The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After the flag-raising ceremony, He Chuan continued, "Please invite the referee representatives and athlete representatives to come to the stage and take the oath!"

Immediately, several referees and athlete representatives, led by etiquette ladies, walked onto the podium.

They raised their fists to their ears and shouted, "We hereby swear to strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the Games."

"No cheating, no lying. Bring out your truest abilities and play well in every game."

After the oath was taken, there was another round of applause in the venue.

After the referees and athlete representatives left, He Chuan said, "Now please invite the athletes from each team to enter!"

As the music started, athletes from all over the city walked into the venue one after another.

The first team to enter was the Donglai County team, whose flag bearer was a tall athlete.

Then, the commentator's voice resounded throughout the stadium: "Dear audience, now coming towards us is the Donglae ​​County team."

"The Dongnae County team consists of 300 athletes who will compete in all events of the Games."

After Donglai County passed by, the Laishan County team followed closely.

The Laishan County team consists of 400 athletes and will compete in all sports.

Next is Dengzhou County, which consists of 300 players and will participate in all events.

Next is Jiaodong County, Penglai County......

After nearly an hour of waiting for the athletes to enter the venue, the last team to enter was the Guicheng team.

The returning team consists of 500 athletes who will also participate in all the events of the Games.

Zixuan looked at Gong Jun and his friends walking in front of the team, and immediately stood up and applauded enthusiastically to welcome the arrival of the host team.

When the people in the audience saw their king stand up, they also stood up, clapping and shouting excitedly.

After all the athletes entered the stadium, He Chuan announced: "The athletes' entrance ceremony is over, let's set off the fireworks!"

In an instant, fireworks were set off above the gymnasium.

All kinds of colorful fireworks bloomed brilliantly in the sky in clusters and pieces.

The various colors and brilliance of the flowers were dazzling and glittering, making the people present dazzled.

After twenty minutes of fireworks, He Chuan announced the start of the evening's cultural and artistic programs.

As He Chuan's voice fell, the lights in the stands dimmed.

The lights in the performance area were as bright as day. As the lights changed, the performances of song, dance and acrobatics began.

The audience held drinks in their hands and ate various spiritual foods, watching the artistic performances below with great interest.

When seeing the exciting parts, there will be bursts of applause from the stands.

When the opening ceremony ended, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

After the audience watched the king leave, they slowly left the stadium.

Since it was a holiday, people didn't have to go to work during the day. After leaving the gym, everyone found their favorite places and had fun.

Zixuan and all the people in the palace also returned to their respective bedrooms to rest.

May 2nd is the first day of competition for the City Games, and today's events are generally preliminaries.

Zixuan and Boyuan did not go to watch the movie, but watched it in their own home theater.

In the past two days, all the participating teams in the palace have fought their way through the siege and entered the finals.

While Fugui City was hosting the City Games with great fanfare, some vassal states began to fight for hegemony one after another.

First was the State of Jin. Duke Dao of Jin personally led his army to station in Taigu and continued to form alliances with various vassal states to jointly fight against the State of Chu.

He successfully besieged Pengcheng, and the defenders of Pengcheng had no choice but to surrender the city with no food or reinforcements.

After the victory, the State of Jin became even more unscrupulous and continued to advance into the territory of Chu.

It didn't take long before they captured the outer city of Xinzheng without any effort.

After capturing the outer city of Xinzheng, they passed through the territory of Zheng and captured Jiao and Yi of Chu.

This series of military actions by Jin against Chu greatly angered Duke Gong of Chu.

However, he was helpless in the face of the alliance of the various vassal states, so he had to send envoys to Qi to seek help from Duke Ling of Qi.

After meeting the envoy, Duke Ling of Qi summoned civil and military officials to discuss the matter.

He looked around at his ministers and said solemnly, "My dear ministers, yesterday an envoy from the State of Chu came to see me and said that the State of Jin had allied with other vassal states and had repeatedly invaded the State of Chu."

"I hope that Qi can offer assistance. What do you think of this matter?"

The minister Cui Zhu came out and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that we must not help the State of Chu."

"Last time, Jin invited our state of Qi to join an alliance, but we refused. Since then, Jin and the other allied states have harbored a grudge against our state of Qi."

"If we help Chu again this time, I'm afraid Jin will lead the other vassal states to attack us. Then, Qi will suffer an unforeseen disaster."

Duke Ling of Qi nodded slightly after hearing this, and then turned his gaze to Yan Ruo: "I wonder what the Grand Commandant thinks about this matter?"

Yan Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Cui's words are reasonable. We did not participate in the last meeting in Wudi, and we will not go to the invitation from Chu this time."

"By doing this, Qi can clearly express its stance: we will neither help Jin nor Chu."

"As long as Da Qi remains neutral and does not get involved in their disputes."

"In this case, I guess the Jin and Chu countries won't be able to explain anything."

"Hmm, hmm," Duke Ling of Qi stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly, "Very well, I will follow your advice. Great Qi will not help either Jin or Chu."

After the Chu envoy returned to Chu, he told the news to Duke Gong of Chu.

Duke Gong of Chu shook his head helplessly and muttered to himself, "Just as I expected, Duke Ling of Qi didn't dare to provoke the State of Jin. He didn't help either side and remained strictly neutral. Haha."

Duke Dao of Jin sneered when he heard the news: "What a cunning old fox! He won't help either side and remains strictly neutral."

"Haha, after I've dealt with the State of Chu, I'll deal with you!"

At this time, the State of Cai was also in turmoil. Duke Jian of Zheng personally led his army to defeat the State of Cai and captured Sima Gongzi Xie of Cai.

In order to please the State of Jin, Duke Jian of Zheng personally presented the captives to Duke Dao of Jin to prove his sincere attitude of obeying the orders of the State of Jin.

Duke Dao of Jin was overjoyed and rewarded Duke Jian of Zheng with many rare items and beautiful women.

This war made the relationship between Zheng and Jin closer, and also intensified the tension between Zheng and Chu.

Although Chu did not directly participate in the military operations between Cai and Jin, its vassal state Cai was defeated by Zheng, which led to increased dissatisfaction with Zheng.

In order to avoid being isolated, the State of Chu continued to send envoys to various vassal states and tried its best to maintain diplomatic relations with them.

It actively participated in the military operations of various vassal states and strengthened various trade exchanges.

In addition, Zixuan also learned that Gao Wei, the last emperor of Northern Qi, inherited the throne and changed the posthumous title of Gao Huan, naming him Emperor Shenwu and his temple name Gaozu.

From then on, Northern Qi had a new master.