My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

Chapter 162: Chapter 161: Losing Qin Liuxi

In Li City’s Plum Garden, Mu Xi sat in the most picturesque courtyard with his legs up on a table, a good-looking servant boy massaging his calves, as he idly played with a gold-plated ball. Beside him stood a guard, reporting in detail Zhao Family’s actions from the shadows and the arrogance Mrs. Xiao Zheng displayed upon entering the city.

“Looks like this Zhao Ping really thinks of Li City as his own turf, oh wait, actually as Meng Family’s?” Mu Xi scoffed in disdain, “But how could such a trivial Deputy Magistrate dare to indulge Mrs. Xiao Zheng’s arrogance and tyranny without Meng Family’s backing and the usual weight of his office?”

He didn’t care whether the Qin Family that was sent back to Li City was innocent or not; he just needed to look at the Zhao Family’s behavior to glimpse their usual conduct.

The guard said, “Among the civil officials of Li City, Magistrate Ding has the most say. However, Magistrate Ding is in Ningzhou Prefecture. Although his old house is still here in Li City, he takes Ningzhou Prefecture more seriously, allowing Zhao Ping to strut around.”

In Magistrate Ding’s absence, Zhao Ping had the loudest voice among the civil officials.

Mu Xi sneered coldly, “With no tigers in the mountains, the monkey claims to be king. Does that leaping clown even qualify! Keep investigating, organize everything for me. I’m going to rid the people of this scourge.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Young Master Heir, Prince Rui has arrived,” reported servant Shuangquan.

“Oh?” Mu Xi stood up and looked toward the entryway, indeed seeing Qi Qian approaching. He walked over and sized Qi Qian up, opening with a direct question, “You arrived just in time, saving me the trouble of looking for you. Can you fight? Shuangquan, go get Yuan Meng over here to exchange a few moves with Prince Rui.”

Qi Qian frowned. Everyone knew Mu Xi was a notorious playboy and Little Overlord, but he didn’t expect such rudeness, not even a proper greeting upon meeting.