attend to him, and often had sexual relations with them. He particularly favored Zhu Youwen's wife Lady Wang. Further, although Zhu Youwen was not a biological son, he was the oldest among his surviving sons (as his only older biological son, Zhu Youyu, had died earlier), and he was seriously contemplating passing the throne to Zhu Youwen. In summer 912, when he became deathly ill, he sent Lady Wang to Daliang to summon Zhu Youwen. At the same time, he issued an edict, through Jing, sending his next oldest son, Zhu Yougui the Prince of Ying, out of the capital Luoyang to serve as the prefect of Lai Prefecture and decreeing that he report there immediately. This made Zhu Yougui, whom the emperor did not favor, believe that the next order would be to kill him—for, around that time, it was customary to first exile an official before executing him. Zhu Yougui immediately formed a conspiracy with the imperial guard general Han Qing (), and thereafter took imperial guard soldiers into the palace. He assassinated Emperor Taizu with the assistance of his servant Feng Ting'e (), and then issued order in Emperor Taizu's name to his brother Zhu Youzhen the Prince of Jun, who was also at Daliang, to execute Zhu Youwen. After doing so, Zhu Yougui publicly announced Emperor Taizu's death and blamed the death on Zhu Youwen, then took the throne. Zhu Youzhen would in turn overthrow him next year and take the throne. Personal information Parents Father: Zhu Cheng (), posthumously honored Emperor Wenmu () with the temple name of Liezu () (honored 907) Mother: Lady Wang (died 891), Lady Dowager of Jin, posthumously honored Empress Wenhui () Consort and issue Empress Yuanzhen () (honored 912) of the Zhang clan (张氏 ) Zhu Youzhen (朱友貞) (888–923), the Prince of Jun (created 907), later emperor Zhu Youzi (朱友孜), the Prince of Kang (created 913?, executed by Zhu Youzhen 915) Consort Shi, Lady of Wuwei, of the Shi clan (石氏), younger sister of Shi Yanci () Baron of Wuwei Zhaoyi Chen, of the Chen clan (陳昭儀 陳氏), later Buddhist nun (tonsure 909) Zhaorong Li , of the Li clan (李昭容 李氏) Meiren, of the Duan clan (), younger sister of Duan Ning Wife of Zhu Jin Unknown: Zhu Youyu () (died 904), posthumously created Prince of Chen (created 907) Zhu Yougui (朱友珪), the Prince of Ying (created 907), later