Shu Qi was smart, studious and very smart. Gu Zhujun likes him very much and has always wanted him to be a prince. When the monarch of the solitary bamboo kingdom was seriously ill, Boyi, the eldest son, didn't want to compete for the throne among his brothers. He left the palace on the pretext of digging herbs for his father and never came back. The monarch of the solitary bamboo kingdom died and Boyi didn't come back. At this time, the two younger brothers realized that their elder brother wanted to go out on purpose, fulfilled his father's last wish, and gave the throne to Shu Qi. But Shu Qi was very upset when he saw his brother's help. While no one was looking at the palace, he also escaped, so the throne of the solitary bamboo kingdom had to be inherited by the second child.
Uncle Qi escaped from the palace. He inquired about the whereabouts of Boyi everywhere and went through a lot of hardships. He finally found Boyi in a hidden place in the mountains and persuaded Boyi to go back to inherit the throne, but Boyi refused all the time and in turn advised Jishu to go back. Shu Qi had no choice but to say to Boyi, "We have been walking for many days. Now the second child must be the monarch. Let's not go back, so as not to embarrass the second brother. " So, the two brothers discussed it and decided to go to Bochang (Zhou Wenwang) in Zhou State.
Boyi and Shu Qi went to visit Zhou Wenwang. Zhou Wenwang saw the son of Gu Zhuguo coming and warmly entertained them. Since then, the two brothers have come to Zhou Guoan.
Soon, Zhou Wenwang died, and his son Zhou Wuwang wanted to dominate and decided to send troops to attack Zhou Wang and other countries. Boyi and Shu Qi missed the solitary bamboo country under the rule of their second brother, tried their best to dissuade them, stopped the army attacking Shang Zhouwang, and cursed Zhou Wuwang for being unkind and unjust. However, Zhou Wuwang was still determined to destroy commerce, kill Zhou Wang and annex other countries to establish the Zhou Dynasty.
Boyi and Shu Qi don't want to stay with Zhou Wuwang anymore. Their hometown, the lonely bamboo village, has also been destroyed. The two brothers were homeless and had to wander around. Finally, they came to shouyangshan, a sparsely populated and wooded city, and lived in seclusion in a cave. Loyal and unyielding, the two brothers would rather starve to death than eat the grain planted on the land of the Zhou Dynasty. They go up the mountain all day to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits to satisfy their hunger
Life in the mountains and forests, plus no food to eat, Boyi and Shu Qi are skinny and disheveled with hunger. Many years passed, and both brothers became old people. A few locals often see Boyi and Shu Qi eating wild vegetables instead of whole grains, so they can't bear to deliver meals. However, the two brothers would rather starve to death than eat Zhou Su. At this time, a farmer said to them, "Eat. You don't eat the grain grown on the land in Zhou. Aren't the wild vegetables you eat also growing on Zhou's land? "
Boyi and Shu Qi listened to the farmer's words and felt reasonable, and their resentment towards the Zhou Dynasty deepened. Later, they even stopped eating wild vegetables to show their dissatisfaction and resistance to the Zhou Dynasty and Zhou Wuwang.
A few days later, the villagers came to the cave and found two skinny old people, Boyi and Shu Qi, dead in the cave.