u ' s ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁Z hang s , ▁he ▁was ▁further ▁dem oted ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁secretary ▁general ▁at ▁H eng ▁Pref ect ure ▁( near ▁modern ▁H eng y ang ▁in ▁Hun an ). ▁ ▁So on , ▁however , ▁Emperor ▁Zh ong z ong ▁re called ▁him ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁deput y ▁minister ▁of ▁construction ▁( <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x87> 作 少 <0xE7> <0x9B> <0xA3> , ▁Ji ang zu o ▁Sh a oj ian , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁eventually ▁made ▁the ▁minister ▁of ▁v ass al ▁affairs ▁( <0xE9> <0xB4> <0xBB> <0xE8> <0x87> <0x9A> <0xE5> <0x8D> <0xBF> ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁imperial ▁scholar ▁at ▁X iu wen ▁Pav il ion ▁( <0xE8> <0x84> <0xA9> 文 館 ). ▁ ▁During ▁Emperor ▁Ru iz ong ' s ▁second ▁reign ▁and ▁Emperor ▁X u anz ong ' s ▁reign ▁ ▁Emperor ▁Zh ong z ong ▁died ▁suddenly ▁in ▁ 7 0 5 — a ▁death ▁that ▁traditional ▁histor ians ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁poison ing ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁Em press ▁Wei ▁and ▁daughter ▁Li ▁Gu o ' er ▁the ▁Princess ▁An le . ▁ ▁In ▁turn , ▁Em press ▁Wei ▁and ▁Princess ▁An le ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁coup ▁led ▁by ▁Emperor ▁Zh ong z ong ' s ▁sister ▁Princess ▁Ta ip ing ▁and ▁nep hew ▁Li ▁Long ji ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Lin zi , ▁who ▁then ▁supported ▁Li ▁Long ji ' s ▁father , ▁Li ▁Dan ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁X i ang , ▁himself ▁a ▁former ▁em peror