The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Zixuan nodded in mock satisfaction: "Okay, in that case, I will propose a few conditions. If you can agree, I will not bother with it anymore."

"If my conditions are not met, I will call upon the experts and sorcerers, and send down millions of heavenly soldiers and generals to annihilate all the vassal states."

"By then, I will personally lead the army to unify the world and become the overlord of the Celestial Empire. Wouldn't that be wonderful? How this matter will proceed is up to you all to decide!"

Upon hearing this, the princes stood up in fear and bowed in unison, saying, "We dare not. Please ask City Lord Zixuan to set the conditions. We will obey your orders."

Zixuan looked at the princes and said, "Alright, I have three conditions. The first is that you compensate my Fugui City for all the losses it has suffered. A total of two million taels of gold!"

The princes were all furious when they heard this: "Huh? What! Two million taels of gold? Where do we even have that much? City Lord Zixuan, could you please ask for less?"

Zixuan glared: "That's a lot! Compared to the entire Fugui City, this little bit of gold is nothing."

"If Fugui City is conquered by you, how many of the two million will be divided among you? Humph!"

The dukes were speechless after hearing this. After a few breaths, the King of Wu timidly asked Zixuan, "Then, City Lord Zixuan, can we pay the compensation in installments?"

Zixuan thought for a moment and said, "Marquis Wu is talking about installment payment, right? That's fine."

"However, the deadline cannot exceed ten years. If you can't pay it back within ten years, I will immediately send troops to destroy you!"

The nobles trembled with fear again and responded hastily, "Yes, yes, City Lord Zixuan, we will definitely pay it back within ten years."

Zixuan nodded and said, "Well, the second condition is that each of your countries must build a palace for me in its own capital."

"The area must not be less than ten acres, the number of houses must not be less than fifty, and the house and land deeds must be in my name!"

"When I have free time, I will take the ladies on a journey around the world."

After hearing this, everyone's heart tightened again. Such a large project, how much money would it cost? It ached, the liver ached, the head ached!

Although they were reluctant, no one dared to say it out loud. They all put on fake smiles and nodded obsequiously: "Okay, okay, we'll do as you say."

Zixuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, moistening his throat before continuing, "The third condition is..."

"I demand that you not record Fugui City, or any matters or information related to it, into the history books. Not even the unofficial records of the common people are allowed to do so!"

"If I knew that this happened in any of your countries, I would lead my troops to destroy your country!"

After hearing Zixuan's third condition, the princes breathed a sigh of relief. They thought it was some shocking condition.

That's it, it's too simple. Not to mention that you don't allow them to write, they won't be able to write even if you ask them to.

Based on this battle, various countries led an army of one million to attack the enemy's Fugui City, but not only did they not hurt a single soldier, they also lost nearly 200,000 soldiers.

Now we have to occupy land and pay compensation, and apologize to others in a servile manner. It's shameful and embarrassing.

If this were recorded in history, future generations would definitely throw me out of my coffin and cook me in oil.

So everyone readily agreed, "Yes, yes! We will obey your command and will never let the story of Fugui City be passed down to future generations!"

Zixuan took another sip of tea and said, "I will give you half an hour to discuss the distribution of this compensation."

"Tell me when you have the results, and I'll make the following arrangements. Zi Chi, let's go out first!"

After she finished speaking, she walked out of the hall with Zi Chi and the maids.

When Bo Yuan saw her coming out, he quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "How is Xuan'er? Did you settle the matter? Are you tired?"

Zixuan smiled sweetly: "My husband, Zixuan is worth two men. There is nothing in this world that I can't accomplish, haha!"

Bo Yuan was also very happy after hearing this: "Xuan'er, you are awesome. Your husband will definitely reward you well tonight, hahahaha!"

Zixuan's face turned red, and he quickly looked at the maids on both sides, and saw that the maids also had red faces and were secretly giggling.

She immediately glared at Bo Yuan and shouted in mock anger, "Bo Yuan! That's too much! Don't you understand what kind of occasion this is, you scoundrel!"

After saying that, she was about to reach out to twist Bo Yuan's butt, but Bo Yuan grabbed her little hand and pulled her to sit at the square table in the corridor.

He pointed at the endless coalition camp outside the city and said, "Xuan'er, stop messing around. Look at those camps. Are they going to withdraw soon?"

Zixuan glanced at Lianying and nodded again: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be."

Bo Yuan was very happy. He smiled and said, "Xuan'er, after the coalition forces withdraw, we can return to the palace and enjoy life!"

Zixuan was also very happy: "Well! After this lesson, the vassal states will no longer dare to invade our Fugui City. Now the people can live in peace!"

At this time, the maids brought some cakes and fruits. They picked up what they liked and chewed slowly.

Less than half an hour later, a soldier came to report that the princes had already discussed it and invited Zixuan to come over.

Back in the hall, all the princes bowed to her and said, "City Lord Zixuan, we have already agreed that the several great powers will share one million and a half taels."

"Several small nations will share 500,000 taels. Once this is settled, we will withdraw our troops. City Lord Zixuan, if you have any further instructions, please let me know."

Zixuan glanced at them and waved to the side, and saw a clerk coming over with a tray.

She glanced at the crowd again and said, "My lords, this is the agreement I have drafted. Do you have any objections?"

"If there are no problems, we'll stamp it. Once it's stamped, no one can go back on this agreement!"

After she finished speaking, she ordered the clerk to hand the agreement to them, one copy for each person, and everyone carefully read it.

When the princes saw that it said they had to pay one year's compensation before being allowed to leave, they were a little panicked.

Duke Dao of Jin bowed to Zixuan and said, "City Lord Zixuan, what do you mean by this? Didn't you agree not to take us hostages?"

Zixuan sneered, "When did I ever say I would take you hostage? I just wanted to keep you here for a while longer."

"Send someone back to the camp now and tell them to withdraw. Go back and prepare the first year's gold. When the gold arrives, we will send you back!"

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, at a loss. Finally, after some discussion, they agreed to send someone back to the camp and order the army to withdraw.