The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After hearing this, all the ministers looked at Jiang Guang in surprise. How could the king do such a treacherous thing?

Doctor Yan Ying came out of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate."

"You just signed an alliance with the Jin envoys, and in turn, you opened your doors to aid Luan Ying without hesitation."

"Once this move is made, won't the other states laugh at us, the Great Qi, for being unfaithful and treacherous?"

Duke Zhuang of Qi was displeased after hearing this. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Pingzhong, you are wrong. It is said that those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters."

"As long as the goal can be achieved, I will not look at the process, but only the result. I have made up my mind, so please do not say anything more!"

Yan Ying sighed helplessly and shook his head, then returned to the classroom.

In the study of the wealthy palace, Zixuan listened to Qiwu's report, and her eyebrows were tightly twisted together.

She sneered contemptuously: "Great, you finally can't hold it back anymore!"

"Qiwu, send more people to keep a close eye on Peng Qi and the others. I want to see what tricks they can come up with!"

“Yes!” Qiwu agreed and walked out.

In the villa of Peng Qi, Deputy Political Secretary of the Ministry of War, Peng Qi was drinking happily with several of his subordinates.

Si Zheng Guo Qing bowed and said, "Sir, I have already notified Master Ri, and he will be here soon."

Peng Qi nodded: "Okay! This time we must make more careful arrangements and ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"After the matter is accomplished, I will help Ri'er ascend to the throne, and I will definitely include your benefits."

Several people were delighted and hurried to thank him. At this time, a servant came in with Master Ri.

Several people quickly stood up and saluted: "Your Highness, we greet you."

Zi Ri glanced at the others and asked Peng Qi in confusion, "Uncle, what instructions did you give me today by calling Ri Er here?"

This young man, Ri, was Yuan Ke's eldest son. He was adopted by Zixuan's aunt, Peng, since he was a child.

Peng Qi is the son of Peng's elder brother. Zi Ri often came to Peng Qi's house to play since he was a child.

Peng Qi also loved Zi Ri very much. Since he and Zi Xuan were of the same generation, he regarded himself as his uncle.

Zi Ri is also very dependent on his uncle and comes here whenever he has nothing to do.

Because Peng Gou has a daughter who is about the same age as Zi Ri, the two have been good friends since they were young and can't live without each other.

Peng Qi's daughter Peng Ruo was very beautiful, and Zi Ri had liked her since childhood.

Now they are both seventeen years old, which is a good time for them to fall in love.

Seeing that the two were in love with each other, Peng Qi decided to marry his daughter to Gongzi Ri.

But human greed is insatiable, and Peng Qi suddenly had the idea of ​​supporting Prince Ri as the crown prince.

But there is Gongzi Xu in front, and Zixuan values ​​him so much. In terms of talent and wisdom, he is better than Ziri.

This gave him evil thoughts, so he wanted to get rid of Gongzi Xu. If Gongzi Xu died, Zi Ri would naturally become the eldest son.

There is a great chance that he will be appointed as the crown prince in the future. As long as he secretly makes some moves among the court officials, his position as the crown prince will be almost certain.

When Zi Ri becomes the crown prince, he will be the king after Zi Xuan's death, and his daughter will be the queen.

Peng Qi is naturally a royal relative, so the position of prime minister is his.

As the saying goes, wealth and honor are achieved through risk. Without taking risks, how can you achieve wealth and honor?

Thinking of this, he looked at Ziri with deep eyes and asked seriously, "Ri'er, uncle wants to ask you a question today."

"Do you want to be the crown prince? Do you want to ascend to the throne and become the lord of the wealthy city, inheriting the title and living alone in the future?

Zi Ri was stunned and immediately became terrified: "Uncle, you! Why do you say that?"

"Ri'er, let me ask you again, do you like Ruo'er? If you like Ruo'er, your uncle will tell you the truth today. If you want to marry Ruo'er, you must be the crown prince!"

This, this, Zi Ri was so frightened that he was speechless and had no words to say.

He wiped the cold sweat from his head and said tremblingly: "Uncle, Brother Zixu has long been the designated candidate for the crown prince."

"We brothers and sisters all know that becoming the crown prince is impossible."

Peng Qi said viciously, "Haha! What if he's dead? How can a dead person become the crown prince?"

Ah! Zi Ri was startled again and stood up in an instant: "Uncle! What do you want to do!"

Peng Qi also stood up: "Don't be afraid, Ri'er, your uncle will lead the way for you, and I guarantee that everything will be safe!"

Zi Ri became even more frightened after hearing what Peng Qi said: "No! No! I won't allow you to hurt Brother Zi Xu! No!"

Peng Qi's face immediately darkened: "Alright, it's fine if you don't kill Gongzi Xu, but you don't have to come to Ruo'er anymore!"

I, I, Gongzi Ri, am already extremely confused at this moment and don’t know what to do.

Peng Qi shouted again, "My lord! Just treat today's incident as a fart!"

At this point he felt as if he had used the wrong words or said the wrong thing, so he quickly covered his mouth.

Then he let go of her hand and continued shouting, "Go away! Don't come here again from now on! Someone, show me around!"

Zi Ri slumped weakly in the chair, tears streaming down his face.

He can't live without Ruo'er. Ruo'er is his life. I'm sorry, brother Xu. I... I...

It is said that love can make people lose their minds, and this statement applies to Zi Ri. He calmed himself down and thought for a while.

Finally, he made up his mind helplessly: "Okay! For Ruo'er, I agree!"

Several people looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

What they wanted was what Gongzi Ri said. These words were worth a fortune and were the golden words that would determine their future and destiny.

The next morning was the day of the funeral of Zuo Xiang Bo Qu. All the mourners had sad faces and walked slowly on the road leading to Bo's ancestral tomb.

Bo Yuan and his son Zixu stood on both sides of the hearse, following the team slowly forward.

Half an hour later, the funeral procession arrived at the ancestral tomb of the Bo family.

After a series of worship ceremonies, the old Prime Minister Bo was finally laid to rest.

Just as everyone was about to leave the cemetery and go back, hundreds of men in black suddenly rushed out from all directions.

They were all tall and mighty, with great martial arts skills. They all raised their weapons and attacked Zixu.

Zixu was shocked when he saw this and quickly drew his sword to block. With a loud sound, the assassin's sword was cut into two pieces.

Ah! Just as the big man was stunned, Zixu's sword cut his throat, and the dead body fell to the ground with a clang.

Then he quickly took out a pistol from his pocket, aimed it at the assassin and pulled the trigger.

At this time, the accompanying guards saw an assassin trying to assassinate Master Xu, and immediately rushed up to fight with the assassin.

Seeing that his son was attacked, Bo Yuan took out a pistol from his pocket and started shooting at the assassin.

With the sound of bangs, the men in black fell to the ground one by one.

Even so, the number of assassins was large, and Zixu and Boyuan were also stabbed several times.

Although Zixuan had put on stab-proof clothing for them before they set off, the huge chopping force still caused them unbearable pain.