Dong Xiaoyan opened her bewildered big eyes.
Truth be told, she genuinely couldn't understand, and despite knowing how abrupt and perhaps inappropriate her question was, she still asked it.
Isn't it good for each country to just live its own life?
"Alas, whether there's war or not, is truly not something a monarch can solely decide."
The Qin Emperor smiled bitterly, speaking to this naive young girl, "From birth, humans start to compete, to trample others down, to stand out, to be like a crane among chickens, distinguished from the crowd. That's competition for you... whether it's on the battlefield or in any other field, it's all the same."
"If being a monarch is considered a profession, then in our line of work, it's probably the most helpless one."