The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Shen Tianjiao was so angry that she had lost her mind. She just wanted to find out who hurt Li Muyang.

"Jiaojiao, you need to calm down first and not panic. Dad can't take charge right now, and my eldest and second brothers haven't come back yet."

There is only one person in charge in the family now. If even you panic, won’t we really be bullied by everyone?"

"Actually, this matter is not difficult to investigate. There are only a few people in the capital who are blind."

"Besides, the child is fine now. What we need to do now is to calm down and think of a solution."

Shen Xinghao usually looks impulsive and unreliable, but in fact, when encountering problems, he is still very steady and reliable.

When Shen Tianjiao looked up at Shen Xinghao, her eyes were already red. She buried her head in Shen Xinghao's shoulder and suddenly burst into tears.

Her crying scared Shen Xinghao directly. Although Shen Tianjiao had been raised in a pampered manner since she was a child, this child would always remain calm and would never cry no matter what happened.

Or perhaps Shen Tianjiao never cries in front of others, and rarely shows her breakdown even in front of her father and brother.

In Shen Xinghao's memory, Shen Tianjiao cried in front of him twice.

One time, when the Marquis of Zhenbei took his brothers and sisters to Yangzhou for a trip, he was assassinated and seriously injured. When he was carried back to the garden where he lived, he was covered in blood and looked like a bloody man.

Shen Tianjiao was only eight or nine years old at the time. It was the first time since she was old enough to understand things that she cried so hard in front of everyone. In the end, she fainted from crying.

The second time she cried in front of her father and brother was when Shen Tianjiao insisted on marrying Li Rui, but the Marquis of Zhenbei disagreed. During the stalemate, the Marquis of Zhenbei said harsh words to Shen Tianjiao.

He said that if Shen Tianjiao insisted on marrying Li Rui, then he would no longer recognize Shen Tianjiao as his daughter.

Shen Tianjiao was crying heartbrokenly at that time. Although she did not faint from crying, her eyes were swollen for more than ten days. She had to stay in her yard and could not go out to see anyone.

So compared to other people crying, Shen Xinghao was more afraid of Shen Tianjiao crying. He felt very uncomfortable at this moment, and all the nerves in his body were tense.

"Jiaojiao, it's okay, it's okay, don't cry, Third Brother is here, and he will definitely catch those people."

"From now on, Third Brother won't go anywhere. I'll just stay by your side and protect you, okay?"

Shen Xinghao held Shen Tianjiao in his arms and coaxed her like a child.

"Third brother, I'm really scared. If something really happens to Mu'er today, what should I do?"

Shen Tianjiao was scared just thinking about it. If Li Muyang hadn't been lucky enough to meet Shen Xinghao today, he might have already...

When Shen Tianjiao thought of this, her body couldn't help but tremble. She now really treated Li Muyang as her own child.

Once people get along for a long time and give to each other, they will develop feelings for each other.

When there are feelings, there will be fetters. When there are fetters, you will feel sad and worried.

Shen Xinghao breathed a sigh of relief. He hugged Shen Tianjiao tightly and said, "Jiaojiao, nothing will happen. Third brother is here. He won't let anything happen to any of you."

"Jiaojiao, the road to becoming a king is not easy. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear the weight."

"Since you have chosen a difficult path for this child, you must be stronger than before."

"What happened today will not stop here. It will only increase in frequency."

"As long as this child doesn't get that position, these kinds of things will keep happening, one after another, and each time they'll be more dangerous than the last."

"This is something that cannot be avoided. What we can do now, besides strengthening our defenses, is to train this child to be someone who can protect himself."

"No matter how well others protect him, it's not as good as him being able to protect himself."

Shen Tianjiao had stopped crying at this time. She looked up at Shen Xinghao. The seemingly unruly brother in front of her was completely different from what she remembered.

He has now become her support and strength. Shen Tianjiao suddenly felt like crying again, but she held it back.

Just as Shen Xinghao said, now is not the time to cry. If she just cries now, her enemies will laugh.

"Third brother, I'm fine, don't worry." Shen Tianjiao looked at Shen Xinghao and forced a smile.

