My Father Sent Me to the Xiongnu to Die, and I Cried with Joy

In the Great Xiao Kingdom, in the summer of the ninth year of Jinglan, the Huns invaded on a large scale. Yunzhong, Xingyue and Beidou counties were all lost. Emperor Xiao Jingtian was furious, and King Zhenbei was imprisoned, waiting to be executed. The seventh prince Xiao Yi pleaded for mercy on behalf of his grandfather, but was beaten to pieces. The eighteen-year-old boy turned gray overnight. In the autumn of this year, the King of Zhenbei, who had once been a powerful figure in northern Xinjiang, was finally beheaded unjustly, and his blood spattered the execution ground. "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict to confer Xiao Yi the title of King of Yunzhong. He will rush to Yunzhong in ten days and take charge of the three counties of Yunzhong. I admire this!"