The dispute over the succession showed no sign of ending. Weng Gui Mi told Princess Jieyou that, no matter what happened, Prince Ni must never be allowed to ascend the throne.
Even if Prince Ni were to seize the kingship, he urged her to do everything in her power to overthrow him.
Meanwhile, Prince Ni, who had long been kept under house arrest, secretly escaped from his yurt with the assistance of ministers who favored the Xiongnu. Consumed by hatred, he longed for only one thing—to kill Weng Gui Mi.
Because he carried Xiongnu blood through his mother, Prince Ni believed he had never received his father's love. Instead, the late king had devoted himself to grooming his elder brother, who possessed pure Wusun royal blood, as heir to the throne.
Years earlier, it was Prince Ni who had secretly conspired with the Xiongnu to abduct and assassinate his elder brother while he was still the crown prince.
He had naively believed that, once the crown prince was dead, his father would appoint him Mi, the designated heir to the throne.
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