong controlled the government, and the emperor was nothing more than a puppet.