Through King Junxu Mi's tireless efforts and persuasion, the ministers weighed the situation and eventually reached a consensus:
First, Weng Gui would be named Mi (靡)—the title of Crown Prince—and govern as regent after Junxu Mi's death.
Second, only after Weng Gui Mi himself passed away could a new heir apparent be named.
Third, the next heir apparent must be Prince Ni (a condition the ministers insisted upon).
By this time, the King of Wusun was gravely ill and no longer had the strength to press the matter further; all he could do was secure this arrangement so that Weng Gui Mi could serve out a full reign as king.
The truth was that he had been poisoned, though this was never made public — after all, the one who had poisoned him was his own son, Prince Ni.
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