The Yuan, Wang, Sima, Yang, Han, Liu, Wei and other prominent families immediately set their sights on the vacancies left by the massacred officials, filling them with a large number of their own sons.
Thus, the Yuan family reaped the benefits amidst the chaos of He Jin's power struggle with the Ten Attendants.
At the Grand Tutor's residence.
"Uncle, I never expected that our Yuan family would regain control of the court overnight." Yuan Shao was very satisfied with the current outcome.
"Original Source, the problem hasn't been solved yet!"
Yuan Wei replied, "Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan's armies have already arrived in Luoyang!"
"We previously sent them to the capital to remonstrate with the Empress Dowager and demand the surrender of the Ten Attendants. Now that the Ten Attendants have been executed, they have lost their purpose!"
"We must find His Majesty now and issue an imperial edict to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo to comfort them, ordering them to leave Luoyang immediately and return to Liangzhou and Bingzhou to prevent Liu Wei from entering the capital."
Yuan Shao said, "I have already sent Mengde and Wu Qiong to pursue them to Beiman Mountain!"
"Just to be on the safe side, you should personally lead the men to bring His Majesty back. If something happens to His Majesty, are we going to have to replace him with the Prince of Chenliu?"
"If the whole world knew this, they would laugh at the Yuan family!"
Yuan Wei said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, Uncle, I'll go right now!"
Yuan Shao knew the matter was of great importance, so he quickly agreed and turned to leave.
But as soon as Yuan Shao stepped out, he saw Cao Cao and Wu Qiong rushing towards him in a panic.
"What's wrong? Where is His Majesty? Where is Zhao Zhong?" Yuan Shao asked anxiously.
"Benchu, something terrible has happened! Dong Zhuo has led a troop of light cavalry to Beiman Mountain, and Zhao Zhong and Xia Hui have sent His Majesty to Dong Zhuo's army!" Wu Qiong said urgently.
"This guy arrived so fast! Why didn't you make him hand over His Majesty and Zhao Zhong!"
"Not only did he refuse to hand it over, he also sent us to inform the Empress Dowager and all the ministers to come to the city gates early tomorrow morning to welcome His Majesty."
Cao Cao said, "We are worried that Dong Zhuo will harm His Majesty, so we have no choice but to return first."
Yuan Shao frowned: "What exactly is Dong Zhuo trying to do?"
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