"I remember the first contact between the ancient Ustus tribe and the Empire was... war?"
"Right, both armies were fighting when the Dragon Disaster struck, and the war ended without a conclusion. Then, during the post-war peace talks, Emperor Yong Guang said that the great Empire would now share with you the mystic techniques to resist the giant dragon." Alice was animated, "When I first heard this, it felt so absurd—they really just did that!"
One was brave enough to teach, the other bold enough to learn; Gongsun Ce sincerely marveled at how honest and simple the ancients were a thousand years ago, rewarding virtue for spite. In today's world, let alone an emperor, not even a high school honor class's class president would be so naive.
"I remember at the time the emperor was Emperor Xingan Chi Wenhuang, who is recognized as a wise ruler in historical records."