After the new emperor Li Jianwen usurped the throne, in order to force his royal uncles to hand over the imperial seal, he cruelly made one of the princes into a meat pie and fed it to the other princes. The protagonist, Prince Yan Li Zhengyang (the Sixth Imperial Uncle), witnessed this horrific scene, and to protect himself, decided to continue feigning idiocy. At a critical moment of life and death, he used his knowledge of the imperial seal's whereabouts as leverage to negotiate with Li Jianwen. Ultimately, Li Zhengyang followed General Zhou Bao's advice, agreeing to hand over the imperial seal and depart for Beiliang to take up his fiefdom, secretly viewing this as the starting point to distance himself from the capital, gather strength, and seek revenge.
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