After Lu Ganyue's death, the north quickly split into seven forces: Lu Ganyue's eldest son Lu Bokun, second son Lu Zhongkun, third son Lu Shukun, nephew Cai Yuangao, Chimu Emperor Ding Xiaoyu, Weibei King Ding Yuanhan, and Murong Ji, a former subordinate of Murong Ming.
Xiahou Jing, who had been preparing for war in the Central Plains for a long time, heard the news of Lu Ganyue's death and immediately sent people to verify it. It turned out that Lu Ganyue's three sons were fighting to the death for the right of inheritance.
This gave Xiahou Jing the opportunity to take advantage of the situation in the north and immediately launched a northern expedition.
After Xiahou Jing's invasion, Lu Ganyue's three sons united briefly, but each of them had their own ulterior motives and plans.
In the end, the alliance fell apart under Xiahou Jing's strategy, and Xiahou Jing gradually encroached on their territory.
After Cai Yuangao surrendered, the remaining Weibei King Ding Yuanhan and Murong Ji from the northeastern border also followed suit and pledged allegiance to Emperor Chihui supported by Xiahou Jing.
As for the Chixiao Emperor Ding Xiaoyu, he went to visit his great-uncle Ding Yuanhan.
In winter, in King Weibei's tent, Ding Xiaoyu met King Weibei, who had been writing letters to him to say hello.
King Weibei had no children, so he treated his elder brother's grandson as his own son.
"Like... so much like him. You have the demeanor of the late emperor." King Weibei looked at Ding Xiaoyu and couldn't help but think of the high-spirited Emperor Chishun.
That was before Emperor Chi Shun became incompetent. When the Northern Wilderness conquered the north and prepared to invade the heartland of the Central Plains, it was Emperor Chi Shun who organized the army and successfully resisted the attack of the Northern Wilderness barbarians.
After that, he and King Weibei joined forces to retake the north and drove Beihuang back to the grassland.
In order to consolidate the empire's border defense, King Weibei decided to stay and guard the northern border.
As for Emperor Chishun, he appointed his uncle Ding Yuanhan as king, and gave him the power of life and death, granting him the authority to rule over the country.
Ding Yuanhan guarded the place like this for many years.
First, Emperor Chishun died, then the Three Emperors came to power, and finally Ding Xiaoyu came to him.
"Uncle... I have tried my best... I really cannot take responsibility for the country of Chi Dynasty." Ding Xiaoyu threw herself into Ding Yuanhan's arms and couldn't help crying.
"Child, you have done a great job." Ding Yuanhan patted his grandson in his arms.
After the death of his father, Emperor Chishun, Motu pushed his nephew, Emperor Chihuai, to the throne in order to monopolize the government, regardless of the imperial edict issued by Emperor Chishun.
According to the imperial decree issued by Emperor Chishun, his third son Ding Xiaoyu would inherit the throne.
The eunuch conveyed the order to Motu, but the former was massacred by the latter.
If the eunuch had not risked his life to deliver the imperial edict to Ding Xiaoyu, Ding Xiaoyu would never have known that his father valued him so much that he actually handed the Chi Dynasty into his hands.
It’s a pity that Motu holds great power, so Ding Xiaoyu had to endure it temporarily and not get angry. Instead, he hid the imperial edict and waited for the situation to change.
Because Emperor Chihuai was still young, he was appointed as the general and had the power of regent.
In the court, although the emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, the one giving the orders was the foreign relative Motu.
The ministers who knelt down were not kneeling to the loyal emperor, but to the tyranny of their foreign relative Motu.
He placed his trusted confidants in key positions and suppressed those who had different political views from his.
If he knew that someone openly opposed him, the outcome would be even more miserable, ranging from dismissal from office at the very least to death at the worst.
The people all complained about Motu's rule.
Due to his warlord background, Motu's power depends on the army under his command.
In order to win their loyalty, he allowed his own troops to act recklessly.
As for his personal private life, it was even more chaotic. The palace became his private residence, and many concubines in the harem became Motu's playthings.
Motu's life was extremely extravagant and licentious. Although many people had complaints, they did not dare to speak out and could only plan to assassinate Motu in private.
However, before the assassination plan could be carried out, Motu died absurdly due to a stroke.
The first person to receive the news was Ding Xiaoyu, who was supported by the eunuch forces.
Before conveying the decree to Motu, the core management of the eunuchs, the Twelve Attendants, held a discussion.
In order to prevent Motu from disobeying the order or even killing Ding Xiaoyu, the Twelve Attendants were divided into three teams.
A team conveys its intentions and tries to reach the bottom line.
A team pretended to surrender to Motu to preserve Ding Xiaoyu's strength.
The remaining team fled with gold, silver and jewelry, and built up their forces outside to prepare for the escape of Ding Xiaoyu.
After Motu's death, Ding Xiaoyu acted decisively, creating chaos in the palace and took the opportunity to escape from the palace.
On the way, he was welcomed to Xiangdu by the northern lord Lu Ganyue.
At first, when Lu Ganyue supported Emperor Chimu, he still respected the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.
It’s a pity that Lu Ganyue still had second thoughts. Ding Xiaoyu endured it again and again until the last moment when he used his killing weapon - the Western firearm obtained from Motu.
"Master...it's cold, go back and rest." The personal attendant Sanbao advised his master.
Ding Xiaoyu was on a ship sailing to Linzhou at this moment. Due to lack of money, he pawned his sword to the fleet's manager.
As for the reason for going to Linzhou, it was to avoid dragging down Ding Yuanhan.
Originally, Ding Xiaoyu thought that there was still a force loyal to the Chi Dynasty, but it turned out to be pitifully small.
Lu Ganyue's territory was divided into four parts by his eldest son, second son, third son and nephew, and Ding Xiaoyu's power was actually not as strong as any of them.
Helplessly, Ding Xiaoyu had to lead his troops north and hand over everything to Ding Yuanhan.
"Xiaoyu, are you really going to leave? You are a descendant of the royal family, and your brothers will not make things difficult for you, not to mention that I am here." The white-haired Ding Yuanhan stared into Ding Xiaoyu's eyes.
Ding Xiaoyu's eyes were like torches, and he nodded solemnly: "Uncle, my grandson has made up his mind and plans to retire to the mountains."
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