The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

In the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, as time went on, Shen Xinghao and the people in ambush became more and more nervous.

Hongying's guess was correct. Her master, Lady Yu, had indeed changed her appearance and was lurking in the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion.

She was no longer Lady Yu at this time, but an old woman who managed flowers and plants in the greenhouse of the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion.

When Marquis Zhenbei decided to return to the capital, she returned to the capital before him.

The first thing she did after returning to the capital was to sneak into the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, kill the old woman who was managing the flowers and plants in the greenhouse, disguise herself as the old woman, and do her work.

This was also the reason why Hongying judged that Lady Yu must be in the Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion when she first saw the orchids when she entered the mansion to meet the Marquis of Zhenbei.

Because those orchids were poisoned by Lady Yu, these poisons can stimulate the poison in Marquis Zhenbei's body and accelerate the time for the poison to take effect.

Because her body has been nourishing poisonous insects for a long time, Hongying's blood has a special smell. After burning special incense, the smell can be spread far away.

Ordinary people cannot smell this kind of smell, but Lady Yu is extremely sensitive to it.

Lady Yu, who was hiding in the flower room, had already smelled the scent coming from Hongying.

But the situation is special now, and she has been hesitating whether to go out.

Lady Yu had no idea that Hongying had disappeared from the palace.

When Hongying was arrested, Shen Tianjiao immediately blocked the news to prevent it from spreading.

As for Feng Yuanyuan, although she sent people to inquire about Hongying's news, she did not pass the news of Hongying's disappearance to Yu Niangzi.

Feng Yuanyuan naturally had her own plans for doing this. Now that Hongying was gone, she had lost control over Yu Niangzi.

Suppress the news of Hongying's disappearance and don't let Yu Niang know, so that she can continue to get help from Yu Niang.

Lady Yu, who had no idea that her apprentice was in danger, felt hesitant and struggling when she smelled the unique scent on Hongying.

She had not told Hongying about her return to Beijing, but now she suddenly heard the message that Hongying had conveyed to her.

The deeper meaning behind this made her suspicious, but she was also worried that Hongying really had something to talk to her about.

Of her four disciples, only Hongying and Liumei, who has always been by her side, are left.

It is not easy to raise an apprentice, and it is even more difficult to raise him into a talent. She is in need of people now, and even if there are risks, she thinks she can still give it a try.

After all, with her poison and skills, there are not many people in this world who can be her match.

With this confidence, Lady Yu came out from her hiding place after hesitating for a long time.

Lady Yu followed the scent and found the trap set by Shen Xinghao. She looked around cautiously before calling out, "Aying, Ying'er, is that you?"

The moment Lady Yu opened her mouth, Shen Xinghao and Qiu Tong knew that this was the person they were looking for.

Without any hesitation, Qiu Tong threw away the cigarette containing the hallucinogen.

Then Qiu Tong and Shen Xinghao jumped out and took the lead in attacking Yu Niangzi.

The rest of the people, without waiting for Shen Xinghao's orders, jumped out from their hiding places, lined up in a formation, formed a net, and surrounded Lady Yu.

Even the experienced Lady Yu was shocked by the sudden scene before her. While she was in a daze, Qiu Tong and Shen Xinghao joined forces to attack her.

Madam Yu, having regained her composure, instantly flew into a rage. She yelled at Qiu Tong and Shen Xinghao, "How despicable! Using such despicable tactics."

This made Shen Xinghao laugh out loud. He immediately started to retort, "We are despicable and shameless? Ha, is there anyone in this world who can be more despicable and shameless than you?"

"You poisoned and murdered innocent people, raised other people's children as tools for killing, and even harmed other people's offspring. We are treating you this way to give you a taste of your own medicine."

Lady Yu was shocked. She felt that something must have happened to Hongying. "What have you done to Hongying?"

"What's going on? What do you think?" Shen Xinghao snorted, and the sword in his hand became faster.

"As a spy who murdered innocent people, what do you think her fate would be? She would be tortured to death by being cut into pieces."

Shen Xinghao said this on purpose, firstly to stimulate Lady Yu, disturb her mind and make her vulnerable.

Even if she is a heartless person, Hongying was raised by her after all. She will not be indifferent and there will always be some fluctuations in her heart.

Secondly, although Hongying had harmed Shen Tianjiao before, she was after all under the orders of others and had no choice.

