Inside Yuxu Palace.
As Yuanshi was divining the matter of Ji Chang, he suddenly roared in anger again.
He had divined that Ji Chang had run to the imperial palace. Not only him—the other three had done the same!
Yuanshi continued divining without giving up. Before long, he understood the cause of the matter.
It all began with Empress Jiang, the beloved daughter of Jiang Huanchu.
His beloved daughter had been tortured to death, and Di Xin had committed one outrageous act after another while bewitched by a demon.
Jiang Huanchu therefore felt that Di Xin was a foolish ruler and began harboring thoughts of rebellion.
But Di Xin was no fool. Since he knew something like this might happen, he naturally had to nip it in the bud.
Using all sorts of excuses, he tricked the four powerful feudal lords into coming to the imperial palace. Even if they did not want to go, they still had to, because as long as they had not rebelled, they remained feudal lords of the Shang Dynasty.
During the court assembly, Jiang Huanchu could not hold back his anger and said directly, "When that demon rampages through the imperial palace and wreaks havoc on the nation, how can you still be immersed in pleasure? How can you watch with your own eyes as my daughter is tortured to death!"
Jiang Huanchu knew that his daughter had been tortured to death with the harshest execution method of the time. He wished he could immediately hack to death this bastard who had indirectly caused her death!
Di Xin also knew that this matter could not be settled peacefully. He certainly could not let Jiang Huanchu return and deal with him, so he casually assigned him a crime and had him dragged outside and beheaded.