<0x82> ) ▁region ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Han . ▁ ▁The ▁plan ▁was ▁opposed ▁by ▁two ▁other ▁officials ▁X i ang ▁Sh ou ▁( 向 <0xE5> <0xA3> <0xBD> ) ▁and ▁G ong sun ▁Sh i ▁( 公 <0xE5> <0xAD> <0xAB> <0xE5> <0xA5> <0xAD> ), ▁who ▁both ▁des pis ed ▁Gan ▁Ma o ▁greatly ▁and ▁proceeded ▁to ▁bad mouth ▁him ▁repeatedly . ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁Gan ▁Ma o ▁to ▁fle e ▁Q in ▁in ▁fear ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁defect ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Q i . ▁ ▁In ▁ 3 0 5 ▁BC , ▁two ▁of ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ' s ▁older ▁half - bro thers , ▁Prince ▁Z hu ang ▁( 公 子 <0xE5> <0xA3> <0xAF> ) ▁and ▁Prince ▁Y ong ▁( 公 子 <0xE9> <0x9B> <0x8D> ), ▁who ▁a ▁year ▁ago ▁were ▁both ▁rival ▁cont enders ▁for ▁the ▁throne , ▁consp ired ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁a ▁coup ▁with ▁Queen ▁H ui wen ▁( <0xE6> <0x83> <0xA0> 文 后 , ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁King ▁Wu ) ▁and ▁Queen ▁Wu ▁( <0xE6> <0x82> <0xBC> 武 王 后 , ▁King ▁Wu ' s ▁child less ▁wife , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁prin cess ▁from ▁Wei ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁dozen ▁other ▁l ords ▁and ▁court ▁officials ▁who ▁were ▁against ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ' s ▁asc ension . ▁ ▁The ▁re bell ion ▁was ▁quickly ▁cr ushed ▁by ▁Wei ▁Ran , ▁who ▁sla ugh tered ▁all ▁the ▁consp ir ators ▁except ▁Queen ▁Wu , ▁who ▁was