Chapter 565

Great general Chen did not dare make a decision on his own, so he quickly sent people to the capital to report to Empress Dowager Zhou and the new emperor.

Empress Dowager Zhou gathered the ministers to discuss this matter. The ministers all had different opinions, with some advocating war and some advocating peace.

In the end, it was Empress Dowager Zhou who made the decision to agree to the East Qin Country's unreasonable request and pay tribute to West Chu every year.

She couldn't just watch the previous emperor die and she couldn't let everyone say that she had selfish motives in helping Mo Chuan ascend to the throne.

Only like this, the burden on the West Chu Country increased. The yearly tribute used up most of the West Chu Country's national power, causing West Chu to decline year by year, becoming weaker and weaker.

The East Qin Country had a handle on West Chu, so the envoys that came to collect the tribute became more and more arrogant.

This year, it became even worse. The envoys they sent actually proposed that they would compete with the West Chu Country in three rounds. If West Chu lost, they would have to double the tribute!

This could not be tolerated.

Ever since Mo Chuan ascended to the throne, he had managed the entire country in an orderly manner. The citizens had finally escaped from the pain of war and were able to eat their fill and wear warm clothes.

In order to deal with the large amount of tribute from the East Qin Country each year, he would rather reduce the expenditures of the palace than increase the taxes of the citizens. He could be considered a good emperor that loved his citizens.

But even like this, the West Chu Country's national power was gradually weakened. It was a good thing that there was great general Chen guarding the border. In the battle of White Water Pass, he was filled with divine might, killing all the East Qin soldiers.

East Qin had not dared to invade West Chu all these years because of the great general Chen's fame.

After Chen Ning heard the Eldest Princess' story, she couldn't help letting out a long sigh. She understood the cause and effect.

She felt even more pain for Mo Chuan.

Thinking of when she was in her teens, she lived a carefree youth. As for Mo Chuan, he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country at such a young age. No wonder he said he had never heard or told stories before, it was because he did not have a childhood or youth at all.

As an emperor, he was not glorious at all, rather he was filled with shame.

That was why he was a man of few words and endured humiliation. When she first met him, he was a man of few words.

Only when he gradually opened his heart to her did a smile appear on his face. But she could still feel the melancholy between his brows. There was something in his heart that he could not even say to her.

Now she finally understood.

But the more she understood, the more her heart ached for Mo Chuan.

"Eldest Princess, what are the three questions of the East Qin Country? Could it be that our West Chu can't beat their East Qin? "

"Sigh, Brother Emperor is having a headache over this matter. Last night at the palace banquet, the envoy did mention the first test. It was called 'reading steles while riding a horse' or something. I've never heard of reading steles while riding a horse! This princess asked the envoy, what the three was the three words. The envoy sneered and said, "If your country doesn't even know how to read steles from horseback, then there's no need for this competition. Just admit defeat."

When the Eldest Princess said this, her eyebrows furrowed in anger. She pulled out the sword at her waist and waved it twice in the air.