The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Zixuan took a sip of tea and looked at the other ministers: "Have you all also been involved in corruption and bribery?"

Several ministers kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes, we are guilty."

Zixuan nodded: "Well, then tell us one by one how you embezzled money."

A minister said: "Yes, yes, this minister has accepted a bribe of 200 Dao coins."

Another minister also said: "I once accepted a hundred gold coins."

"Your Majesty, I have received food, meat, and other items. Your Majesty, I have also accepted a jade disk."

We are willing to hand over these stolen goods to the king, and ask the king to forgive us."

After these people finished speaking, they all kowtowed.

Zixuan nodded and thought to himself: Well, these people have turned themselves in, which is not bad, the amount of corruption they have done is not that much.

She used her talent for identifying people and looked at the loyalty of these people.

Very good. The loyalty of these people is above 90 points. They should all be old ministers of the previous dynasty.

She took another sip of tea and asked seriously, "Is this all you embezzled? Are you hiding something from me?"

Several ministers quickly waved their hands: "No, no, Your Majesty, we are greedy for nothing. If we tell lies, we will be punished by heaven!"

Zixuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will remember what you said today. If I find out that you have concealed anything, I will not let you off lightly!"

Several people kowtowed hurriedly again: "Yes, yes, we are absolutely not lying."

Zixuan waved his hand: "Well, get up!"

“Yes, yes!” Several ministers stood up tremblingly, bowing their heads respectfully.

Zixuan took another sip of tea and said calmly, "My dear gentlemen, I am very pleased that you have come here today to confess your crimes."

"Because of your loyalty, I will not punish you severely. I will only record a major offense. If you commit corruption or bribery again next time, I will punish you for all your crimes and will not forgive you!"

"Well, since your families are short of money, I will give you all the wealth you coveted."

"I hope that from today onwards, you will perform your duties conscientiously and diligently. Do your part and do not let me down!"

Zixuan knows the principle of giving a slap in the face and then giving a sweet date, hehe.

After hearing this, several people were so moved that their eyes were filled with tears.

He immediately prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed profusely, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy! We will swear to be loyal to you until death!"

Dong, dong, dong. Zixuan looked at their loyalty again. Wow, they all scored a perfect 100. She nodded in satisfaction.

After dealing with this matter, he came to his father's spirit again. Just as he was about to burn paper, a foul smell suddenly wafted over.

She sniffed and found the stench was coming from the coffin. The body must have been there too long, and the flesh had rotted.

Zixuan immediately informed Boss Ji and ordered him to send someone to sprinkle a strong preservative on the body at night.

He also emphasized that the body must not be discovered when being handled.

After burning the paper, she went to her mother's bedroom and drank a cup of tea. Zixuan said to the queen, "Mother, Xuan'er wants to ask you something."

The queen glanced at her daughter and said, "What's the matter? Xuan'er, just tell me. Don't be so polite to your mother in the future."

Zixuan smiled and said, "Okay, mother. Xuan'er just wanted to ask about the matter of burying father alive with him."

The queen's heart tightened: "Ah! Xuan'er, you, you want your mother to be buried with your father!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the queen stood up in horror, trembling, pointing at Zixuan and asking.

Zixuan looked at the frightened queen and muttered to himself: No way, she is so afraid of death.

It’s no wonder that even a beggar on the street, who lives such a hard life every day, doesn’t want to die, let alone a queen of a country who lives in luxury.

Well, just teasing her, haha. Thinking of this, she deliberately frowned: "Why, mother doesn't want to!"

Ah! The queen screamed in fear, then she gurgled and fainted.

Zixuan was startled and hugged her. Oh no, this time I've messed up. If I had known she was so easily frightened, I wouldn't have played with her.

So she beat her chest and pinched her philtrum, and it took her a long time to wake the queen up.

The queen lay in Zixuan's arms, let out a long breath, and slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw her daughter, she was so frightened that she rolled out of her arms and kowtowed on the ground.

While kowtowing, shedding tears, she begged bitterly: "Xuan'er, no, no, my king!"

"Mother, please don't let me be buried alive, okay? Mother, I haven't lived enough, I don't want to die, wuwuwu."

"My king, for the sake of my mother's love for you over the years, please don't let her be buried alive with me. I beg you, my king, wuwu, wuwuwu..."

After the queen finished speaking, she began to tremble and sob.

Seeing that he had frightened the queen like this, Zixuan felt extremely regretful and wanted to slap himself a few times.

She immediately helped the queen up and said with a guilty look on her face, "Don't be afraid, mother. Actually, Xuan'er was just joking with you just now. He just wanted to scare you."

Zixuan lowered his head, not daring to look her in the eye, and his voice became lower and lower.

The queen was stunned: "What? What did you say? Xuan'er, say it again!"

The queen's voice became louder and louder, and she seemed very angry.

Zixuan lowered his head, not daring to look at the queen: "Mother, Xuan'er said that he was just joking with you just now and wanted to scare you."

The queen stood up suddenly and supported herself with her small hands. Her chest was still throbbing, and she felt as if she had just had a nightmare.

So she angrily yelled at Zixuan, "Xuan'er! You're going too far! Don't you know that your mother has always been timid and can't stand being scared?"

"If your mother gets scared to death today, where else can you find a mother like me? You will regret it!"

"Mother, I'm sorry. Xuan'er already regrets it and will never do it again. Please don't be angry, mother. Please forgive Xuan'er this time."

Zixuan said to his mother in a coquettish tone. "Hmph," the queen snorted, turned her head away, and ignored her.

"Mother, oh mother, will you forgive Xuan'er just this once? Xuan'er knows that you love me the most. How could Xuan'er bear to let you be buried with father?"

"Xuan'er really just wanted to scare Mother for fun. If you're not satisfied, come and slap Xuan'er a few times!"

After saying this, he grabbed the queen's hand and hit himself in the face.

The queen was startled and quickly withdrew her hand. How could she bear to hit her own daughter?

Today was the first time in eighteen years that I got angry at her.

Alas, she sighed and said to Zixuan in a complaining tone: "You, what can I say about you?"

"You're already this old, but you're still playing like a child. You're really going to scare the Queen Mother to death!"

Hehe, hehe... Zixuan laughed mischievously.

The queen glared at her and said, "You are so heartless, and you are still laughing?"

The queen scolded her, took her daughter in her arms, pinched her cheek and said, "Don't do such a stupid thing again!"

Zixuan nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, please rest assured, mother. Xuan'er will not let you be buried alive with her. Even my aunt and everyone else will not allow it!"

"My daughter came here today to discuss with you the Queen Mother about abolishing the system of burying people alive with the dead. What do you think, Queen Mother?"