"I'm glad you're okay." Shen Xinghao looked at Shen Tianjiao and suddenly felt that his sister was different from before. Shen Tianjiao was becoming stronger and stronger now.

"Jiaojiao, you stay here and take care of the child. I'm going back to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion right now. After I interrogate those two people and find out who's behind this, I'll arrest them right away."

Shen Xinghao didn't want to wait any longer at this moment. His nephew was almost killed. As an uncle, if he didn't avenge this, he would not be worthy of being an uncle.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Third Brother." Shen Tianjiao looked at Shen Xinghao and felt that it was too tiring for her Third Brother to run back and forth like this.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Little girl, even when you are a hundred years old, your third brother will still be your third brother."

Shen Xinghao reached out and touched Shen Tianjiao's head like he did when they were little. "Let's go and wait for good news from Third Brother."

Shen Tianjiao had just sent Shen Xinghao away when Chunchao came to call her, "Master, the little prince is hysterical and keeps crying for you."

"Let's go." Chunchao's words made Shen Tianjiao anxious, and she almost ran towards the room.

Chunchao had never seen Shen Tianjiao behave so improperly before. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed Shen Tianjiao and started jogging.

As soon as Shen Tianjiao entered the room, she heard Li Muyang crying. She rushed into the room, ran to Li Muyang's side, and picked Li Muyang up from the bed.

"Be good, don't be afraid, mom is here. Don't be afraid, baby." Seeing Li Muyang like this, Shen Tianjiao felt as if her heart was pierced by a knife.

Li Muyang didn't open his eyes, but just kept crying and shouting for Shen Tianjiao.

"Mu'er, Mu'er, open your eyes and look, your mother is here." Shen Tianjiao patted Li Muyang's face gently, trying to wake him up.

Li Muyang was in a daze and fell into a nightmare. He heard Shen Tianjiao's cry, but he wanted to open his eyes but couldn't.

Seeing that she couldn't wake Li Muyang up, Shen Tianjiao panicked. She slapped Li Muyang's face hard. Because of the pain, Li Muyang finally opened his eyes. He saw Shen Tianjiao and called out, "Mother."

Before Shen Tianjiao could respond, he fell asleep again.

Shen Tianjiao touched his head and found that the child had a high fever, the temperature was frighteningly high.

"Chunchao, call the doctor over quickly." Li Muyang has been with Shen Tianjiao for such a long time, and this is the first time he has fallen ill.

Shen Tianjiao doesn't even have experience in taking care of children, let alone taking care of a sick child.

The doctor arrived quickly. After examining the child, he looked at Shen Tianjiao and said, "Miss, this child has a high fever caused by convulsions due to excessive shock."

"I'll give him acupuncture later, and then he should take some medicine to reduce his fever. Once the fever is reduced, he'll be fine."

"It's just that this child is already somewhat weak from birth. After the fever subsides, I'm afraid he'll need to be well cared for for for a while."

The doctor's words made Shen Tianjiao breathe a sigh of relief. "Okay, I understand. This matter must be kept secret and no one else can know."

"Yes, Miss, I will give you acupuncture now." The doctor's original intention was to let Shen Tianjiao step away so as not to scare her.

But how could Shen Tianjiao feel at ease leaving Li Muyang here alone at this time?

"You give me the acupuncture, I'll just watch here." Shen Tianjiao made room so that the doctor could give Li Muyang acupuncture.

Seeing that Shen Tianjiao was unwilling to leave, the doctor didn't say anything more. He asked Chunchao to take off Li Muyang's clothes and took out his silver needles to give Li Muyang acupuncture.

Shen Tianjiao, who had seen real swords and guns on the battlefield and had killed many enemies personally, was so scared that she was shaking all over when she saw the doctor inserting silver needles into Li Muyang's body one by one.

Chunchao felt Shen Tianjiao's fear. She squatted down and knelt beside Shen Tianjiao, holding Shen Tianjiao's hand. Only then did she realize that Shen Tianjiao's hand was frighteningly cold.

It took a long time for the doctor to finally remove all the silver needles from Li Muyang's body. Shen Tianjiao was almost exhausted.

Chunchao ordered someone to boil the medicine, while he stayed with Shen Tianjiao and Li Muyang all the time.

