"Got himself a little job?"
The matter of Shen Tang's two incarnations running around had yet to be officially made public. Only a handful of people knew about it; even Xun Zhen didn't know what Shen Tang's [Zixu Wuyou] was up to. Hearing that [Wuyou] had opened an alt account and gone to get a job under the enemy country's officials, Xun Zhen immediately thought of his lord's rise to power. His eyes lit up. "So the money Wuyou earns..."
Before he could finish, Shen Tang cut him off without mercy.
"Hanzhang, leave me a little, will you?"
It was bad enough that a ruler of a country didn't even have any private savings. How embarrassing.
Xun Zhen awkwardly swallowed his ingratiating smile.
He tried to make amends with a solemn air. "That's not what I meant."
Shen Tang held up the account book and asked, "Then what did you mean?"
Xun Zhen struck a righteous pose. "Whether Zixu or Wuyou, both are incarnations of Your Lordship. Aren't the foundations they build up also yours? And won't the subordinates they take on in the future become Kang's subjects? If so, shouldn't the Ministry of Revenue be involved in their salaries and National Fortune? Your Lordship, I'm only doing my duty impartially. I bear no personal grudge whatsoever!"
Every word rang out with conviction.
If Shen Tang weren't immune to this sort of thing, she would have been completely bamboozled.
She shot back, "Can the Ministry of Revenue afford to pay their salaries?"
Each company had its own independent accounts. She couldn't let Xun Zhen squander the money in those books, or how would she get the new company off the ground? Shen Tang shut him down in just a few words, leaving him speechless. He had no choice but to