The Truth Behind It

During all the years Father had been away from Xiqi, he had worked diligently to manage such a vast feudal state, and rarely made a mistake!

He had even risked his life to bring Father back, going all the way to Chaoge himself to find a way to rescue him!

Back then, if Shen Gongbao and Bi Gan hadn't tried to persuade King Zhou, he would have killed Ji Chang and made buns out of his flesh for the Western Marquis to eat!

But what had Ji Fa done in Xiqi?

While he was away, their younger brother Ji Dan had been managing all of Xiqi!

Ji Fa, meanwhile, seemed to have done nothing all these years!

He, Bo Yikao, had risked his life to save their father. While in Xiqi, he had also done everything he could to help the feudal state grow stronger, so they could one day take revenge on King Zhou!

But what about now?

As far as he was concerned, he wouldn't have felt nearly so resentful if the position of Western Marquis had gone to Ji Dan instead.

But Ji Fa had done practically nothing beyond saying a few lofty, empty words!

And yet their father had let this man inherit all of Xiqi from him. Bo Yikao couldn't accept it!

"Why? Why, after all the hard work I've put in, should I pave the way for my younger brother?"

Under the mysterious voice's goading, Bo Yikao's mind had gradually become twisted!

Everyone who stood first in line to inherit the throne, while young, harbored boundless fantasies about the position they were destined to inherit, along with the confidence that it was only natural they would do so!

But today, all those countless fantasies and decades of confidence had been destroyed by a single