The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

The queen saw that little King Jing was in tears and came over to comfort him: "My dear little king, don't cry. Look, I have some delicious food here."

After saying that, she handed him a chocolate.

Chuju was immediately attracted by the chocolate in strange packaging and took it to look up and down and left and right.

With a curious look, he asked Zixuan: "Sister Xuan, what is this? It's so beautiful."

Zixuan smiled, took the chocolate, opened the package, broke off a piece and put it in his mouth.

"Brother, this is called chocolate, a special kind of candy. Try it, it's delicious!"

Chuju savored the soft and smooth chocolate and asked Zixuan incoherently, "Sister Xuan, who is this sister?"

When the queen heard little Duke Jing calling her sister, she immediately beamed with joy: "Hey, my little darling."

"I didn't expect you to be so sweet and talkative, boo boo..."

So she kissed Chuju's little face a few times.

Zixuan smiled and said, "Brother, this is Sister Xuan's mother. From now on, you can't call her sister. You have to call her godmother."

Chuju nodded sensibly: "Yes, okay, godmother, thank you for your help!"

The queen laughed and corrected him, "My dear, this is called chocolate, not chocolate. You missed a word! Hahahaha..."

"Oh! I see, godmother, chocolate, power, chocolate..."

Chuju muttered incoherently, his mouth constantly talking.

The dark brown chocolate liquid flowed out from the corners of his mouth.

The queen quickly wiped him clean with toilet paper: "Tsk tsk tsk, my little darling, why are you so funny, haha."

The next day, the palace maid came again to report that Fan Xuanzi and his son from Jin had arrived.

Zixuan thought, Fan Xuanzi and his son? Aren't they the Fan Shiqi and Fan Yang who personally wiped out the entire family of their own grandson Luan Ying?

I didn't expect them to come to my son's wedding.

I have to see who these two grandpa and uncles are who are willing to sacrifice their own relatives for the sake of justice.

So she hurriedly ordered someone to greet them. After the two entered the study, Zixuan looked at them carefully.

Fan Shiqi was about 1.75 meters tall, with regular facial features.

His tiger eyes were piercing and his gray beard fluttered on his chest.

This person has a very strong aura, and a sense of oppression can be felt from a distance.

Fan Yang is much taller than his father, about 1.8 meters tall.

He was also very tall and strong, with an acceptable appearance, but his eyes revealed a cold and fierce look.

When the father and son saw Zixuan, they hurried forward and saluted: "We, the foreign ministers Fan Shiqi and Fan Yang, pay our respects to the king."

Zixuan raised his hand and said, "Please stand up, my lords."

"I am deeply grateful to you two for traveling thousands of miles to attend my son's wedding."

The father and son looked at the beautiful City Lord Zixuan and swallowed hard, fearing that saliva would flow out as soon as they opened their mouths.

They couldn't help but admire him secretly in their hearts; everyone said that the city lord Zixuan was young and handsome, and it was true when they saw him today.

Moreover, she looks only about 18 or 19 years old, but her son is about to get married.

How did she maintain her beauty? How come time and age haven't left any traces on her?

Everyone says that Zixuan is a girl blessed by God. Could it be that she is really possessed by a god?

It seems that this person must not be offended, and we must curry favor with him. Maybe he will be helpful to us in the future.

Zixuan was stunned when he saw the two of them staring at him.

She touched her pretty face and felt strange. She didn't wear any makeup today. There wouldn't be anything on her face.

Otherwise, why would they always stare at me?

She coughed lightly, "Ahem! You two adults must be tired after such a long journey. Someone, come! Serve us tea and find us a seat!"

The father and son finally came to their senses and laughed awkwardly: "Ha, thank you very much, Your Majesty, thank you very much, Your Majesty."

After the tea was served, Fan Shiqi said, "Your Majesty, my master is busy with state affairs and cannot come in person to congratulate you, so he has specially sent my father and me to congratulate you on your behalf."

After saying this, he pulled out a gift list from his bosom and said, "Your Majesty, this is a gift from my master for you. Please accept it."

Zixuan took it and glanced at it, and saw that it said: One thousand gold, a pair of jade ruyi, a pair of jade bi, two emerald bracelets...

After reading it, he gently placed the gift list on the table and thought to himself, Duke Ping of Jin, you are really stingy.

As the world's hegemon, just give me this small gift...

Then, Fan Shiqi took out a gift list and said, "Your Majesty, this is the gift from my Fan family. Please take a look."

"Oh?" Zixuan was taken aback. He hadn't expected Fan Xuanzi to prepare a separate gift.

She took it and looked at it; there were 10,000 gold pieces, 60 pieces of jade, and 80 pieces of silver.

Fifty pieces of lacquerware, sixty pieces of bronzeware. Twenty beautiful girls, thirty handsome men...

Zixuan was shocked after reading it. Is the Fan family so rich?

Duke Ping of Jin only gave a small gift, so why did they give such a large gift? Well, something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary.

She pushed the gift list towards Fan Shiqi: "Master Fan, your gift money is too valuable. I dare not accept it."

Fan Shiqi pushed the gift list back and said, "Your Majesty, part of this gift money is for the young master's wedding."

"The other part is a gift from a foreign minister who has something to ask of you. Please accept it without hesitation."

Zi Xuan thought, look, here they come.

I was wondering why Fan sent so many things for no reason, and it turned out that he had something to ask of me.

She took a sip of tea and asked calmly, "What can Master Fan do for you?"

Fan Shiqi also took a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty, it's because of the drought and lack of rain in our Great Jin these past two years. As a result, the land is short of water and the grain production has been greatly reduced."

"Our own food can no longer meet the needs of the entire nation and we have to import it from foreign countries."

"I heard that Fugui City has fertile land, good weather, and abundant harvests every year."

"My Fan family wants to sign a purchase agreement with the king."

"The privilege of importing grain, oil, vegetables, fruits, etc. should be given to the Fan family personally, rather than being exclusive to the State of Jin."

"Shiqi asks the king to grant this privilege to the Fan family. What do you think?"

Zixuan did not answer, but just lowered his head in thought.

I heard from the refugees that there has been a severe drought in Jin State in the past two years, resulting in no harvest in some areas.

No wonder Jin did not attack Qi. It turned out that they were short of food and grass.

It is also possible to sell food to them. Although this will allow the Fan family to profit, it will also alleviate the hunger of the people.

It can not only help the people survive the famine, but also enable them to export their agricultural and sideline products and earn foreign exchange.

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped into her mind.

Seeing Zixuan remained silent, the Fans impatiently asked, "Your Majesty, we know that Qi and Jin are at odds. Doing this will embarrass you."

"If you have any requests or needs, please feel free to ask. As long as the Fan family can do it, we will definitely do our best to help!"

Zixuan took another sip of tea and then said slowly, "Master Fan, it's not impossible to hand over the grain import and export rights to the Fan family."

"But I have two conditions. If you agree to them, I will have no problem selling you the grain."

Fan Yang hurriedly asked: "King Zixuan, what are the conditions?"