He was married to the daughter of the mighty Marquess of Shen, a fieflord under Zhou vassalage, and they had a son named Yijiu.
The king went to such state of despair that he summoned all of the court officers and offered a reward of one thousand pieces of gold to anyone who could make the queen laugh.
King You liked the idea and brought Bao Si in his chariot to the top of the mountain, bringing drink and the whole court with him.
[1] Similarly, the account of the Battle of Mount Li by Liu Xiang, written almost a century after that of Sima Quan, addresses Bao Si's responsibility in the collapse of Zhou by increasing the number of her faults and her overt, evil influence over court matters, i.e. King You neglecting his courtly duties to spend time with Bao Si.
King You's refugees were fleeing hastily eastwards, but the mounted units of the Quanrong began to approach them quickly and surround them from the sides.
King You could already see the fort of Mount Li in the horizon when his fellows' wives and children tired out and could follow no longer.
The twin cities were sacked and left in ruins, Bao Si was captured and Bofu, still a child, was killed in front of her.
The states of Qin and Jin thought of Yijiu as the only possible person to inherit the throne in order to preserve the Zhou dynasty, so together they helped him and his court move to the new capital at Wangcheng.
The Qin soon partially avenged the fallen king by attacking and destroying the Quanrong and taking back the lost territory for the Zhou.
The new king was unpopular and poorly supported by most states due to the circumstances of his coronation, and Wangcheng was never as great and imposing as Haojing.
Although the Mandate of Heaven remained with the Zhou, China became increasingly fragmented after that, and would soon fall into a long age of conflict for hegemony that would last over five centuries.