 Eventually, however, with popular opinion favoring Yuan Cha's death, she forced him and his brother Yuan Gua () to commit suicide, but still posthumously awarded him much honor.Empress Dowager Hu, after resumption of her regency over Emperor Xiaoming, allowed her lover Zheng Yan to assume great power, and while Yuan Yong and Yuan Lüe () the Prince of Dongping (Yuan Xi's brother) were trusted and had high ranks, Zheng and Zheng's associate Xu Ge () were more powerful than they were.The agrarian and other revolts continued, and during these years, the more chief rebels included