The Son Who Silenced a Rebel (Untold Chinese History - Tang Dynasty) Kindle Edition

What happens when a crown prince realizes his paranoid father has marked him for execution and the only path to survival runs through patricide?In January 757, An Qingxu stood in the shadows of Luoyang Palace watching his blind father, rebel emperor An Lushan, caress the face of a younger half-brother. The message was clear: succession had shifted, and in his father's court, disfavor meant a swift end.An Qingxu had witnessed dozens of servants beaten and executed for trivial offenses. He knew the pattern. His father's paranoia, intensified by blindness and illness, spared no one. With trusted advisor Yan Zhuang and palace eunuch Li Zhu'er, An Qingxu formed a desperate conspiracy. On a winter night, a blade entered the rebel emperor's belly. His final scream echoed through the palace: "This is a thief of my own household!"But seizing the throne only placed An Qingxu in the same trap. Two years later, his own general would arrest and execute him, continuing the cycle his father began.Discover how authoritarian succession consumes its own heirs in The Son Who Silenced a Rebel. Read more