The Frontier Is Under Threat, the Court Seeks Peace, and I Rebuke the Entire Court

I used to be the female emperor's prospective son-in-law. Now I'm a third-rank Censor-in-Chief, and I even criticize the female emperor. Damn it, I'm commanding troops in battle while also having to develop the economy!

It's not that I want to visit the pleasure houses. The whole Great Yan dynasty depends on me to keep it going. I'm having a rough time and need to unwind.

In the sixth year of Tianyuan, the wise female emperor suddenly began building temples and palaces on a grand scale, leaving the people destitute and misery everywhere.

The barbarians seized their chance, captured thirty-six cities in the northern frontier, and threatened the capital.

The court officials proposed peace, offering five million taels of silver, a million bolts of cloth, and countless cattle and sheep!

The female emperor sighed and eventually agreed.

At a time when the nation's dignity had been trampled, Xu Chen called the female emperor a foolish ruler and the court officials a bunch of useless fools!

The court was stunned. Everyone thought Xu Chen was as good as dead.

But the female emperor made him a promise: if Xu Chen could earn a million taels of silver and put down the rebellion in the northern frontier within a month, he would be spared.

A month later, the barbarians retreated.

In court, the officials and the female emperor stared at the nearly ten million taels of silver, all utterly dumbfounded.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.