In the sixth year of the Southern Liang Dynasty, the Yuan monks rebelled in the first month and surrendered to the Southern Liang, adding more worries to the already anxious Yuan Yi. Despite holding great power, Yuan Yi has not had a good time these years. In the fourth year of the Southern Liang Dynasty, his ally Liu Teng died of illness, which allowed Yuan Yi's status to be promoted. However, Yuan Yi did not have outstanding talent. Once in power, he became arrogant, indulgent, and ** There was a heavy wind of corruption throughout the Northern Wei Dynasty, which laid the groundwork for the Six Towns Rebellion.
Yuan Fa Monk is the person recommended by Yuan Yi, and now he has rebelled, and Yuan Yi is to blame. Yuan Yi's incompetence also attracted the attention of Empress Dowager Hu. After Liu Teng's death, Yuan Yi's surveillance of Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Xu relaxed, and even often went out to play. Empress Dowager Hu seized the opportunity to express her dissatisfaction with the separation of mother and son in front of Yuan Xu and Baiguan, saying that it was better to become a nun than this. Yuan Xu and hundreds of officials pleaded one after another, and finally resolved the crisis with Yuan Xu staying in Jiafu Palace, and Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Xu took advantage of this to plot to depose Yuan Yi.
After Yuan Yi returned to the palace, Yuan Xu told him about Empress Dowager Hu's wish in tears, and said it four times in one day. Yuan Yi may be bored, or maybe it is kindness from the bottom of his heart, and he actually agreed to Empress Dowager Hu's request. Empress Dowager Hu was able to stay in the Xianyang Hall many times, and the taboo between the two palaces also disappeared. After the house arrest was lifted, Empress Dowager Hu began to act, and the prime minister and Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong used the secret of Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Xu to play in Luoshui to plot to get rid of Yuan Yi.
Empress Dowager Hu said to Yuan Yi: "If you are loyal to the court and have no objections, why don't you resign as a leader and only serve in other official positions to assist the government?" Yuan Yi was already panicked because of the Six Towns Rebellion and the Yuan Fa Monk incident, so he took off his hat and asked to be relieved of his position as the leader. The Northern Wei court immediately appointed Yuan Yi as the general of the hussars, the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, Shang Shuling, Shizhong, and Lingzuo. Although he lost his military power, Yuan Yi still held great power inside and outside the court.
Empress Dowager Hu was hesitant about whether to depose Yuan Yi, who angered too many people. Mu Shao persuaded Empress Dowager Hu to quickly get rid of Yuan Yi to avoid trouble in the future. The eunuch Zhang Jingjun lobbied Yuan Xu's beloved concubine Pan Concubine, saying that Yuan Yi wanted to harm her. When Concubine Pan heard this, she immediately cried to Yuan Xu, saying that Yuan Yi would not only harm her, but also harm Yuan Xu. Yuan Xu decided to take action, and took advantage of Yuan Yi's stay to relieve him of his position as a waiter and not allow him to enter the palace again.
On the Xinmao day of April, Empress Dowager Hu took regency again, cut off Liu Teng's official title, and demoted Yuan to a commoner. Lang Zhong of Qinghe State ordered Han Zixi to write to the imperial court to avenge the grievances of Yuan Yi, the king of Qinghe, and asked Yuan Yi and others to be killed. Empress Dowager Hu took the opportunity to excavate Liu Teng's tomb, scattered his bones in the wild, confiscated all Liu Teng's family property, and killed his adopted son. Empress Dowager Hu hesitated about Yuan Yi's disposal, and finally ordered Yuan Yi's brothers to commit suicide at home, and at the same time gave Yuan Yi the positions of Hussar General, Yitong Sansi, and Shang Shuling.
The Yuan Yi group collapsed, and Empress Dowager Hu regained power. Will the situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty be able to improve?