Shen Tianjiao stayed by Li Muyang's side the whole time, staring at him without blinking, as if she was afraid that the child would disappear in the blink of an eye.

After feeding Li Muyang the medicine, Chunchao finally spoke up and advised, "Master, please go and have a rest. I will be guarding here. I will go and call you when the young prince wakes up."

Shen Tianjiao shook her head. "Don't go anywhere. I'll stay here. If Mu'er doesn't see me when he wakes up, he'll cry."

Chunchao wanted to persuade Shen Tianjiao again, but she didn't say a word in the end. She ordered someone to bring a recliner.

After much persuasion, Shen Tianjiao agreed to put the recliner next to Li Muyang's bed. She lay down on it, holding Li Muyang's hand and taking a nap for a while.

When Shen Xinghao returned to the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion, the two survivors confessed everything.

They said that they carried out the assassination at the behest of the Feng family, but before the assassination, they did not know that the person they were going to assassinate was the eldest son of the current emperor.

The Feng family only told them that the person they wanted to assassinate was the son of a wealthy businessman who had a grudge against them, and they promised to give them a large sum of money after the assassination. They dared to carry out the assassination in broad daylight because they were tempted by the money.

Shen Xinghao listened to his subordinate's report and snorted disdainfully, saying, "Are they assassins motivated by wealth, or are they military personnel assigned by someone else?"

"After all, I've been on the battlefield. Can't I tell whether they are ordinary people or trained soldiers?"

"Even though they're on the verge of death, they still dare not tell the truth and fool me. It seems they won't obey unless I give them a little hardship."

"Go, tell the people in the dungeon to torture me to death."

"Also, tell them to cooperate honestly. If I'm in a good mood, I might even spare their lives. If they still refuse to be honest and tell the truth, it won't just be them who die, but their entire family and relatives will also be killed."

"I have killed at least 99,000 enemies on the battlefield, if not 100,000."

"I am not a kindhearted person. I have many methods and ways to deal with them. Let them think carefully, so that their families will not be destroyed and their relatives will not be implicated."

"Yes." The subordinate took the order, turned around and went to the dungeon at high speed.

"Feng family, humph! I still had time to settle accounts with you, but you actually showed up at my door. You can't blame me for this."

"Feng Yuanyuan has bullied my sister in the palace for years, and it's not enough. Today you even dare to kill my nephew. You really think your life is too long."

Shen Xinghao hated the Feng family to the core because Feng Yuanyuan bullied Shen Tianjiao. Now, because Li Muyang almost died at the hands of the Feng family, his hatred for the Feng family increased.

Han Ming, who was handling affairs at Fu Sheng Ruo Meng, ran back to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion as soon as he got the news.

Han Ming rushed into Shen Xinghao's study as soon as he returned. Before he even stepped inside, he asked, "Third Young Master, where is the young prince? Is he okay?"

"Uncle Han, you're back?" Shen Xinghao came back to his senses after hearing Han Ming's voice.

"I'm back, I'm back. With something so serious happening, how could I not come back?" Han Ming was extremely anxious all the way. "Where's the little prince?"

"Uncle Han, don't worry. The child is fine. He was just frightened. He kept crying and wanted to find Jiaojiao, so I sent him to the hot spring villa."

"Jiaojiao is with him now. What could happen if he stays with Jiaojiao?"

Shen Xinghao looked at Han Ming who was running out of breath, quickly stood up, helped him sit on the stool, and poured him a cup of tea.

Han Ming didn't even bother to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and asked anxiously, "Who did it? Have you found the mastermind behind this?"

It was clear from his attitude that if he knew who did it, he would fight to the death.

"The two people we captured said they were ordered by the Feng family. They also said they didn't know they were going to assassinate the Empress's eldest son before they took action."

"But when I fought those people, I realized that they were trained soldiers, not ordinary assassins."

"The Feng family is definitely involved in this matter, but there are other forces behind it. Otherwise, even if they had a hundred more guts, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing."

Li Muyang is now raised by Shen Tianjiao and has become the eldest son of the Queen Mother. This is bound to threaten the status of Feng Yuanyuan's son Li Minghua.

Therefore, the Feng family definitely has the motive to do this, but who is the force behind the Feng family?