Chapter 432

Although Xiao Si and Zhui Feng's voices were not loud, Mo Chuan and Chu Shao Bai's internal energy was very strong, so they had already heard their conversation.

Mo Chuan was too lazy to care about his two subordinates gossiping outside, pretending not to know. However, Chu Shao Bai was addicted to listening. He was also very curious about the emperor's whereabouts.

The emperor had been very secretive these past few days, so he had entered the palace several times.

He never thought that when Xiao Si reached the key point, he would be interrupted by the emperor.

"Emperor, you haven't been in the palace recently, where did you go?" Chu Shao Bai couldn't help asking.

"This one didn't summon you here to ask about this one's whereabouts." Mo Chuan's eyes were cold as he picked up the letter on the table and threw it at Chu Shao Bai.

Chu Shao Bai reached out to catch it and his wrist slightly sank. That thin letter felt like it was weighed down by a heavy object. He couldn't help praising, "The emperor has such a deep internal energy."

"Stop flattering me, look at the letter." Mo Chuan's face was calm the entire time, not showing any smile at all.

Chu Shao Bai stuck out his tongue. When he saw the emperor's serious expression, he knew that the contents of the letter were very important. He did not dare joke around and took out the letter to read it.

"Ah! How preposterous! The East Qin Country is going too far! "

After reading a few lines, his handsome face turned red. The more he read the more angry he became and he almost couldn't help tearing the letter to pieces.

"Emperor, is what this letter says true?" His hand holding the letter began to tremble with anger.

"Un."

"Why does East Qin dare to make this kind of shameless request! What right do they have to double our West Chu's annual tribute! What qualifications do they have! "Chu Shao Bai was so angry that he almost flipped the table.

Thinking that this was the emperor's order, he could only endure it.

"Of course they have the qualifications. Shao Bai, don't forget that they hold the lifeline of our West Chu Country in their hands!" Mo Chuan said word for word.

When he first saw the letter, he was as angry as Chu Shao Bai, but he was an introvert, so he didn't show it.

Hearing this, it was like a bucket of cold water had been poured over Chu Shao Bai and he instantly calmed down.

He huffed and puffed, angrily saying, "Your Majesty, are we just going to obediently let them do as they please? They want to double our annual tribute this year, will they want to triple it next year? How can we have so much silver for them to exploit? Our West Chu citizens don't need to wear clothes or eat! "

Every problem he said was a problem that gave Mo Chuan a headache. His face sank and he didn't say a word.

Internal troubles and external aggression.

He smiled bitterly.

Mother, ah, Mother, back then you pushed your son onto the throne because you knew that it was not easy to be the Emperor, so you let your son bear all of this, right?

Chu Shao Bai grabbed the letter and looked over it again. He suddenly gave a "snort".

"Emperor, look, they're so shameless! They actually used this kind of high sounding reason, saying that they would send a special envoy to West Chu to compete with us in three rounds. The topic of the competition will be decided by the special envoy and if we lose one of the three rounds, the tribute will be doubled! Why did the competition have to be decided by their East Qin! This is clearly a case of stealing a bell while covering one's ears! "

Of course Mo Chuan knew, but he was annoyed because of this. He knew that the other side was being unreasonable, but they could only let the other side slaughter them.

This feeling of being controlled by others was the most suffocating.