Xiao·The Filial Son·Mo Qing: “???”
The Tyrant: “?”
A fake elixir bought from a charlatan for ten thousand taels of gold?
After hearing this, the Tyrant looked at the fake medicine in the brocade box, which was the size of a fingernail and shaped like a mud ball. The corners of his mouth twitched. This kid really is...
The second prince was also confused. How could the elixir of immortality that he bought from the Taoist priest for ten thousand taels of gold be fake!
This little fairy boy, stop talking nonsense!
The treasury is already empty, and the second prince, this prodigal son, is still wasting money on fake medicine. This scumbag father will definitely break his legs.
When Wanwan saw her walk in, their eyes all fell on her. She said to them with her well-behaved appearance, "Daddy, hello, Second Brother."
After she finished speaking, she walked to the bookshelf beside her, picked up a book at random, and then sat down obediently on the table. This was how she would sit and read when the tyrant was handling government affairs.
[The sight of my scumbag dad beating up my second brother, the Flower Peacock, isn't something you see every day. I need to find a good spot to watch it, hehe.]
Second Prince Xiao Moqing: "..."
The elixir he just gave her was really wasted!
The big tyrant listened to the little brat's inner thoughts and felt that she really understood him. He really wanted to give this idiot son a good beating.
But what the hell did this little brat just say about the empty treasury?
When did his treasury become empty?
Second Prince Xiao Moqing saw his father's eyes fixed on the elixir without a word, thinking he was doubting it, and hurriedly said, "Father, this is truly a elixir for strengthening the body. I bought it with great difficulty to honor you."
[It's disgusting, it's disgusting. He's afraid that you don't believe this is the elixir of immortality, and he deliberately tricks you into thinking it's a elixir for strengthening your body. Little does he know that after eating this mud pill, you really won't be able to stop going to the toilet. Hahahahaha]
Wanwan laughed wildly in her heart.
【Laughing Mouse, I am a filial son】
Eunuch Fu, who was standing by, stared at the thing in His Majesty's hand that looked like it was made of mud, and looked at the Second Prince who was not far away with a sincere expression as if he was looking at a fool.
Alas, the second prince is good in every way except that he is naive and too trusting.
Wanwan: [Conspicuous bags exist everywhere, and the most conspicuous bag in the royal family is my second brother.]
[Speaking of which, the article seems to have recorded several embarrassing moments of the Second Emperor's childhood.]
For example, when the second prince was a child, he was so greedy during the ancestral worship ceremony that he pretended to be possessed by a ghost and climbed onto the table to eat food frantically. However, his scumbag father discovered him and slapped him down. His scumbag father was furious and said, "You bastard, if you hadn't grabbed the food you liked, I would have been scared by you."
[The second brother went to the Imperial Academy when he was four years old. Because he missed his mother so much, he made a little mannequin that looked like her. It just so happened that his mother caught a cold and fell ill at that time. When she saw the little mannequin, she thought it was some damn witch who was scaring her. But she found out that it was her own son. Hahahahahaha]
[Also, when he was a kid, he was taking a hot spring bath with the prince. He ended up sneaking ashore and changing the prince's clothes into women's clothes. He put on his clothes and tried to provoke the prince on the shore, but the prince just stripped his clothes off. In the end, he ran out crying in women's clothes, and said that his brother stripped him off with bad intentions towards him, hahahahahahahaha]
Second Prince: “…”
He really didn't expect that this little brat knew so many of his embarrassing stories, but fortunately, he was the only one who could hear her thoughts.
The big tyrant who heard the little brat's thoughts also remembered that his second son had been a lot of jokes since he was a child, so it was not surprising that he was fooled into buying fake medicine this time.
Originally, he really wanted to beat him up, but there was a little kid here. If he really took action, this little kid might add the word "beater" in front of his scumbag father in the future.
"How much did you pay for it?" asked the tyrant.
The Second Prince seemed to have not expected his father to ask him this question. He was stunned for a moment, then answered honestly, "30,000 taels."
Tyrant: "Well, it's too expensive. Remember to bargain next time."
"Ahem..." Wanwan had just taken a sip of water, but after hearing what the tyrant said, she almost choked on the water.
[Bargaining! How dare a scumbag father, the king of a country, say such a thing? It seems the treasury is really empty!!!]
Empty treasury?
The Second Prince heard these familiar four words again. Is the treasury really empty? No way.
Eunuch Fu: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Revenue comes to see you."
Tyrant: "Let him in."
The Minister of Revenue walked in respectfully, holding a book in his hand: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The Minister of Revenue came this time specifically to hand over the tax booklet. He presented the booklet with great trepidation, "Your Majesty, this is the tax for the first half of this year."
The tyrant took the booklet and had just opened it for a moment when his brows suddenly frowned.
When the Minister of Revenue saw His Majesty frowning, he knew that he would be scolded again today.
Sure enough, the next second, the tyrant threw the booklet to the ground and asked, "How come this year's taxes are half as much as last year's?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue knelt down in fear. "This year, many people donated their land to tax-exempt officials and gentry, so...so..."
Since officials do not have to pay taxes, the tax burden is naturally much lower than in previous years.
Tyrant: "You bastards! Why are they giving their land to officials and gentry?"
The Minister of Revenue didn't dare to say a word after being yelled at by the tyrant.
Wanwan, who was standing by, couldn't help but complain inwardly after hearing this: "Why else? Of course they're doing this to avoid the high taxes imposed by the imperial court. There's a saying, 'No commercial taxes, increased agricultural taxes, royal expenses, and officials and gentry not paying taxes are the greatest evils in the world.'"
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