Moreover, Hongying is now willing to risk her life to detoxify Marquis Zhenbei, so her merits and demerits offset each other.

The Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion has always been clear about what they love and hate. Hongying saved the Marquis of Zhenbei, so she is indebted to the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion. Shen Xinghao said that Hongying died so that Hongying would no longer be controlled by the forces behind Lady Yu and could have a new life.

"What? You actually killed her?" Madam Yu was indeed angry. Although she might not have much true love for Hongying, she raised Hongying after all, so she still had feelings for her.

"That's right, why keep her alive if we don't kill her?" Shen Xinghao saw that Lady Yu was angry and continued to provoke her, "A female devil like you, why keep her alive if we don't kill her?"

"But your little apprentice's death was truly tragic. Such a beautiful girl didn't even have a piece of healthy flesh on her body when she died. She died from the pain."

Qiu Tong glanced at Shen Xinghao sideways. It had only been a few years since they last met. When did the Third Young Master become so good at making up stories?

Sure enough, Lady Yu was irritated by Shen Xinghao's words. Even though she was also a cruel person, she did not dare to imagine the scene of Hongying's death.

"I am too soft-hearted. When I poisoned your father, I should have poisoned you first."

"Today I will make sure you die. I will use your life to commemorate my Ah Ying."

The irritated Lady Yu had lost her mind and was determined to kill Shen Xinghao to avenge Hongying.

This effect was exactly what Shen Xinghao needed, because there was something added to the smoke just now. The more angry Yu Niang became and the more the substance was inhaled into her body, the faster the onset would be.

Qiu Tong also quickly found an opportunity and inserted the silver needle soaked in poison hidden in her sleeve into Yu Niang's body.

Sensing something was wrong with her body, Lady Yu turned and attacked Qiu Tong, "You idiot girl, you dare to plot against me? You're courting death!"

Seeing that Qiu Tong was caught off guard and was about to suffer, Shen Xinghao quickly swung his sword at Yu Niangzi.

Yu Niang was shocked and quickly turned around to deal with Shen Xinghao. At this time, Qiu Tong found the opportunity and cut off Yu Niang's left arm with one sword.

Suddenly, blood splattered everywhere, spraying all over Shen Xinghao.

This scene happened so quickly that Lady Yu didn't even feel the pain before Qiu Tong chopped off her left arm.

However, Shen Xinghao reacted quickly. Without waiting for Madam Yu to react, he raised his sword and cut off her right arm. However, in just a moment, poor Madam Yu became an armless person.

"Ah!" The intense pain made Lady Yu scream, "I'm going to kill you!"

"You still want to kill us? Humph! Then you have to have the ability to do that."

Even at this time, Shen Xinghao still didn't forget to mock Lady Yu.

Without waiting for Madam Yu to say anything, Shen Xinghao handed the sword to Qiu Tong beside him. He squatted down and crushed Madam Yu's knees with his hands.

In this way, Madam Yu is really no longer a threat and becomes a useless waste.

Lady Yu, who had not yet recovered from the pain of her arms being chopped off, was then immediately overcome by the pain in her knees, which made her faint.

Looking at the bloody Jade Lady lying on the ground, Shen Xinghao snorted and said, "Poison is definitely powerful, but her martial arts skills, hmph! They're really not that good."

"Third Young Master, hurry up and have someone carry her away to stop the bleeding. Otherwise, if she bleeds to death, it will be troublesome."

Qiu Tong looked at the unconscious Lady Yu on the ground, and then at her Third Young Master who was covered in blood. For some reason, she suddenly felt a chill all over her body.

"Well, carry her away." Shen Xinghao gave an order, and immediately someone carried Madam Yu away.

After Lady Yu was carried away, Shen Xinghao looked at the blood stains on his body with disgust and said, "Oh, my clothes are all dirty. I need to go take a shower and change clothes quickly."

It was as if the person who had just swung the sword and killed was not him.

In his villa outside Beijing, Han Ming had selected his men and was ready to set off.

Looking at the excited old man riding on the horse, Shen Tianjiao's heart was pounding. She was no longer worried about whether Han Ming would get into trouble. She was worried that Shen Pingzhi might be in big trouble.

Shen Tianjiao grabbed the attendant beside her and ordered, "Xiao Wu, keep an eye on Uncle Han and don't let him do anything too outrageous."

"Hey, miss, don't worry, I will take good care of Uncle Han." Xiaowu laughed so hard that his eyes were invisible.

