The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After hearing what the king said, the audience slowly stopped crying, and after a while, the place became quiet.

Zixuan picked up the golden medals from the tray, gently hung them around everyone's neck, and offered congratulations.

These athletes who won the championship were very excited when they saw that the king personally presented the awards to them.

Seeing the king at such a close distance for the first time in their lives, everyone felt extremely honored.

After the award ceremony, Zixuan took photos with the winning athletes as a souvenir.

After everyone watched Zixuan return to his seat, He Chuan announced the start of the party.

With the deafening sound of drums, thousands of robot soldiers quickly ran to the center of the venue.

They formed various patterns of squares, circles, long lines, etc., and each formation was neat, uniform and orderly.

While changing their formations, the robots also performed various martial arts moves.

The loud slogans shook the earth, making people feel excited and energized after listening to them.

Next to appear were thousands of female robots, wearing red military uniforms and each holding a Red Baby Gun in their hands.

They all marched in step, walked to the center of the square in a heroic and high-spirited manner, and performed a gun dance.

All the guns blazing movements were in perfect unison, without any confusion.

The audience was shocked by the performance of the two teams of soldiers. The gloom just now was swept away and they all applauded and cheered.

Zixuan was also attracted by the soldiers' performance. Could these be another masterpiece of the Boss Ji? Well, it's really good.

After all the performances were finished, fireworks were set off in the stadium again.

At the same time, He Chuan also announced that the first city sports meeting of Fugui City had concluded successfully.

After returning to their countries, the princes of various vassal states told their fathers about the entire process of the city games.

The princes of various countries were all amazed after hearing this.

How smart must the city lord Zixuan be to think of holding such a sports meeting?

Moreover, the various competition events are so novel and the prize money is so generous.

As a result, the monarchs of the various vassal states felt more envious, jealous and resentful of Fugui City.

Two years passed in a blink of an eye, and Gongzi Xu was already more than three years old.

The palace maids in various palaces gave birth to four sons and three daughters for Zixuan.

The four boys were named Zi Ri, Zi Yue, Zi Xing, and Zi Chen, and the three girls were named Zi Zhi, Zi Yu, and Zi Ye.

During these two years, Zixuan took in nearly one million refugees fleeing famine.

Adding the birth population in his own city, the number of residents in Fugui City has now reached 3.5 million.

In 554 BC, in Wu Palace of Qi State, Duke Ling of Qi looked at his beloved concubine Rongzi with affection.

He wiped her tears and said, "My dear, don't be sad. I know you are sad because you haven't conceived your own child yet."

"I have made up my mind to adopt Gongzi Ya, the son born to Concubine Zhong, to you to take care of you in your old age. Are you satisfied, my beloved concubine?"

Rong Zi was overjoyed when she heard this: "Your Majesty, are you really willing to adopt that young master, Ya, as your concubine?"

"Really? I love you so much, how can I bear to let my beloved concubine be troubled by this matter?" Duke Ling of Qi nodded heavily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. You are so kind! This means Rong'er will have a son from now on!"

Duke Ling of Qi smiled and said, "Well, since Ya'er has been adopted by you, he is of course your son. Now my beloved concubine won't have to worry about no one to support her in her old age."

After hearing this, Concubine Rong was so excited that she sat down on his lap, hugged his old face and kissed him several times.

Duke Ling of Qi was very pleased with Concubine Rong's sedan chair. He hugged her in his arms and laughed heartily.

When Concubine Zhong learned that her son had been adopted by Duke Ling of Qi to Concubine Rong, she was filled with resentment but also felt reluctant to let him go.

But the king's order was hard to disobey, and she had no choice but to accept her fate.

Ever since Concubine Rong gave birth to Prince Ya, she would whisper in Duke Ling of Qi's ear whenever she had time.

Duke Ling of Qi insisted on deposing Jiang Guang from the position of crown prince and appointing Prince Ya as the new crown prince.

Duke Ling of Qi could not resist Concubine Rong's nagging, and he also liked Prince Ya very much.

So he agreed to Concubine Rong's request and agreed to depose Crown Prince Jiang Guang and enthrone Prince Ya as the crown prince.

After hearing the news, Concubine Zhong immediately went to find Duke Ling of Qi and pleaded with him, "Your Majesty, as Yaer's biological mother, I have no choice but to advise Your Majesty not to make Yaer the crown prince."

"Guang'er has been the crown prince for many years and has not made any major mistakes. He has also made many contributions to our Great Qi."

"Deposing the Crown Prince without reason would be against common sense. Furthermore, it would be difficult to explain to the various vassal states."

Duke Ling of Qi angrily looked at Zhongzi and said, "Fei Zhong, I have appointed Yaer as the crown prince. As his biological mother, you should be happy. Why are you trying to stop me?"

"Besides, it's none of other countries' business who Qi chooses to appoint as the crown prince!"

"Have you forgotten, Your Majesty, that the various vassal states have long established a rule that any country that appoints a crown prince must notify the other vassal states. After all, this is the future heir apparent."

"The princes and ministers of various countries would give gifts and even land to the newly appointed prince."

"Their purpose is to gain more practical benefits from future interactions with the various princes. They are all willing to make friends with the princes of the various princely states."

Duke Ling of Qi interrupted Zhongzi and said dismissively, "I know this. After Yaer is crowned Crown Prince, I'll let them come and make friends with me. For now, I don't need to bother with them."

Seeing the king's stubbornness, Zhongzi patiently tried to persuade him, "Your Majesty, Guang'er has participated in many alliances among the vassal states in the past few years and has already gained a certain prestige among them."

"If the king does not depose Guang'er, I'm afraid the vassal states will disagree."

"Haha, just because Qi deposed a crown prince, the other vassal states are coming to hold us accountable? This is outrageous. I don't believe it."

"Zhong Fei, please don't say any more. I have made up my mind and will announce this matter in the court tomorrow."

Duke Ling of Qi coldly flicked his sleeves and drove Zhongzi out.

Zhongzi shook his head in disappointment, then sighed with tears streaming down his face: "Alas, my son's life is over."

At the morning court session the next day, Duke Ling of Qi issued an edict deposing Crown Prince Jiang Guang and appointing Prince Ya as the crown prince.

Immediately, there was an uproar in the court.

The dethronement of the crown prince made all the previous efforts of many high-ranking officials in Qi go to waste.

In this way, their careers have come to an end. Will they be willing to accept this? The answer is definitely not.

Thus, Crown Prince Jiang Guang was deposed and sent by Duke Ling of Qi to garrison Jimo.

After arriving in Jimo, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Fugui City to give it to Zixuan.

Zixuan was very curious when she saw that the letter was from Jiang Guang.

Jiang Guang hasn't contacted me for two years. How come he suddenly wrote to me now? It must be something big.

Thinking of this, she quickly opened the envelope and read it carefully.