Chapter 870 Ji Chang's Schemes and the Fall of Boyi Kao

In the end, Bo Yikao was exiled by Ji Chang. Of course, Ji Chang's exile of Bo Yikao also had the intention of protecting him!

As Ji Chang's first child, Boyi Kao carried Ji Chang's expectations for him from the time he was conceived. At the same time, because of Ji Chang's overprotection, Boyi Kao's personality was relatively simple.

As a father, Ji Chang had to admit that his second son, Ji Fa, was more cunning and more suitable to succeed him than his eldest son, Boyi Kao!

However, due to clan etiquette, Bo Yikao was the rightful heir, and Ji Fa could only become a newly enfeoffed nobleman from Xiqi!

How could Ji Fa, such an ambitious man, be willing to become a minor vassal under the Marquis of Xibo? While he was alive, it was fine; Ji Fa dared not do anything to Boyi Kao. But after he passed away, how could Ji Fa possibly allow Boyi Kao to continue as the Marquis of Xibo?

Rather than letting the brothers kill each other in the end, it would be better for him, as the father, to play the villain and remove Boyi Kao from the line of succession to the title of Marquis of Xibo as soon as possible. When Ji Fa succeeds to the throne, perhaps he can treat Boyi Kao kindly out of consideration for the bond between brothers!

Of course, Ji Chang also intended to leave behind a bloodline legacy in this way! Although Xiqi became a rebel in the eyes of the Yin Shang, it is undeniable that the blood of the Yin Shang royal family flowed in the veins of these Xiqi leaders!

If Xiqi had truly fallen to the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin, for the sake of his own image, would not have implicated the innocent, but would have chosen to kill some and spare others.

Bo Yikao, who was willing to be close to the Yin Shang, naturally became a tool for Emperor Xin to show his benevolence. But it is undeniable that Bo Yikao was able to survive, and their Xiqi Ji family bloodline was able to be passed down smoothly!

It was precisely because of these considerations that Ji Chang took advantage of the moment when Boyi Kao made a mistake to kick him out of the core of the regime and exile him to the rear of Xiqi, hoping that Boyi Kao, the child on whom Ji Chang had placed his fatherly love and expectations, could live a good life!

Unfortunately, what Ji Chang didn't know was that what he considered protection became the fuse that led to Boyi Kao's death. After all, if Boyi Kao had stayed in Xiqi City, even if someone wanted to take action against him, they would have to get past Ji Chang first.

It should be noted that Ji Chang's divination skills were no joke. Even if the protection Ji Chang left with Boyi Kao failed, he could still send troops to help in time!

However, after leaving Xiqi City, even though he sensed something ominous and realized that the protection he had left for Boyi Kao had a loophole, by the time the reinforcements he sent arrived at the scene, Boyi Kao had basically already perished on the spot!

Besides the lack of timely rescue, there is also the most crucial factor: luck! The luck carried by Bo Yikao, the eldest son of Xiqi, and Bo Yikao, who had lost his right to succession and was demoted to a minor feudal lord, was vastly different!

It should be understood that Boyi Kao, the eldest son of Xiqi, represents the future of Xiqi. If he dies, even with Ji Fa as a replacement, Xiqi's fortune will be greatly damaged!

However, if Bo Yikao loses his right to inherit the throne, even if he dies, he will not pose much of a threat to the fortune of Xiqi. The lost fortune can be easily made up for, and it will not cause serious damage to Xiqi like the former!

Getting back to the main point, not long after Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, removed his eldest son, Boyi Kao, from the selection of heirs and banished him from Xiqi City, Ji Chang felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if something important had left him forever!

In an instant, Ji Chang thought of his eldest son, whom he had banished from Xiqi City. To ascertain whether his son was alive or dead, Ji Chang endured excruciating pain and immediately began divination!

The results of the divination all indicated to Ji Chang that his eldest son had died, but Ji Chang could not figure out who killed him!

After clearly learning the fact that his eldest son had died, Ji Chang couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. He hated the guy who killed his eldest son, Boyi Kao, to the bone and wished he could cut him into a thousand pieces and scatter his soul to eliminate the hatred in his heart!