The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After listening to her daughter's words, the queen lowered her head and thought for a while.

Then he said with a worried look on his face: "Xuan'er, this matter may be a bit difficult."

"Since the fifth century B.C.E., every time a king passed away, someone was buried alive with him, unless the king issued an edict during his lifetime prohibiting burial of living people."

"Now your father passed away suddenly, and he didn't leave behind any imperial edict prohibiting the burial of living people."

"Besides, the King of Qi has rewarded 200 people for burial alive with the dead. If you abolish the system of burial alive with the dead, it will be difficult to explain to the King of Qi."

After listening to this, Zixuan thought for a moment and then said to the queen, "Mother, this is easy to handle."

"Xuan'er thought that the King of Qi sent people to be buried alive just for show."

"Now that they have been sent to Guicheng, it is up to us to decide whether or not to let them be buried alive with the deceased."

"Even if the King of Qi learned of this, I don't think he would come back to the city to raise an army and punish us for such a small matter."

"We are in great need of people right now. If we save the lives of these two hundred people, they will surely be loyal to Xuan'er and be grateful."

"It not only wins people's hearts but also increases the population of Laidi. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"

After hearing this, the queen hesitated for a moment and said, "Xuan'er, this is a good thing, but I'm afraid those ministers won't agree."

"Your father was so kind to them when he was alive. If you don't let a living person go down to serve their king, I'm afraid they won't agree."

Zixuan nodded and said, "We'll discuss this matter at tomorrow's court meeting and see how they react. In short, the final decision will be made by me."

The queen nodded and said, "Well, Xuan'er, we shouldn't rush into this matter. It would be better to listen to the ministers' advice."

Zixuan responded softly: "Okay, mother."

After the mother and daughter finished their conversation, Zixuan said goodbye and returned to the palace. She returned to her bedroom and entered the space again, calling out to Boss Ji: "Boss Ji, have you found a candidate for the Inspectorate?"

Boss Ji scratched his head embarrassedly: "My lord, I have found him. Qiwu is their leader. I will let him come in to see you."

"Yes," Zixuan nodded. Boss Ji waved to the door.

Immediately, a tall and mighty robot walked in. "Your Majesty, I am Qiwu, honored to meet you!"

Zixuan raised his hand and said, "Get up, Qiwu. Has Boss Ji explained the content of your work to you?"

Qiwu nodded heavily: "I understand everything!"

"Okay, starting tomorrow, you'll come with me to the imperial court to work, and you'll be in charge of the 500 staff members. Your official position in the court is Supervisory Censor, understand?"

Qiwu answered loudly, "I understand! Thank you, Your Majesty, for the appointment!"

After Qiwu left, she said to Ji Lao Da: "Please help me think about this. Tomorrow I want to abolish the system of burying people alive with the dead and not allow living people to be buried with my father. What if the ministers disagree?"

Boss Ji thought for a few seconds and said, "Your Majesty, if the ministers disagree tomorrow, you can discuss with them and make concessions."

"The previous king was willing to bury living people with the dead, but this is the last time. The practice of burying people alive with the dead must be abolished from now on."

Zixuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "I mean, I don't want those 200 people to be buried alive with me!"

"Your Majesty, I understand. Have you forgotten that you have the ability to teleport?"

"After the people buried alive have entered the royal mausoleum, you can teleport over, collect them into the space, and bring them out, right?"

When Zixuan heard this, he thought: Yes, how could I have forgotten about this.

Her eyes lit up, and she happily patted the Boss Ji's shoulder: "Boss Ji, you have a good brain. Okay, let's do it!"

The machine boss chuckled twice: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty! Hehe."

"Well, tomorrow morning, at the court, you will leave your weapons outside the main hall and be ready to respond to my call at any time."

At the court the next morning, Zixuan listened to the ministers' reports on various matters within the fiefdom and made decisions one by one.

Seeing that no one was talking anymore, he coughed twice and said to the eunuch beside him: "Announce Qiwu to the palace!"

Yes. The eunuch agreed and shouted outside the palace: "The king has ordered... weapons to come to the palace..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a valiant and proud middle-aged man strode into the hall.

The ministers looked at the man in confusion and began to discuss in low voices: "Who is this? Why have we never seen him before? Why did the king summon him into the palace?"

While everyone was discussing this, Qiwu had already walked to the main hall and knelt down to kowtow: "Your Majesty, I, Qiwu, pay my respects to the King!"

"Yes. Please stand, my dear ministers. This man's name is Qiwu. He is my newly appointed Censor. From now on, he will be fully responsible for all matters of the Inspectorate."

"I hope all the nobles will cooperate closely with the work of the weapons and provide full assistance in all aspects. Do you understand, my dear nobles?"

After hearing this, the ministers finally understood. So, they all bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, we obey your command... Your Majesty, we obey your command..."

Zixuan raised his hand: "Stand up!"

Then, he glanced at the ministers and said loudly, "My dear ministers, I have one more matter to discuss with you."

"This matter is about the King of Qi ordering the burial of living people."

"I think it is too cruel to bury the dead with the living."

"I have a kind heart and a compassionate heart. How can I take human life so carelessly?"

"If I disregard human life, wouldn't I be a tyrant? My ancestors are already dead, so there's no need to waste the lives of the living."

"Therefore, I have decided to abolish the practice of burying people alive with the dead within the Guicheng fiefdom from today!"

After Zixuan finished speaking, the hall fell into deathly silence. None of the ministers spoke a word. They all lowered their heads and looked at their toes.

At this moment, Qiwu's voice broke the deadlock: "Your Majesty! I second the motion!"

Zixuan looked pitifully at the robot fighting alone, and nodded with satisfaction: "Do you have any objections?"

The Imperial Censor opened his mouth and walked out slowly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has something to say."

He bowed to Zixuan and said to her in a submissive voice, "Your Majesty, I would like to say a few words. Could you please forgive me first?"

Zixuan looked at his panda eyes and felt funny. He was not arrogant this time. It seemed that he was really defeated.

So, she said in a light tone: "Tell me first."

"Well, I think this is not possible. The people who were buried alive with the late king were sent by the King of Qi. If you do not follow the decree, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be charged with disobeying the king's order!"

At this time, the doctor Yuan Huan also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I also think this is inappropriate."

"When the late king was alive, he was used to having slaves and maids. If he doesn't bury the maids with him, he will be left alone and helpless in the immortal world, with no one to serve him."

"Wouldn't that make us guilty? How could we possibly repay the kindness shown to us by the late king?"

He opened his mouth and spoke again: "Your Majesty, I also second your opinion. In my opinion, not only should the maidservants be buried with him."

"We must also select a few ladies and concubines from the harem to be buried with the late king to relieve his loneliness in the immortal world."

At this moment, dozens of ministers suddenly emerged from the crowd, knelt on the ground, and shouted, "Your Majesty, this cannot happen!"

"My daughter is still young, in the prime of her life. How can she be buried alive with the late king?"

The hall immediately split into three factions: one supporting Zhang Zui, one supporting the concubines' families, and the other supporting Yuan Huan and others.

They accused and cursed each other, and immediately there was noise and chaos in the hall again.