Chapter 472 Are you questioning my decision?
But now that the banquet has begun, he will soon be able to take down the Insect King's lord.
At that time, the entire empire's focus will be on this shocking scandal, and who will care about the Thomas family's previous affair?
When the head of the household finds out, he will make him atone for his sins.
So none of that matters. As long as we get his current plan sorted out, everything will fall into place!
Seeing Simon's almost delirious state, his subordinates felt even more uneasy.
But he dared not refute it and could only continue to report on the thorny issues at hand.
"Major General... the Second Army Corps is indeed facing a significant shortfall in extra supplies and operational funds this quarter. With the family business suffering losses, it's unlikely they'll be able to allocate funds to support us in the short term..."
Simon frowned. "If you don't have money, borrow it. Didn't that new interstellar bank that opened a few days ago advertise everywhere? I heard it's backed by some nouveau riche from some asteroid who's eager to drum up business. Go find them, under the name of our Thomas family..."
He paused slightly at this point, then said, "Well, let's use those properties in the west of the city, as well as our family's mines, as collateral to borrow some money for emergency purposes."
Once tonight is over, the Thomas family will be rid of the scandal, and their business will naturally recover. Paying back this loan will be a piece of cake then.
His subordinate opened his mouth, wanting to remind him that the new bank might pose a risk and that it would be best to investigate further...
But before he could even open his mouth, Simon glared at him. "What? Are you questioning my decision?"
The subordinate swallowed back the words he was about to say, and could only lower his head in the end, saying, "I wouldn't dare, I'll take care of it immediately."
Simon then gave a satisfied hum and turned his cold gaze back to the center of the banquet.
Just wait, he will trample on the dignity of the royal family and regain everything!
...
At this moment, the Insect King was surrounded by several noble insects who wanted to strike up a conversation, and he was temporarily unable to get away.
He gave Bass an apologetic look, and Bass nodded knowingly.
It was inevitable that the royal banquet would alarm the empire's nobles, and the clever nobles would certainly try to find out about the natural plants from the Insect King as soon as possible.
If the royal family wants to expand and strengthen its business, it naturally needs to win over some pragmatic nobles.
Since he couldn't help, he naturally wouldn't stand in his way.
Bass glanced at the Insect King once, then turned and walked toward the fragrant dessert area.
The dessert area table was filled with all sorts of exquisite and adorable pastries, as well as the cake he had been longing for.
He originally wanted to eat a few bites of dessert to ease his mood of not having a female lord by his side for the time being, and then he saw a lot of female insects trying to come up and chat with him.
Buston immediately lost his appetite, his face turned extremely gloomy almost instantly, and his whole body exuded a cold aura that kept insects at bay.
Fortunately, he hadn't taken two steps when he saw Tan Chi and Letekar sitting in the corner soft seats.
Bass walked over almost without thinking.
With two little bugs acting as shields, he believed that other foolish bugs would no longer bother him.
As soon as Bass sat down, he turned to ask, "How is it? Is it alright to bring the little empress to the palace banquet for the first time?"
Tan Chi glanced at Bass, then looked away and continued to patiently feed Letekar.
"Father, instead of worrying about me, you should think about how to deal with the female insects who want to flirt with you."
As Tan Chi said this, he naturally used a soft cloth to wipe the cream from the corner of Letekar's mouth.
His gaze casually swept around the room, and he spotted quite a few restless female insects.
Although they all knew that Bass was the male ruler of the Insect King.
However, it is rare for a male insect to marry only one female, let alone the insect queen and Bass, who have been married for many years.
They all felt that it was because the Insect King was too strict that Lord Bass had not married any other female insects until now.
So at every palace banquet, these unmarried female insects always try to find an opportunity to bump into Bass.
Bass scoffed speechlessly, "You brat, instead of thinking about how to help your father, you're just gloating."
Tan Chi shrugged. "Actually, this is easy to resolve, but I don't know if you'd be willing..."
"I'm willing! Tell me! How can I get these bugs away from me?" Bass thought about how tiring it was to have to attend palace banquets with a straight face every time.
Tan Chi hadn't expected Bass to agree so readily, and he couldn't help but chuckle, "It might affect your aloof image in public, Father..."
"It's okay, just go ahead." Bass was all in.
He stared at Tan Chi with a look of trust, wishing he could use some magical spell to drive away all the female insects around him right now.
Tan Chi sighed helplessly, then beckoned to Bass with his finger, signaling him to come closer.
Then he slowly opened his mouth.
Bass's eyes lit up instantly when he heard Tan Chi's words. He immediately summoned his servant insect, gave him a few instructions, and then happily sat back down next to Tan Chi.
He leaned back in his chair with satisfaction. "Ah Chi, you truly are worthy of being Xiong Fu's son. You even managed to think of something like this!"
Tan Chi: "..."
He had always thought that Bass was a male insect who cared a lot about his reputation, but he never expected that he would not care about his reputation at all in order to drive away the female insects around him.
Soon enough, the servant insect took a sign that read "I don't like female insects that aren't pretty" and placed it on the chair next to Bass.
Below that was a line of smaller print that read, "What are you looking at? I'm talking to you!"
Most of the female soldiers are quite robust, some are pretty, but not many can be considered beautiful.
Those who can surpass the Insect King's appearance are extremely rare.
Therefore, any female soldier with a modicum of self-awareness would not step forward and invite further humiliation.
Just because they didn't go doesn't mean they're ugly.
But if you go up directly and get rejected, it means you've been deemed ugly by the insect king's male lord, and it will be difficult to find a suitable male lord then.
Tan Chi had this in mind, which is why he dared to let Bass write it this way.
Sure enough, after the sign was placed there, no matter how eager the female insects were, not one of them dared to come forward.
Bass finally relaxed, and even his usually cold and hard features softened a bit.
He unusually ate his snacks slowly and deliberately at the palace banquet.
Suddenly, Bass seemed to remember something, "Oh right, Achi, next month is my wedding anniversary with your father. In previous years, I would go to various asteroids or auctions to buy some novel things, but this year..."
This year he wanted to go out and buy something interesting, but with Simon, that bug, on his radar, he really didn't dare to make any rash moves.
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