When someone else advised Zhou Shicong of the Ministry of Revenue to take a step back, his face completely darkened. He and Zhou Shixiong were from the same clan, and now they occupied two Chief of Staff positions across two ministries. He harbored a faint, ominous premonition.
No matter how much the Holy Emperor cherished talent, he would never allow a single family to control both the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. Zhou Shixiong had the Empress and his military merits backing him, which made it glaringly obvious who would be forced to step down.
He had been walking on eggshells lately just to secure his place in the imperial court. This matter shouldn't have fallen under the Ministry of Revenue to begin with, but these people wanted to dump the entire mess on his head. What a cunning calculation. They wanted to catch him slipping, but that would depend on whether he gave them the opportunity.
