Seeing Empress Jiang dead and the two princes nowhere to be found, Di Xin began planning to use this matter to strip Jiang Hengchu, Marquis of the East, of his title.
Fei Zhong and You Hun, who understood his intentions, offered a scheme: they might as well go all the way and invite all four regional marquises, then find an excuse to kill them and replace them with obedient ones.
Then the eight hundred lords of the realm would surely not dare harbor any rebellious thoughts.
Thinking this plan excellent, Di Xin once again issued an edict summoning the four regional marquises to Morning Song.
Thereafter, Jiang Hengchu, Marquis of the East, and E Chonghu, Marquis of the South, died, while the Marquis of the West was trapped in Youli.
Only Chonghou Hu, Marquis of the North, escaped calamity by bribing Fei Zhong and You Hun and currying favor with King Zhou.
Jiang Huan, Jiang Hengchu's son, learned that both his elder sister and father had died in Morning Song, and immediately raised troops in Eastern Lu to rebel.
The six states of Cangling State lay in Eastern Lu, so Ling Qing and the others naturally could not avoid becoming involved.
They either had to join Jiang Hengchu in raising troops in rebellion, or turn toward Morning Song and suppress Jiang Hengchu.
But Sun Tai, Fan Cong, and the others would naturally handle such trifling matters, so Ling Qing and the others had no need to worry over them.
They continued discussing the Dao with fellow cultivators from every quarter.
That day, Ling Qing and the others were in White Bone Cave on Skeleton Mountain, discussing the Dao with Lady Shiji.
Then they suddenly heard Rainbow Cloud outside the cave cry out in panic, "Lady, this is bad! For some