[Empress + Underworld + career advancement]
The underworld isn’t much different from the world of the living. It has televisions and helicopters, and, most absurdly, it has a civil service system. Having a government position makes all the difference.
If you want anything done, you have to go through the staff.
“You want to visit someone in a dream?”
“That’ll be ten thousand netherworld coins.”
“You want your family to burn a few billion for you? No, no. Have you never heard of inflation?”
“A little ghost like you can receive at most ten thousand yuan. Anything more goes to the public purse.”
“You want me to put myself in your shoes?”
“If I do that, who’s going to put themselves in mine!!!”