In 465, Emperor Wencheng died and was succeeded by his young son Emperor Xianwen, and the power soon fell into the hands of the official Yifu Hun, who soon killed a number of high-level officials, including Yang Baoping (楊保平), Jia Airen (賈愛仁) the Duke of Pingyang, and Zhang Tiandu (張天度) the Duke of Nanyang.
Yifu sent the official Qiumuling Duohou (丘穆陵多侯) to summon Buliugu back to the capital Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi) in the name of the emperor.
Buliugu declined, stating that when one heard that the emperor had died, one must immediately attend to the funeral matters without fearing disaster, and therefore rushed back to Pingcheng.
After Emperor Wencheng's wife Empress Dowager Feng in turn overthrew Yifu in 466, she buried Buliugu with honors near the imperial tombs.
The first wife was Lady Du or Duguhun, who bore him a son named Buliugu Dingguo (步六孤定國, later Lu Dingguo (陸定國)), and the second was Lady Zhang, who bore him a son named Buliugu Rui (步六孤叡, later Lu Rui (陸叡)).