My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 928 - 909: Trouble Comes Knocking

Bury the last talisman and jade into the ground, make a hand seal, stomp softly, and the array activates.

Qin Liuxi stood on the rooftop, looking at the forming feng shui array, the still faint fortune, her lips curled slightly.

A familiar aura came from behind, she swiftly dodged the bear-like pounce and kicked back in passing.

"Ow."

Feng Xiu immediately transformed back to his original form and lay flat on the rooftop, prostrated.

He turned over, squinting at Qin Liuxi: "What kind of person are you, kicking at me, how am I supposed to deal with this if I’m crippled?"

"You’re not useful anyway, being crippled doesn’t matter." Qin Liuxi was cold-faced: "This is to teach you not to act impulsively."

"You know nothing, this was a pleasant surprise." Feng Xiu jumped up.

"Ha."

Feng Xiu glanced around and said, "Why so generous, setting up a feng shui array for this family? Perhaps you’ve been influenced by the Buddha’s spirit at Yufu Temple?" "Shut up!" Qin Liuxi looked at this large manor and said, "The Qin family and I walk separate paths. They should become strong themselves and stop bothering me. I also don’t want to rescue them time and again."

Besides, what if she doesn’t have the ability to save them?

Relying on others is untrustworthy, relying on oneself is better than relying on anyone else. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

If you want ease, you need to push others to work hard, just like how she urged Teng Zhao to learn quickly.

Feng Xiu sarcastically said: "You’re saying one thing and meaning another, I won’t argue."

"Why did you come here?"

"Missed you." Feng Xiu moved closer, trying to get intimate.

"Speak poorly and get lost!"

Feng Xiu pouted: "I was just bored, when are you leaving, not going to Yufu Temple again?"

"Leaving in a couple of days, Master Jing Ci over there understands..." Qin Liuxi was speaking and suddenly paused, saying, "Why am I the only one rushing this?"

"More work for the capable?"

"No, I might be stupid!" Feeling like she was brainwashed, determined to kill Si Luo!

Qin Liuxi’s face turned black; this isn’t normal, she naturally rebels, how could she be altruistic!

"By the way, just now when I was coming over, I saw a house that was odd." Feng Xiu interrupted her thoughts.

"What’s odd? Where?" Qin Liuxi was curious.

Feng Xiu took her hand, used demon art, and instantly shapeshifted to the rooftop of a house.

"Look, this house’s fortune is clearly prosperous, yet something feels off with this prosperity."

Qin Liuxi blinked her eyes, seeming to flash with golden light, too quick to catch, looking down, the fortune is indeed exceedingly prosperous.

"You’re not mistaken; with this fortune, living here should guarantee wealth and official success, attracting wealth from all directions."

Feng Xiu paced with hands behind his back: "But I detect a hint of coldness and disdain from your words."

Qin Liuxi pointed to the northwest corner: "Look there."

Feng Xiu focused his eyes, in the dark night, amidst the house enveloped by golden fortune energy, a faint wisp of black aura was subtly surging in the northwest direction.

That black aura, filled with Yin Evil.

"It’s the evil aura." Feng Xiu frowned: "This can’t be right, with such prosperous golden fortune energy in this house, how can there be a wisp of evil aura, and it’s not very apparent either."

"That’s because the golden fortune energy is too strong, suppressing the evil aura, rendering it non-threatening. Furthermore, perhaps the two are connected."

Feng Xiu was stunned: "Connected how?"

"The entity forming these two auras might be the same, or a person."

Feng Xiu furrowed his brows, not sure what came to mind, and grumbled: "The closer to the center of power, the more sordid matters arise, deceitful people’s hearts are more frightening."

Who indeed?

Qin Liuxi looked at the northwest corner again, then at the thriving golden fortune energy, sneering.

She did not pry into what was in the northwest corner - Shengjing hides treacherous hearts, in many unseen places, one doesn’t know how much dirt and grime is concealed.

What Qin Liuxi didn’t expect was that she doesn’t meddle much, but some matters naturally find her.

Just as she was preparing to bid farewell to Mrs. Gu and the others, the gatekeeper handed over a note saying that Lord Zuo had arrived with lavish gifts.

Qin Yuanshan was somewhat dazed when he saw the upright chief of the Imperial Censorate, remembering that this person had impeached him before, what was it for?

Seems it was because during his birthday, some subordinates couldn’t afford grand gifts, pooled money for an expensive one, and he was accused of profiteering from his birthday, which embarrassed him greatly.

Lord Zuo himself was awkward, but after that, he straightened himself, pretending as if nothing happened, and frankly, in the whole court, few escaped his impeachments, even the current Saint had been directly censured, so Qin Yuanshan was nothing special.

"What brings Lord Zuo here?" Qin Yuanshan, after sharing two cups of tea with Lord Zuo, got straight to the point.

Lord Zuo said: "It’s also for my wife and unworthy son, many thanks to Junior Temple Master for rescuing them, allowing for a family reunion. Oh, is that your granddaughter?"

He paused when mentioning granddaughter and gave Qin Yuanshan a meaningful look, suddenly having a stroke of insight.

Qin family’s confiscation and exile didn’t last two years before they were rehabilitated and returned to the capital, though not reinstated to their original posts, downgraded to fourth-rank, yet it was remarkably swift and lucky, as if there was a mastermind behind it all.

Now he understood, indeed there was someone pulling strings behind the scenes, arranging things, so when it came to his rehabilitation, doors opened widely, investigations and positions were smoothly handled.

Caught the granddaughter’s fortune!

Yes, there are no secrets in Shengjing, the act of Marquis Cheng’en father and son standing up for Qin Yuanshan early on was spread among the interested parties, known by those who ought to know, with curiosity about who Qin Yuanshan’s legitimate eldest granddaughter might be, perhaps Marquis Cheng’en fancied this girl and wanted her as a daughter-in-law?

But upon further investigation of Qin Liuxi’s identity, it terrified them to find she had quietly woven numerous connections throughout Shengjing, like a vast network, while it didn’t cover all Shengjing, each link enough to provoke envy, jealousy, and hatred. If the Princes knew, they’d surely have more thoughts.

Of course, not everyone knows about Qin Liuxi, those who could find out naturally held high positions with their channels, Lord Zuo was no exception.

But he came not for Qin Liuxi’s connections; he came to express gratitude because his wife awakened, delighted to have her estranged son by her side, miraculously recovering without medicine, even though bedridden for years, her health was too weak, otherwise, she’d accompany him to thank personally.

Secondly, Lord Zuo came on behalf of someone else, hoping Qin Liuxi would lend a hand, of course, this was quite daring, thick-skinned on his part.

Qin Yuanshan listened, somewhat numb, no wonder Qin Liuxi previously said to inform the Zuo family about preparing to impeach Marquis Changping Mansion’s playboy, turned out Lord Zuo’s son was the one she found!