Gu Chi: "..."
He lowered his voice too. "My lord, this is fine to say in private, but whatever you do, don't let Qin Gongsu and the others hear."
If Qin Li and the others heard this...
Heh heh heh. They'd probably lead their troops to surround Heyin Commandery. Just listen to her—did those words sound like something a person would say? Qin Li and the others weren't like Zhao Da Yi, who got more energetic the harder he worked. They were already sick of working.
Shen Tang gave him a coy, reproachful look.
She said, "I still know where to draw the line."
What was she striving for?
To freeload without getting dragged off in a sack, and to wash her reputation so clean that everyone who spoke of her—whether ally or enemy—praised her character to the skies.
A good reputation by itself wasn't much use, but combine one with fists of iron, and it was like being invincible! She could seize the moral high ground and point fingers at her rivals.
Gu Chi: "..."
Shen Tang had led her troops on a roundabout trip outside the city. Back at the administrative office she knew and had missed, she had barely warmed her seat before several clerks in charge of documents came over with armloads of official papers.
They dumped pile after pile in front of her, nearly burying her alive.
Shen Tang: "...Did Wangchao not take care of these?"
The official replied, "These still need Lord Shen's personal review."
The workload looked enormous, but she could get it done in half a day. Still, after leading troops on a long, tiring journey back, all Shen Tang wanted was to take a nice hot bath and go to sleep. She rolled the words around on the tip of her