裕 Yù

Yu, Prince of De, was first made a prince in the second year of Dashun. When the emperor went to Hua Prefecture, Han Jian, having already stripped the princes of their troops and feeling uneasy, asked that the emperor's sons who were not yet princes be made princes. Then he killed the princes, and on that basis asked that Yu be made Crown Prince, so as to explain himself to the realm. This was in the fourth year of Qianning. Liu Jishu and others confined the emperor in the Eastern Palace and set Yu on the imperial throne. When Jishu was executed, Yu hid in the Right Army. Someone asked that he be killed, but the emperor said: "The Crown Prince is a mere child; the rebels forced him onto the throne. What crime has he committed?" An edict sent him back to the Shaoyang Compound, and he was made a prince again. When Zhu Quanzhong returned from Fengxiang, he saw that the prince was in the prime of life, with a fine and distinguished bearing, and he feared him. He said privately to Cui Yin: "The prince has already usurped the throne. Duty demands that one sacrifice even one's kin; how can he be kept alive? You are chief minister; why not raise it with the emperor?" Yin, choosing his moment, spoke as Quanzhong wished, but the emperor would not allow it. Another day the emperor told Quanzhong of this, and Quanzhong said: "This is a great matter of state; how would I dare to take part in it? Yin must be betraying me." So the prince was spared. After the emperor moved to Luoyang, one day he said to Jiang Xuanhui: "The Prince of De is my beloved son. Why does Quanzhong want to kill him?" As he finished speaking he wept, and bit his own finger until it bled. Xuanhui at once reported his words to Quanzhong, and Quanzhong was enraged. After the emperor was killed, Xuanhui laid on wine and invited the princes to the Jiuqu Pool. When they were well drunk, he killed them all and threw their bodies into the water. Edit