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The sixteenth year of Emperor Ming of Great Liang.
Emperor Ming took personal control, clashed violently with the Queen Mother party and the Prime Minister party, leading to the Queen Mother's death.
The dying retaliation of the Prime Minister party unleashed chaos, letting loose soldiers into the capital, slaughtering the royal family and ministers... Horses trampled the imperial palace; blood flowed like rivers...
Historians named this event 'The Night of Long Knives'!
After this night, the Great Liang court collapsed, and the world entered an era of divided rule with warlords rising like flood dragons!
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Although Emperor Ming had died, the world was without a leader, so it continued to be referred to by the Great Liang era.
It is now the thirty-third year of Emperor Ming.
Tri-element City.
After casually placing Taisui in a temporary dongfu in the mountains, Fang Xi then headed for this city.