Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

As they shouted, the people outside realized that something was wrong.

They gnashed their teeth and said, "Are you crazy, everyone in there? She brought the plague upon you, and you're still defending her!"

The people inside: "You are crazy. Which of your eyes can see that the plague was brought to us by the Empress! Stop throwing all the dirty water on the Empress."

The people outside said: "It's obviously her bad luck that brought disaster to this place. Otherwise, why didn't the Tianqi Emperor ascend the throne without any abnormality? You must all be confused right now to speak for her. Wake up."

The people inside: "Bullshit, our Queen is kind and beautiful, you are the unlucky ones, your whole family is unlucky."

Meng Qi, who was idle on the city wall, watched the two sides arguing back and forth, nodding from time to time and whispering a few comments.

In the end, both sides were tired and took a break to replenish their energy.

The people outside the city could only eat the dry food they brought with them, while the people inside the city, under Meng Qi's instructions, prepared rich and delicious food and water for them, and they enjoyed it very comfortably.

Meng Qi was even afraid that they would get tired from standing, so he gave each of them a small stool to sit on.

This went on for several times. As the dry food of the people outside the city was running out, they still could not convince the people inside to surrender and open the city gates, and they became more and more angry.

Everyone got a huge redwood tree from somewhere and started preparing to break down the city gate.

Meng Qi frowned and was about to speak out to stop him when he saw Song Zhi slowly walking up the city wall.

She took one step at a time, slowly and calmly.

When he saw the dense crowd of people below, he said in a deep voice, "I heard you want me to get out of here?"

She scanned the figures one by one, and although her voice was not loud, it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Everyone looked up and saw a woman standing there in a golden dress. She looked dignified and beautiful, especially her eyes, which were clear but with a sense of oppression. She exuded an aura that made people submit involuntarily.

Everyone below was stunned.

This was the first time they saw their empress. She was not as frail and fragile as they had imagined. Her every move was full of elegance and grace.

They were startled and froze in their tracks. It took them a long time to find their voices and say, "You are an unlucky person. If you don't want this place to become a deadly place, you'd better leave on your own initiative."

Song Zhi found it funny. "According to you, I'm an unlucky person. Wherever I go, I'll be cursed, right?"

The person below raised his chin and stiffened his neck, "Yes."

Song Zhi smiled contemptuously, "That's not easy to deal with. If you leave here and go to Tianqi, you won't have to worry about being implicated."

"us?"

Everyone didn't expect Song Zhi to say that, and for a moment they were a little confused. "This is our home where we grew up. Why should we leave?"

Song Zhi didn't want to pamper these people at all, "Because I'm the one who has the final say here!"

She clapped her hands, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers immediately rushed out from all around.

They surrounded all the people who came to cause trouble and waited for Song Zhi to decide their fate.

When the people below saw that Song Zhi actually sent troops to deal with them, their faces changed drastically with fear.

All those sharp blades were pointed at them, as if if they dared to move even a little, they would be killed instantly.

Everyone was at a loss. "Your Majesty, there are at least eight thousand of us here, if not ten thousand. Are you sure you want to treat us like this?"

Song Zhi smiled and said, "How about I play house with you guys?"

Those people were worried and tried to scare Song Zhi.

"The Phoenix Nation doesn't want a bloody and brutal empress. If you dare to kill us today, your reputation as a murderer will spread tomorrow. How can you still hold on to your position as empress then?"

"Of course I can. Phoenix Country is mine, and I have the final say. Anyone who dares to say that I am doing something wrong can go somewhere you think is better. You are not welcome here either."

Song Zhi smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

She winked at the elite soldiers, and they began to advance step by step.

Those people were ordinary people after all. Seeing that Song Zhi didn't take them seriously at all, they started to panic even if they gathered so many people.

"Empress, you...you can't do this to us!"

"That's right. We are your people too. How can you treat our lives as worthless?"

"We haven't committed any heinous crimes. You can't just kill us so arbitrarily."

Hearing this, Song Zhi sneered, "Who said I wanted to kill you? I'm just being kind and want to send you to a place where there's no bad luck so you can spend the rest of your life in peace."

As she spoke, she looked at the elite soldiers and said, "Generals, listen to my orders."

"The general is here!"

The uniform sound was deafening.

Song Zhi said: "Expel them from the Phoenix Country and let them fend for themselves. From now on, they are not allowed to set foot here again."

"Yes!"

The elite soldiers quickly controlled these people and escorted them away.

They wanted to resist, but they were no match for the elite soldiers.

They then realized their fear and said, "No, we don't want to go to Tianqi. The people in Tianqi are living in poverty. There is no place to take us in."

"That's right. And then there are the taxes that keep increasing. How can we afford it? Going to Tianqi is a dead end."

"We will stay in Phoenix Country and not go anywhere."

Song Zhi snorted coldly, "You were shouting so enthusiastically before, why aren't you shouting now? Keep shouting! Stay in Phoenix Country. I founded Phoenix Country. It would be unfair to you to stay here. You should go somewhere else."

After saying that, she simply waved her hand and asked the elite soldiers to take them away.

Those people were completely panicked, and their initial aggressive attitude turned into fear and pleading.

"We were wrong. We shouldn't have challenged the Empress's authority. We were doing this for the good of the Phoenix Nation. Please forgive us, Empress."

"Yes, our relatives are still in Phoenix Country, we can't leave here."

Seeing that Song Zhi remained indifferent, their pleas turned into abuse, "Women are not worthy of being on the stage. You are rebelling against Tiangang like this, and sooner or later you will suffer the consequences."

"And you!"

They looked at the people in the city fiercely, "She's just a woman, and you're still protecting her. One day you'll regret it!"

"Let's leave, we've had enough of this shabby place."

"Being ruled by a woman would be laughed at if I told others about it. Rather than being laughed at, it's better to just leave."

They kept cursing and Meng Qi looked at Song Zhi with some concern, fearing that she couldn't stand it.

Unexpectedly, Song Zhi was not affected at all and said, "Take the list and investigate their families. If their families are also the same, drive them out of the Phoenix Country together."

Meng Qi quickly agreed and was about to leave when Song Zhi added, "Also, find some storytellers to spread the news about what happened today. Remember to explain it clearly from beginning to end, so as not to give them the opportunity to incite public opinion and turn the tables on you later."