2027
The King of Cangming promptly replied to the Emperor of Great Zhou. Upon reading the reply, the Emperor of Great Zhou felt a sense of relief and quickly sent a letter of peace proposal to Xilin Country.
The day after the Emperor of Xilin received this peace proposal letter, he circulated it among the officials during the morning court session.
"Hmph, they want peace and we should just agree? What about our dignity, Xilin's dignity?" a civil official shouted, stepping forward.
The Emperor glanced up but did not express an opinion.
Seeing the Emperor's silence, many civil officials thought he was also against the peace proposal and began voicing their opposition.
Where there was opposition, there was also support. The supporters, led by the Minister of Revenue, Ruan Fan, began arguing with the opposition in the court.
