The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

With the sound of the sword falling to the ground, the queen also fainted on the ground.

Zixuan rushed forward to rescue him, and the guards also stabbed Du Teng with their spears.

After Zixuan's treatment, the queen slowly woke up.

When she opened her eyes and saw Zixuan, she immediately hugged her and sobbed, "Xuan'er, Xuan'er, mother is so scared, sob sob sob sob…"

Zixuan patted her back and gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, mother. Everything is over. With Xuan'er here, mother will be fine. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

A quarter of an hour later, the hall was cleaned up by everyone and immediately restored to its original appearance.

After everyone left, Zixuan helped the queen lie down on the couch and said, "Mother, you can no longer use the people around you. It's too dangerous."

The queen wiped her tears and nodded gently: "Okay, Xuan'er, you can follow the arrangements."

Afterwards, the mother and daughter started chatting about this and that.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requests an audience and is waiting outside the study."

As the knock on the door came, Zi Chi's voice came in.

"I know, I'll be there right away."

She bid farewell to the queen and came to the imperial study. After exchanging greetings, Zixuan said, "Brother Guang, thanks to your great help, I was able to bring Lü Qi to justice. I wonder what advice you have for me since you came to the palace?"

"Sister Xuan, you're too polite. I've already said that if anyone dares to bully you again, I won't stand idly by."

Zixuan bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Guang. I appreciate this favor."

"You're welcome, sister. I came here for two main reasons. One is to say goodbye to you. We will return to Linzi tomorrow to report. The second is..."

Jiang Guang looked around. Zixuan understood and asked the maids to leave.

When the prince saw that there was no one else in the room, he immediately knelt down in front of Zixuan and looked at her earnestly: "Sister Xuan, I have something I want to ask for your permission."

"Brother Guang, don't be so polite. Hurry up and tell me what's going on."

Jiang Guang did not stand up, and continued: "Sister, Guang has a favor to ask. I believe you also know that in the past, the struggle for the throne between the Chu monarchs of the dynasty was always a life-and-death struggle."

"Although I am the crown prince on the surface, behind the scenes, the other princes regard me as a public enemy and always want to get rid of me as soon as possible."

"Therefore, I would like to ask you, sister, if you could help me in my time of need. I will be very grateful."

After listening to this, Zixuan pondered for a moment, then gently helped Jiang Guang up and said, "Brother Guang, I promise you."

"If you are in trouble in the future, I will definitely not stand idly by and ignore you. Get up, don't kneel, the ground is cold."

Jiang Guang nodded in satisfaction, tears streaming from his eyes: "Thank you, sister!"

After sending Jiang Guang away, Zixuan returned to the space and called over Boss Ji: "Old Ji, thank you so much. If you hadn't reminded me today, I don't know what I should have done."

The boss chuckled and scratched his head sheepishly: "Your Majesty, this is my humble servant's responsibility. Please don't say thank you. I can't bear it."

"By the way, Master, what weapon did you use just now? How come Du Teng was killed after only two beams of light?"

"My lord, that's a laser gun. It's the most advanced fully automatic laser gun of the 25th century. It has extremely strong penetrating power. A single shot can penetrate a ten-centimeter thick steel plate."

Very good, Zixuan said excitedly: "Boss Ji, there is one more thing, you need to find twenty female guards and ten service staff."

"I'm sending them to closely protect my mother. By the way, Old Ji, how much of the city wall has been built now?"

The machine boss immediately responded: "Your Majesty, the repair is half done."

"Okay, once we reach the border of Qi, we'll need more manpower. Ideally, we can finish it in two or three days."

Boss Ji nodded: "No problem, my king!"

The next morning, after the ministers saw off the crown prince and Yan Ying, Zixuan ordered the Grand Commandant Yi Ke to transfer all the guards in the palace to garrison in the outer city.

She released another five thousand soldiers from the space to serve as the royal guards.

Ji You was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and Feng Qi Shi was appointed as the chief of the inner staff, replacing Lü Qi.

From then on, all the defenses in the palace were taken over by robots.

Afterwards, she escorted all those in the palace whose loyalty was less than 80 to the construction site by the sea to build the city wall.

As for those ministers in the court whose loyalty was less than 80, Zixuan chose to let them go for the time being and deal with them after the city wall was repaired.

Three days later, in the main hall of Wu Palace in the royal city of Linzi, Duke Ling of Qi listened to the reports of Crown Prince Guang and Yan Ying, his face turning black and white.

He slammed the table in anger. "This guy and his friends are way too much! They actually dared to rob the royal tomb. They really deserve to die. And what about Lu Qi?"

"Your Majesty, Lü Qi has always been arrogant and disrespectful, insulting and contradicting Princess Xuan many times!"

"This time, he conspired with Zhang Zui and others to steal the treasures in the royal mausoleum. Princess Xuan had him torn to pieces!"

"Hmph, you deserve to die! You don't do your serious work all day long, but just do petty thefts. You have wasted my efforts in cultivating you! My fellow ministers, what do you think about this matter?"

The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. Then the great official Shuyi stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not so simple."

"Although Zhang Zui and the others died for wealth, why were all the dead sent by the king? I'm afraid there must be another reason behind this."

The prince looked at Shuyi unhappily and said, "Master Shu, it wasn't only the people sent by our father who died in this incident."

"The commander of the palace guards, Du Teng, and one hundred soldiers also lost their lives."

The doctor Cui Zhu bowed to the King of Qi and said, "Your Highness, I agree with what you have said."

At this time, Taiwei Yan Ruo also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, otherwise, I agree with your uncle's opinion."

"I think what Uncle Doctor said makes sense. Think about how smart those people are."

"Why would you risk your life to steal a few burial objects from the royal tomb?"

"Everyone says that Zhang Zui was killed by poison gas and buried in the underground palace. Who saw it with their own eyes, and who can prove it?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded silently.

At this time, Cui Zhu pointed the finger at Yan Ruo again: "Grand Marshal! Are you questioning the Crown Prince?"

"Cui Zhu! Stop trying to sow discord. I'm just discussing the matter at hand. How could I possibly question the Crown Prince?"

When Duke Ling of Qi saw that the two were about to quarrel again, he quickly slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Shut up, both of you. You two quarrel every time you meet. Do you still have me in your eyes?"

Before Duke Ling of Qi had finished his words, a guard rushed in from outside the palace. "Report! Your Majesty, the governor of Donglai County has come eight hundred miles in an urgent message!"

"The wall of Guicheng's fiefdom has already been built a hundred miles beyond the border with Qi!"

"Now they are moving at an extremely fast speed, forming a siege from both sides and heading towards the border town to seal it off!"

What? Upon hearing this, Duke Ling of Qi stood up and roared, "You bold Princess Xuan! How dare you disobey the king's order! You've laid siege to the city without permission! How can this be resolved?"

The official Shuyi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think you should send troops to stop them!"

Most of the ministers agreed with Shuyi's opinion and echoed in unison: "We second this motion, we second this motion!"

Duke Ling of Qi looked at Yan Ruo again and asked, "Does the Grand Commandant have any good ideas?"

Yan Ruo thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the troops must be sent out."

"Right now, there are less than 30,000 soldiers in Guicheng who can fight, and 10,000 of them are our Great Qi's border defense troops."

"If we send troops there, we must prepare two things. One is to stop the city wall from being rebuilt. If we can't stop it, we can only capture Princess Xuan."

"Secondly, we will send troops to intimidate Guicheng and learn Princess Xuan's purpose in building a wall between Guicheng and Qi. What do you think of this plan, Your Majesty?"

Duke Ling of Qi nodded and said, "Come here, draft the edict!"