The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Zixuan took a sip of tea and said, "The first condition is that I forbid you from transporting the grain to Jin State and then selling it to ordinary people at a high price."

"If I discover you engaging in such behavior, the agreement will be terminated immediately!"

After hearing this, the father and son thought to themselves, I would like to raise the price, but who among those poor people can afford it?

After the grain is shipped back, you can set two prices yourself. The price for ordinary people will be slightly cheaper, but as for those rich families... hehe.

Fan Tuqi hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay! I'll do as King Zixuan says. Then, the second condition is..."

Zixuan looked at him and thought, if I tell you this condition, it will definitely scare you.

"The second condition is that I demand that you kill Luan Ying's mother. I will avenge Luan Ying!"

"Ah! What! This...this...King Zixuan, how is this possible!"

"Luan Ying's mother is my daughter. How could I kill her with my own hands?"

Zixuan sneered, "You can wipe out your grandson's clan, so what does a mere daughter mean to you?"

Fan Shiqi blushed immediately after Zixuan exposed his shortcomings. "Your Majesty, you can see clearly that Luan Ying was instigated by Jiang Guang to rebel and kill my entire Fan family."

"If I don't kill him, he will kill me. I have no choice but to do it!"

"Haha! Why did Luan Ying start a rebellion? It was his own mother who caused him to do so!"

Fan Shiqi shook his head repeatedly: "That's not true, his mother didn't harm him."

"He was the one who secretly conspired with his subordinates to destroy the Fan family."

"As a descendant of the Fan family, how could my daughter watch her family being destroyed and remain indifferent?"

"That's why my daughter betrayed her own family and exposed Luan Ying to me."

"But out of consideration for family ties, I didn't kill him. Instead, I expelled him from the State of Jin. I believe I have done my utmost to be kind and righteous."

"Haha! Did you hear Luan Ying plotting with her subordinates? Or did you see it with your own eyes?"

"It was because I believed my daughter's one-sided story that the Luan family was annihilated!"

Fan Shiqi asked in confusion, "My daughter's one-sided statement?"

"What do you mean, Your Majesty? Could it be that my daughter would lie to me?"

"Master Fan, of course your daughter is lying to you. Do you know why she is lying to you?"

Fan Shiqi asked doubtfully, "Why?"

Zixuan curled his lips and said, "Why? Because the truth is this."

"Ever since Luan Ying's father died, your daughter couldn't stand the loneliness and started having an affair with a retainer."

"Later, she seized all the property in the mansion. Your daughter is afraid that Luan Ying will come after her if she finds out the truth."

"So I made up this lie and used you to kill my two sons and the entire Luan family!"

"No! Impossible! Luan Ying is her biological son, how could she be so cruel?"

"How would I know? You should ask your daughter. Maybe it's genetic! Haha."

"No! I don't believe it! King Zixuan, how do you know all this?"

"Don't ask me how I know this. Anyway, this is the fact."

"Then, may I ask, Your Majesty, why do you seek revenge for Luan Ying when you have no relationship with him?"

Zixuan said indignantly, "That's right! I have no relationship with Luan Ying!"

"But I can't stand the fact that as a mother, she would torture her own flesh and blood, the flesh she carried for ten months and gave birth to, to death just for her own selfish desires!"

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone humans? Such an inhuman creature doesn't deserve to live in this world!"

Fan Shiqi thought to himself, even if my daughter killed Luan Ying, what does it have to do with you?

Isn’t it because your Fugui City is so powerful that no one dares to provoke you?

If you make me angry! I will! I will! I really don't dare to lead the army to attack you... Oh, just admit it.

Thinking of this, Fan Shiqi pretended to be angry and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty."

"After I return and find out the truth, I will definitely give Luan Ying and the king an explanation! As for... the matter of food..."

Zixuan nodded: "Okay! I hope Master Fan will do what he says!"

"Let's talk about the food after we kill your daughter!"

Fan Shiqi nodded helplessly: "Okay then."

At this time, Fan Yang, who had been silent all this time, bowed and said, "King Zixuan, my master has something to discuss with you."

Zixuan waved his hand and said, "General Fan, there's no need to be so polite. What do you want to discuss with me?"

"Lord Zixuan, my king plans to unite with the other vassal states to attack Qi once the drought eases."

"I hope the King will form an alliance with us, attack from both sides, and destroy Qi in one fell swoop."

"My master said that after we destroy Qi, we will give a county to the king."

"Then you will be allowed to restore the Kingdom of Donglai. From now on, King Zixuan will no longer be under the control of the State of Qi."

"You can become the ruler of your own country now. This is a great opportunity to restore your country. Your Majesty must seize it."

Zixuan sneered inwardly upon hearing this. "You wish! I'll join you? You're just daydreaming!"

Why do I need another county? The entire Fugui City is enough to keep me busy.

If I want to destroy the State of Qi, I don't need to unite with you. I can do it on my own.

Isn't that what Heaven and God would not allow? If he allowed it, none of you vassal states would be able to escape.

Besides, God wanted me to be a city lord, not an emperor who would unify the world.

Thinking of this, he didn't say he agreed or disagreed. He took another sip of tea and said, "This matter is a bit serious."

"After my son's wedding, I will discuss this with the ministers and make a final decision."

Seeing that Zixuan didn't refuse, Fan Yang was very happy: "Okay! Then we will wait for good news from King Zixuan!"

Zixuan nodded: "Let's end today's business here."

"Tomorrow I will host a banquet in the palace to entertain distinguished guests from all over the world. You two must come early."

Seeing this, the two men hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty. We will definitely attend the appointment tomorrow. With that, my father and I resign!"

After returning to the State Guesthouse, Fan Yang asked his father, "Dad, why didn't you agree to kill my sister just now?"

Fan Shiqi sighed: "Yang'er, your sister is my first child."

"I have had a deep bond with my parents since childhood. How could I bear to kill them?"

"Haha! Father is so soft-hearted. Don't you think about what would happen if we negotiated this deal with Fugui City?"

"What a huge profit our Fan family will make! This deal is more profitable than any other."

"If father can't bear to do it, Yang'er will do it!"

Fan Shiqi glared at his son: "How dare you!"

Fan Yang didn't dare to say anything else, but he smiled coldly in his heart, haha! Do you think I dare?

Zixuan had just seen off the father and son of the Fan family when the eunuch came to report that the King of Ju State had also arrived at the palace gate with his delegation.

Zixuan was delighted. How come the King of Ju State, Ju Zi, also came to attend Xu'er's wedding?