The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Zhu Ji looked at Zixuan with horror as he finished drinking the bird's nest.

I was both happy and scared, my heart rate was so high that it reached 130...

Zixuan drank it! She really drank it! Now her father's revenge is complete, and his spirit in heaven can finally rest in peace!

Zixuan looked at the rich expression on Zhuji's face and said with a smile: "Zhuji, I've finished drinking, it's your turn!"

Huh? Zhu Ji looked at Zixuan in disbelief. How come she wasn't dead?

Isn’t it said that thiamin is highly toxic and that drinking it will cause death?

She hurriedly pretended to be calm, pinching her palm with five fingers:

"Ahaha, that City Lord Zixuan, I've been suffering from internal heat recently and can't drink these tonics."

She pointed at the maidservant and said, "You! Drink it for me!"

Ah! The maid was horrified after hearing this: "My lady, how could you do this! This servant..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhu Ji glared at her: "Stop talking nonsense! Drink up!"

Yes, yes, yes... The maid picked up the bowl of blood swallows with trembling hands, tears streaming down her face.

She regretted it so much. She regretted that she shouldn't have gotten involved for just 500 dollars. If she drank, she would die, and if she didn't drink, she wouldn't live either.

Fortunately, the five hundred dollar coins have been delivered to the house, and my mother can use the money to see a doctor.

Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth, raised her head and swallowed the bird's nest in one gulp.

Then she collapsed weakly on the ground, and immediately a stream of yellow urine flowed out from her lower body.

After a few breaths, the maid began to bleed from all seven orifices, twitched a few times, and then fell to the ground and died.

Zixuan did not stop her. She knew that the maid and Zhu Ji were in cahoots and deserved to be put to death.

Even if Zhu Ji didn't drink the bird's nest, she could not escape the fate of death.

When everyone saw the maid was dead, they were all horrified: "What happened? Why did the maid die..."

Duke Huai of Qin slammed the table and said, "Come here! Tie up Zhu Ji for me!"

Immediately, several guards rushed in from outside the hall and pressed Zhu Ji to the ground.

Zhu Ji screamed in panic: "Why did the king tie me up?"

Duke Huai walked up to her and said angrily, "Why did I tie you up? Don't you understand?"

"I'm asking you, was it you who poisoned the bird's nest?"

"My Lord! I don't understand what you are talking about? Poison? What kind of poison?"

"You're asking anyway! Someone, come! Slap him!"

Just as the guards were about to torture him, someone shouted, "Wait!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the senior official Zhu She.

Zhu She hurried to the front of the King of Qin, bowed, and said, "I don't know why the King wants to punish Zhu Ji!"

Duke Huai glanced at him sideways and said angrily, "Zhu Ji poisoned the bird's nest! She intended to murder City Lord Zixuan!"

"Oh? Really? What evidence do you have, Your Majesty?"

"She made this bird's nest herself, and just now she refused to eat it! Who else could it be but her?"

"Haha! You're the king of a country! And yet you act so carelessly!"

"Excuse me, Your Majesty! Did City Lord Zixuan drink the bird's nest?"

"Drink!"

"Confess! Since you said Zhu Ji intended to murder her, why was Zixuan fine after drinking the bird's nest?"

Ah, this... Duke Huai of Qin was speechless when asked this question.

Yes, I was so angry just now that I forgot about this.

A bowl of bird's nest was divided into two halves. Zixuan ate it and was fine, but the maid died of poisoning.

Zixuan walked up to Zhu She and said coldly, "Because I took the antidote in advance!"

"Nonsense! Complete nonsense! Crane's Beak Red is a deadly poison! There's no cure for it!"

"Haha! Doctor! How do you know the poison in bird's nest is Crane's Beak Red? Did you give this medicine to Zhu Ji?"

Me! This...this...Zhu She was speechless for a moment.

Duke Huai of Qin immediately regained his resolve: "Come here! We have irrefutable evidence that Zhu Ji murdered City Lord Zixuan. Take her to the harem and hang her with a white silk scarf!"

"Zhu She has no respect for His Majesty and dares to disrespect me. He shall be severely punished with forty lashes of the cane and fined one year's salary!"

Here! Here! Immediately, several more guards rushed in, drove the red carriage and walked out of the hall.

Zhu She was furious and yelled, "Your Majesty! You insist on doing this! You know the consequences!"

Upon hearing this, Duke Huai of Qin became even more angry. Since he ascended the throne, these ministers have never taken him seriously.

He also knew that the royal power had been hollowed out and he had always been like a punching bag.

Especially this Zhu She, who relied on the fact that he was the one who brought me back from Jin State, and he didn't take me seriously at all.

Whether in the temple or outside, scolding himself is like scolding a servant.

He had had enough a long time ago. Whatever happened, he would let it go first.

So he slammed the table and shouted, "Hurry up and drag him down to let me beat him! Beat him hard!"

Zhu Ji was so frightened that her soul flew away. She kowtowed to him frantically and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"For the sake of our years of marriage, please forgive me this time! I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again!"

Duke Huai was a little moved by Zhu Ji's pitiful appearance.

Yes, Zhu Ji is the most beautiful, gentle and sensible of all the concubines in the harem.

It is also the one I love the most, and I really can't bear to kill him like this.

He calmed down and asked, "I want to ask you something."

"If you tell the truth, I will spare your life. If you dare to lie, I will kill you!"

Zhu Ji seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, hugged Qin Huaigong's thighs and cried:

"Your Majesty, please speak! As long as I know something, I will tell you the truth!"

"Well! I want to ask you, was the letter summoning City Lord Zixuan to Xianyang forged by you?"

This... Zhu Ji hesitated for a moment, her mind spinning rapidly...

If I don't tell you, I will definitely die. If I tell you, maybe I can get a chance to survive.

It’s better to give it a try. Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and hardened her heart.

Damn it, I'll just take it as it comes: "My lord, this letter was indeed forged by me!"

Duke Huai of Qin shook his head in disappointment: I really want to hear that the letter was not written by her.

Hanging herself was a good thing for her. He waved to the guards and said:

"Since Zhu Ji has spoken the truth, I cannot go back on my word!"

"Immediately banish Zhu Ji to the cold palace! Barricade the palace gates, and give her only one meal a day! Throw food over the wall!"

"Yes! Yes!" the guards agreed, picked up Zhu Ji and left.

Zhu Ji laughed heartily after hearing this: "King of Qin! You who have the surname Ji! You'd better kill me!"

"I don't want to go to the cold palace! No...hahahaha...hahahaha...you bastard..."

When Zhu Ji fell from power, the happiest people were Duke Huai's concubines.

On weekdays, Zhu Ji relied on the power of her uncle and father, and the favor of Qin Huaigong, and she was arrogant and domineering in the palace.

These people were bullied by her and dared not even breathe a word every day. This time, they can finally hold their heads high and feel proud.

Zhuji, ah Zhuji! I never thought you would have this day!

So, from that day on, the concubines would gather in groups of three or five every day and shout greetings to her eight generations of ancestors at the gate of the cold palace.

After such an incident, the banquet could no longer be enjoyed and everyone left the palace in disappointment.

When Zixuan saw that no one was around, he asked Duke Huai of Qin, "Sir, why did Zhu She dare to yell at you?"