Chapter 470 This bastard actually dared to lie to him

Di Yuanshuo was so anxious that his face turned red. He didn't care about etiquette and stood up to defend himself.

"Your Highness, I knew nothing about this. I have always responded to the court's call and paid taxes diligently. It must be that someone below me was secretly doing this behind my back!"

"Don't worry, I naturally believe you. Otherwise, I will let the government handle it directly." Lu Li poured him a cup of tea.

Hearing this, Di Yuanshuo came to his senses on the verge of going berserk and felt that what she said made sense.

Thinking of the legends about the Crown Princess, his face froze and he bowed respectfully to Lu Li.

"Please explain clearly, Your Highness."

"It was your brother-in-law who did it." Lu Li said it straight to the point without beating around the bush.

"My brother-in-law?" Di Yuanshuo was shocked.

In his impression, his brother-in-law is an honest man.

His mother had only one son and one daughter, him and his sister. He was away from home all year round, so his sister went back to spend more time with their mother.

A few years ago, my sister came to him and asked him to help her and her brother-in-law make money.

Thinking that his sister had always been with his mother, he agreed out of guilt.

After observing his brother-in-law for half a year, he found that he was indeed talented in business, so he gradually handed over his business in southern Xinjiang to him.

He has always managed it well and nothing has gone wrong.

So he confidently handed over part of the business there to him.

"He started evading taxes this year and cooked the accounts. What you saw were fake accounts." Lu Li told him everything.

"Last year you should have paid a total of 550,8732 taels of silver, but you only paid 450,630 taels."

Di Yuanshuo broke out in a cold sweat. He never expected that the Crown Princess had already found out so much.

So, was it a coincidence or intentional that the stupid son bumped into the Crown Princess today?

He looked at Lu Li, who was only eighteen years old, and a feeling of fear rose in his heart.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Di Yuanshuo stamped his feet and cursed: "This ambitious dog! I trusted him so much! Your Highness, if you give me a chance, I will definitely kill my own brother for the sake of justice."

"You don't have to tell me, I will give you a chance." Lu Li smiled slightly.

"According to the laws of this dynasty, if you evade taxes, your property will be confiscated and your entire family will be exiled..."

With every word she spoke, Di Yuanshuo's face turned paler.

"But considering your great contributions to Daxia, I will give you a break."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Di Yuanshuo was so excited that he knelt down in front of Lu Li.

"I order you to pay the full amount of taxes within ten days, and then pay ten times the amount of the shortfall in fines within three months. Do you agree to this punishment?" Lu Li stared at him with burning eyes.

The amount of tax payable was 550,8732 taels, but only 450,630 taels were paid, which means there was still a shortfall of 100,2432 taels.

Ten times one hundred and twenty-four hundred and thirty-two taels is one million and twenty-four thousand and thirty-two taels.

This astronomical figure made Di Yuanshuo freeze in place.

This emptied out most of his family property!

"You don't want to?" Lu Li raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

"How could that be!" Di Yuanshuo hurriedly shook his head, "I'm just too happy! Your Highness is kindhearted and didn't get angry with me because of that beast. Your Highness is wise."

Although he was heartbroken about losing the money, he didn't dare show it on his face.

"I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts." Lu Li smiled slightly.

"It's getting late, you should go and see Yaozu."

"Yes. I will pay the fine as soon as possible." Di Yuanshuo said with a bitter look on his face.

He is now angry and upset.

He was angry that his son did not fight back, and mad that his brother-in-law disregarded his trust.

My brother-in-law can't move right now, so let's go check on that stupid son first.

"How is the young master?" Di Yuanshuo came to the clinic and looked at the guard angrily.

The guard said awkwardly: "He woke up, but the young master said he didn't want to see you."

"Hey! This brat." Di Yuanshuo felt his hands itchy.

This kid deserves to be punished.

"Get out of the way. I want to see how tough your bones are." He rushed in angrily.

"Go away, I don't have a father like you, wuwuwu, my buttocks are cracked after being beaten, and not only did you not protect me, you also beat me. Wuwuwuwu." Di Yaozu cried with snot and tears.

"Can you try to install another one for me?" Di Yuanshuo's anger was rising.

He took a step forward, turned his son over, and wanted to untie his pants so that he could look back and see clearly.

See where he's hurt and tell him to stop pretending.

Unexpectedly, there was a "click" sound.

He sprained his back.

Di Yuanshuo: ...

My son, this is too heavy!!!

Di Yaozu didn't realize that his father had sprained his waist and was still struggling violently.

He kicked his father backwards, knocking him over backwards.

"Ouch, my waist!" Di Yuanshuo couldn't help but cry out in pain.

The guards quickly called the doctor over.

They breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately they hadn't left the clinic yet, otherwise they would have to make another trip.

The doctor came over muttering, "After curing the boy, you have to cure the father too. Your family has been through so many disasters and misfortunes."

Seeing his father screaming in pain, Di Yaozu froze in his tracks and asked cautiously, "Dad, are you okay?"

"Do you think I'm fine? You'll be happy if I piss you off to death, right?" Di Yuanshuo snorted and cursed.

"Dad, I won't let you curse yourself to death! I lost my mother, but I can't be without a father too, right? Then I'll be an orphan. Wuwuwuwuwuwu."

Di Yaozu burst into tears.

Di Yuanshuo: ...

I wanted to be angry, but when he mentioned his deceased wife, I couldn't be angry anymore.

The child lost his mother when he was young, and his father was not around all year round. He was also the only boy in the family, so naturally he was spoiled by his mother.

Thinking of this, he asked everyone to leave and spoke earnestly to his son about what had happened today.

Although the Di family has some money and power.

But those are nothing compared to the imperial power.

"You've offended someone this time, and Dad will have to spend at least more than one million taels of silver to settle the matter. Do you think you did the right thing?" Di Yuanshuo looked at his son seriously.

"One million taels???" Di Yaozu screamed.

He is not a fool and knows that one million taels can do a lot of things.

He finished it in one day?

Won't grandma beat him to death?

Di Yaozu suddenly felt a little scared.

"Your father can protect you for a while, but I cannot protect you forever. If you offend someone again in the future, we may not be able to save you even if we lose everything we have. Do you know that our whole family was almost exiled?" When he said this, Di Yuanshuo's heart began to pound again.

"What does exile mean?" Di Yaozu didn't understand what it meant.

Di Yuanshuo told him everything in detail.

Di Yaozu was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"I don't want to be exiled. I want to go back to southern Xinjiang."

He would starve to death if he was exiled and couldn't even get enough food.

"Will you dare to do anything wrong in the future?" Di Yuanshuo looked at him seriously.

Di Yaozu shook his head hurriedly.

Afraid that his father would not believe him, he even raised his hand and swore.

"I swear, I, Di Yaozu, will never cause trouble. I will study hard and make progress in the future. I will never cause trouble for the Di family again."

Di Yuanshuo was very pleased to see that his son was finally becoming sensible.

His waist felt almost healed, so he looked at his son and said softly, "Come, Dad will apply the medicine to you again. After that, we will go back to Southern Xinjiang."

Di Yaozu lay down obediently and whispered, "Dad, be gentle."

Di Yuanshuo lifted up his pants and found that his butt was completely uninjured! Even the redness and swelling had subsided.

This bastard actually dared to lie to him.

"I'll beat you to death, you liar. You're so young, but you're still full of lies!" Di Yuanshuo slapped him, and the previous fatherly love and filial piety seemed to have become a passing cloud, disappearing without a trace.

Di Yaozu: Wuwuwu, my father only loved me for a short time.