But now that everyone is dead, Zhao Changyu failed to persuade the Emperor, and the country, as the former Shangcai Marquis predicted, began to slide into the abyss. Zhao Changyu ultimately did not achieve his youthful ambition of leading the nation to stability.
The new emperor ascended the throne, and Empress Jia took over the administration of the court on behalf of the new emperor.
The Empress was very smart but overly obsessed with power, narrow-minded, and suspicious, harboring equal hatred for everyone who obstructed her and those who once advised the abolition of the Crown Prince.
Wei Guan was the first to be purged by her.
Wei Guan was very powerful. Although he always suggested abolishing the Crown Prince and once attempted to manually remove the Crown Prince, before Emperor Wu died, he still entrusted the orphaned prince to him, granting him the honor of "entering the court with his sword, and not needing to hasten his steps."