But for some reason, Shen Tianjiao leaned against Xiaowu and smiled, but she felt even more panicked.

How could she not have noticed before that everyone in the Zhenbei Marquisate had a tendency towards violence? The mere mention of causing trouble had everyone rubbing their hands in excitement.

Shen Tianjiao sent Han Ming and his team away with a nervous mood.

After returning to the yard, Shen Tianjiao still felt uneasy. It was boring to stay alone, so she decided to go see her father.

After taking the medicine sent by Shen Tianjiao, Hongying's body temperature slowly recovered, and even the cold sweat on her body stopped.

Bai Yunchi, who had been guarding Hongying, was relieved when he saw that Hongying's body temperature had returned to normal and her face, which was as white as paper, gradually turned red.

"This medicine sent by the Empress must be a miracle drug. I feel like a completely different person after taking it so quickly."

Bai Yunchi stood up and told the two little girls, "If you two are tired, take turns watching. If you need anything, call me. I'll be outside."

After giving instructions to the two little girls, Bai Yunchi went out.

I am so tired today, even more tired than after a whole day of martial arts training.

Before Bai Yunchi could finish stretching, Shen Tianjiao came in from outside.

"Empress, why are you here?" Seeing Shen Tianjiao coming, Bai Yunchi immediately stood up straight.

"I came to see my father." Shen Tianjiao looked at Bai Yunchi, nodded and smiled, and said, "You've worked hard too. Go downstairs and have something to eat and rest. I'll just stay here."

"No, it's okay, Queen. Go and rest. I can handle it."

What a joke! Could the Queen be allowed to stay here at Baiyunchi? Guarding Zhenbei Hou and Hongying was his responsibility.

"Okay, go and rest. This won't be over in a day or two. If you don't take care of yourself first, how can you take care of them?"

Shen Tianjiao waved her hand and told Bai Yunchi to go and rest quickly.

Bai Yunchi smiled embarrassedly, he didn't expect that just taking care of two people would be so tiring.

He scratched his head and said, "Empress, I'm going to sleep for a while and will be back soon to take your place."

"It's okay, go to sleep. I'm not the only one here. I'm tired, so I'll let Shen Tao come in and watch over me."

Shen Tianjiao looked at the sleeping Marquis of Zhenbei on the bed, and felt only distressed and uncomfortable in her heart. Her father was already so old, yet he still had to endure such pain and torture.

Just now, she was still worried that Han Ming would beat Shen Pingzhi too harshly and she would not be able to explain to the Marquis of Zhenbei. But now, looking at the Marquis of Zhenbei's appearance, she hoped that Han Ming would give Shen Pingzhi a good beating.

All the suffering her father is going through now is because of Shen Pingzhi. Shen Tianjiao even feels that if Han Ming doesn't give Shen Pingzhi a good beating, she will do it herself.

"Jiaojiao, why are you here?" The Marquis of Zhenbei, who had consumed a lot of energy fighting the pain in his body, just woke up and saw his daughter sitting beside him with a distressed look on her face, watching over him.

"Dad, you're awake." Shen Tianjiao looked at the Marquis of Zhenbei and forced a smile.

"You kid, I told you not to come, but you refused to listen." Zhenbei Hou patted Shen Tianjiao's hand and said, "Dad is fine. I used to feel tired and sore recently, but now I feel much better."

"Yeah." Shen Tianjiao knew that this was the Marquis of Zhenbei comforting her. Although this insect had the effect of detoxification, it was not a magic pill. How could it be effective so quickly?

"Dad didn't lie to you. I'm really much better." Marquis Zhenbei didn't lie to Shen Tianjiao. He always felt inexplicably tired and sore in recent times.

He thought it was because of his old age, but he didn't expect it was because he was poisoned.

"Dad, does it hurt?" Seeing the haggard face of Zhenbei Hou, Shen Tianjiao burst into tears out of heartache.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, don't cry, don't cry." Seeing his daughter crying, Zhenbei Hou became anxious. He was afraid of two things in his life. One was his wife crying, and the other was Shen Tianjiao crying.

Looking at the anxious Marquis of Zhenbei, Shen Tianjiao quickly wiped away the tears on her face, "Dad, are you hungry? I'll have someone prepare some porridge for you, okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay." As long as Shen Tianjiao doesn't cry, he would be willing to let Marquis Zhenbei eat a cow, let alone drink porridge.