When she mentioned this matter, the eldest princess' pretty face darkened, her anger still lingering.
"Emissary of Eastern Qin?" This was not the first time that Shen Ning heard this term. Chu Shaobai also mentioned it once, but she never took it to heart.
At this time, seeing the angry look on the eldest princess's face, she became concerned.
She searched in the memory of the original owner, and only vaguely knew that in addition to the Western Chu Kingdom, there were three other countries in the era she traveled through.
Among them, the Qin State in the east was the most powerful.
But what does this have to do with the Western Chu Kingdom
While she was comforting the eldest princess, she asked her about the whole story.
As soon as the eldest princess mentioned the past, she became filled with indignation and talked endlessly. She held her hand and talked about it for an hour.
The incident happened twelve years ago, before Mo Chuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
At that time, Eastern Qin and Western Chu were evenly matched, and they were two heroes. Although Dongli was eyeing Western Chu, Western Chu also had ill intentions towards Eastern Qin.
A war between the two countries is about to break out.
The emperor of Western Chu was ambitious and wanted to annex Eastern Qin and dominate the world.
In order to realize his grand plan, he personally led the troops and led the army to conquer the Eastern Qin Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, in the most critical battle of Baishui Pass, the Xichu soldiers he led suffered a disastrous defeat.
Not only was the entire army wiped out, but he, the emperor of the Western Chu Kingdom, was also kidnapped by the Eastern Qin Kingdom and became a prisoner of the Eastern Qin Kingdom.
The emperor was taken prisoner, and the Western Chu Kingdom was in danger. The country and the family could be destroyed at any time. The people were displaced and became a dependent country of the Eastern Qin. From then on, they fell into dire straits.
The ministers are leaderless, and the country of Western Chu cannot live without a king for a day.
It was the Empress Dowager Zhou who stepped forward at this critical moment and, together with all the civil and military officials, helped Mo Chuan, the cousin of the late emperor, to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. This heavy burden and responsibility fell on the teenage boy. On my son.
It has to be said that Queen Mother Zhou was a great and far-sighted woman. When she insisted on supporting her biological son Mo Chuan to ascend the throne, she was not coveting glory and wealth, but to stabilize the military and people's morale of the Western Chu Kingdom.
Chu Shaoyang was still young at that time, and as the son of the late emperor, if he proclaimed himself emperor, Eastern Qin could unscrupulously threaten Western Chu with the late emperor's life.
This was also one of the reasons why the ministers opposed Chu Shaoyang's ascension to the throne.
The new emperor ascended the throne, and the people of Western Chu were greatly reassured.
Next, the Empress Dowager Zhou entrusted Shen Ning's father, General Shen, with an important task, and sent him to lead his elite troops to attack the Eastern Qin army.
General Shen defeated more with less, and fought a beautiful turnaround in the battle of Baishui Pass. Then with great momentum, he forced the Eastern Qin army to the border in one breath.
Just when General Shen was about to continue his march into the hinterland of the Eastern Qin Dynasty to rescue the late emperor and return him to the court, things suddenly changed.
Just as the two armies were confronting each other, the Eastern Qin State suddenly tied the Western Chu Emperor to the front of the battle formation and asked the Western Chu State to retreat without leaving a single soldier behind. Otherwise, if anyone was left behind, one of the emperor's arms would be cut off. With only two people left, I'll chop off both of the Emperor's feet!
Although General Shen obeyed the orders of the Empress Dowager Zhou, he was also fiercely loyal to the late emperor. How could he allow the late emperor to have his hands and feet cut off by the enemy and lose his life in front of him
He retreated without hesitation.
Then Eastern Qin made an even more rude request. They asked Western Chu to pay tribute to Eastern Qin every year in the future. The amount was so huge that it would take almost half of Western Chu's national power to achieve it every year.