A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

Until Zhao Gui was old and seriously ill, everyone was waiting for the old eunuch to take his last breath.

Even at this point, no one dared to directly attack Zhao Gui.

As long as Zhao Gui lives, he will be the most powerful minister in the land.

As Zhao Gui grew old, he watched his body deteriorate day by day, and his heart began to be filled with fear.

He was ultimately just a eunuch with no descendants, which meant that no one could inherit his political legacy.

Even though he still wields immense power, the moment he closes his eyes, he will be forgotten, like a stray dog ​​on the roadside.

He was not reconciled.

So he adopted a child from his family and, in the final years of his life, compromised with the powerful family that had been his lifelong enemy.

He wanted his child to become the new aristocrat.

He wasn't worried about his request being rejected, because no one would dare to do that.

The aristocratic families readily accepted the child, and no one could withstand the dying counterattack of the old eunuch Zhao Gui.

That wasn't enough; he wanted his son to marry the legitimate daughter of the most prestigious family in the world.

The heads of the major families quickly gathered to discuss the matter, as none of them were willing to let their family's eldest daughter marry the son of a eunuch.

This is a huge disgrace for these families who are bound by blood.

Doing so would condemn one to the pillory of history, and be looked down upon by all aristocratic families.

But they didn't have the courage to refuse. They were also afraid that their families would be taken away by Zhao Xin before his death.

At this moment, a family stepped forward.

It was the Yang family of Hongnong, who had once reached their peak in the previous dynasty, with four generations of three high-ranking officials.

After the setback at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yang family rose again and gained a place in the Daqian Dynasty, becoming a top aristocratic family.

The Yang family accepted the task and sent their eldest daughter to marry Zhao Xin's son.

The condition was that the major families could not use this as a pretext to settle scores with his family afterward, and each family would owe him a favor.

All the major families agreed.

After marrying Zhao Gui, the Yang family's power expanded rapidly with Zhao Gui's support.

Within a year, they became the most prominent family in the world, wielding immense power.

Even the power of the eunuchs had to bow down before the Yang family.

Finally, Zhao Gui arranged for her son's sister-in-law, another legitimate daughter of the Yang family, to marry into the palace and become empress.

He then handed over all the power he had secretly accumulated to his son, so that he could protect himself.

After arranging everything, Zhao Gui directly dispatched his hidden forces to massacre those forces with whom he had past grievances.

Even for a simple grudge, he would directly kill the person to eliminate any potential threat.

This was the old wolf's final act of madness.

All the forces were watching coldly as the old wolf breathed its last.

Years later, on an ordinary night, Zhao Gui, the powerful eunuch who held immense influence, breathed his last.

After the news broke, countless people breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone unanimously chose to unite and work together to wipe out the forces left behind by this old wolf.

Without Zhao Gui's eunuch influence, things are no longer what they used to be.

Moreover, Zhao Gui sold out the entire eunuch faction completely for the sake of his son.

Either don't do it at all, or do it drastically.

Otherwise, one day, these most obedient wolves under his command will turn against his son.

Coupled with the powerful influence of the Yang family, the entire eunuch group was virtually powerless to resist.

Blood flowed throughout Luoyang, and the smell of blood lingered in the city for a long time.

It wasn't until this time that the emperor, deep within the palace, discovered that so many of the eunuchs attending him had died, and they had been replaced wave after wave.

There are hardly any familiar faces left.

"What happened? Where are they? Where did everyone go dead?"

Emperor Qianyang said tyrannically.

"Your Majesty, help! Your Majesty!"

The few surviving eunuchs hurriedly knelt down before Emperor Qianyang, banging their heads against the ground repeatedly.

Now, Emperor Qianyang is their only lifeline.

Emperor Qianyang kicked the eunuch in front of him in dissatisfaction, knocking him to the ground. He then took a few steps forward and stomped on the eunuch's chest several times. Seeing that the eunuch was barely breathing, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt much better.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, those aristocratic families have gone mad!"

"We just want to serve His Majesty well, but those aristocratic families don't give us any way to survive."

"Many people have already died at their hands. I beg Your Majesty to save my life!"

"As the saying goes, even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner!"

"They're showing disrespect to His Majesty!"

Several young eunuchs said, sobbing.

"You bastard!"

"You are my dogs, who dares to kill you at will?!"

Emperor Qianyang flew into a rage upon hearing the eunuch's words.

"Who are they? Go and summon them all to me."

Several eunuchs hurriedly scrambled out of the palace to deliver the imperial decree.

Soon after, all the surviving high-ranking officials, including the Three Dukes, the Nine Ministers, and ministers with salaries of two thousand piculs or more, arrived.

If someone familiar with the imperial court were here, they would find that more than half of the high-ranking officials in the court have died.

Two of the Three Dukes are gone, and five of the Nine Ministers are gone.

More than half of the other ministers with salaries of two thousand piculs of grain were also gone, leaving the entire palace feeling empty.

But our Emperor Qianyang rarely attended the morning court sessions, so how would he know who the high-ranking officials in the court were? There were several of them.

"Tell me, who killed the eunuchs who served me?"

Emperor Qianyang still thought he had the court under his control. In front of his ministers, he embraced several glamorous beauties and groped them.

The ministers in the court were so angry that their faces turned red. This emperor had no manners whatsoever.

The phrase "looking like no ruler" refers to Emperor Qianyang.

"Your Majesty, with so many important court officials present, how can you behave so dissolutely!"

"What kind of behavior is this! What kind of behavior is this!"

An old scholar stepped forward, pointed at Emperor Qianyang, and began to curse him.

"So noisy!"

"Why should I explain my actions throughout my life to you?"

"Drag him out and behead him!"

Emperor Qianyang was furious. How dare someone point fingers at him? Did they think his sword wasn't sharp enough?

"Where are they? Where have they all died?!"

"Guards! Where are the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?!"

Emperor Qianyang roared in the palace, the vast echoes reverberating throughout the somewhat empty hall.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry outside seemed oblivious to the roars from inside the palace. Long before Zhao Gui died, under Zhao Gui's manipulation, Emperor Qianyang committed one disgraceful act after another against the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, shattering their loyalty.

Can you believe it? Emperor Qianyang actually snatched the families of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers in the street!

Moreover, even knowing that the other party was a member of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they still did whatever they wanted.