The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Chapter 255: The Unjust and Stupid Emperor

Then he ordered a strict investigation of the arsonists. A minister came out and said:

"Your Majesty, Xiang Tu's army has been defeated. How will the battle in Xiaocheng be resolved?"

Duke Jing of Song looked at Zixuan beside him and said, "Sister, how do you think this matter can be resolved?"

Zixuan thought about it and decided to help Ziluan because he cared about the people.

"My dear brother, there is no need to send troops to Xiaocheng. My sister can go there."

Zi Luan was overjoyed and quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Zi Xuan: "Thank you, sister!"

The ministers also kowtowed to Zixuan: "Thank you, King Zixuan, for saving the State of Song..."

The next day, Zixuan set out for Xiaocheng. After leaving the city, he found a deserted place and entered the space.

She asked the boss of the order machine to set the coordinates and arrived at Xiaocheng in an instant.

When he reached the city gate and saw it was closed, he immediately ordered the guards to knock on the door: "Soldiers on the city wall, listen carefully!"

"The current Lord of Zixuan City in Qi State's Fugui City wants to meet with Master Di!"

When the soldiers heard that it was City Lord Zixuan, they did not dare to delay and hurried inside to report.

Zidi was surprised to hear that Zixuan had arrived: "How many people are there?"

"Sir, there are about twenty riders!"

The young master was relieved: "Let them in!"

“Yes!” the soldier agreed and ran to the city gate to let Zixuan and his group in.

Gongzidi went out to greet them personally with several of his younger brothers: "Zidi and I, the prince, are here to see my sister!"

Zixuan hurriedly supported him with his hands: "Brothers, stand up quickly!"

"My sister has worked hard on the journey, please come into the house and rest quickly."

Okay, Zixuan was surrounded by several young masters and came to the living room.

After sitting down, Zidi asked, "Sis, you have come from afar. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"

"I came here for war. I heard you defeated Xiang Tu. I wonder what your next move will be?"

Zidi said, "My brother, you favor Xiang Tu and bring chaos to the government. Is this the behavior of a wise ruler?"

"My brother plans to attack Shangqiu Royal City in one fell swoop!"

"My brother, you can't do that. Although Zi Luan favors Xiang Tui, he cares deeply about the people. He is a benevolent ruler rarely seen in a century."

"With him in charge of the State of Song, the Zi family's foundation will be as solid as a rock."

"If my brother were to start a war just because of this tiny mistake."

"You're going to plunge the people into dire straits again. My sister is the first one to disagree."

Zidi lowered his head and said nothing, slowly falling into deep thought...

Yes, Brother Wang is such a good person. He not only loves his brothers very much, but also loves the people like his own children.

He lost his mind after being fooled by King Zheng, and caused his brothers to kill each other, making him a laughing stock of the world.

"Sister, my land has now caused a great disaster. How can my brother forgive me?"

"Don't worry, Zi Luan has already dismissed Xiang Tui from his post and has promised me that he will not pursue your crime any further."

"I will also give you Xiaocheng and Qiudi as fiefdoms. I hope we can still be as friendly and respectful to each other as before!"

After hearing Zixuan's words, Zidi was so moved that he burst into tears and knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times towards Shangqiu:

"Thank you, brother! Wuwuwu... I know I'm wrong!"

"In the future, I will do my best to assist my brother and protect the Zi family's kingdom!"

Zixuan nodded in satisfaction: "Yeah! Is that right?"

After the affairs in Xiaocheng were settled, Zixuan and his mother spent a few days sightseeing in the hilly areas of Xiaocheng.

Afterwards, he bid farewell to the Zi brothers and returned to Shangqiu City.

Zi Luan was very happy to see that Zi Xuan handled the affairs of Xiao Cheng so well, and he hosted a banquet for Zi Xuan.

During the feast, Zi Luan asked Zi Xuan, "Sister, I want to expand the territory of my Zi clan. I would like to ask for your advice on which country to attack."

Zixuan said with a smile: "The first choice is Cao State."

"Oh? I wonder why my sister chose Cao Guo?"

"My sister means not to attack Cao State, but to wait."

"I predict that within a few years the State of Cao will initiate an invasion."

"You just need to make sufficient preparations, and when Cao comes to attack, you can counterattack and destroy him in one fell swoop!"

Zi Luan believed Zi Xuan's words without a doubt and immediately ordered to tighten the guard against the State of Cao.

After staying in Song State for another half a month, Zixuan felt that there was nothing fun to do anymore.

He bid farewell to Duke Jing of Song and led his guards towards the State of Zheng.

The mother and daughter had a great time traveling along the way, and arrived at Xinzheng, the capital of Zheng State, ten days later.

At that time, the ruler of Zheng was Duke Ai of Zheng, Ji Yi. When he heard that Zixuan, the Lord of Fugui City, had arrived, he said disdainfully:

"All the princes are afraid of her, and I don't know why. Can fame kill people?"

He did not go out to greet him, but ordered someone to bring Zi Xuanxuan into the hall.

The ministers were very dissatisfied with his action. The doctor Ban Ju came out and said:

"Your Majesty, the reputation of City Lord Zixuan is known to all nations, and all the princes treat him with courtesy, except Your Majesty!"

"Let alone the great name of City Lord Zixuan, just for helping our people during the drought two years ago, you should have come out of the city to welcome him!"

Ji Yi sneered: "She gave food to the people to gain a good reputation!"

"She didn't even give me any money or food! Why should I be grateful to her?"

You! Ban Yu was speechless, thinking, you are such a ruthless and incompetent ruler! What a bastard you are talking about!

Another doctor came out and said, "Your Majesty, this is wrong!"

"Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers!"

"The people and the king are like father and son. How can a father not be grateful when his son is rescued?"

Ji Yi heard this and slammed the table in anger: "Are you trying to teach me a lesson?"

"I dare not. I just hope that Your Majesty can be a wise and benevolent ruler!"

"Haha! Are you saying that I am a ruthless and incompetent ruler?"

"Come here! This fellow is so arrogant and disrespectful that he has no respect for the king. Take him away and give him forty lashes of the cane!"

Seeing this, Ban Yu hurriedly pleaded, "Your Majesty! Doctor Ke is nearly seventy years old. If he is beaten with forty sticks, he will die!"

Ji Yi glanced at him sideways: "You mean younger people won't be beaten to death? How old are you?"

"I am thirty to five."

"Well! Ke is old, and you are young, so you will definitely not be able to kill him!"

"Why don't you take the beating for him? Come on! Take him away!"

Here! The guards pulled Ban Yao up and walked out without saying anything.

The ministers all knelt down and pleaded for Ban Yi: "Your Majesty, please have mercy and spare Doctor Ban..."

At this time, Zixuan had already walked to the steps in front of the hall and saw an official being carried out by guards.

He hurried forward and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard said indignantly, "Just because Master Ban pleaded for Master Ke, he will be caned forty times!"

When Ban Yu saw that it was Zixuan, he quickly clasped his fists and saluted, "Your Majesty Zixuan."

Zixuan nodded and said, "Guards, please don't torture me yet. I will go in and plead for Lord Ban."

The guard nodded hurriedly: "Yes!"

After giving the instructions, Zixuan hurried up the stairs and entered the hall.

When the ministers saw Zixuan coming in, they all bowed and saluted: "Greetings, King Zixuan!"

Zixuan quickly supported him with his hands: "Gentlemen, please stand up!"

Seeing this, Ji Yi slammed the table again and said, "Who told you to greet me? Did I agree?"

The ministers all answered in unison: "No!"