The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

In fact, Shen Tianjiao had already woken up when Qiong Niang came and Chunchao ran to greet her.

Although I am awake, I just don’t want to open my eyes. I just want to be alone and quiet.

So Shen Tianjiao heard every word that Qiong Niang and Chunchao said.

Not to mention Chunchao was shocked, even Shen Tianjiao was frightened. This old ancestor in the palace was really brave. From now on, there would probably be another fight in the palace and the court.

Shen Tianjiao didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. It would come sooner or later anyway, so it would be better to end it as soon as possible.

Not far away, Qiong Niang and Chunchao were still chattering and whispering. Shen Tianjiao stretched, stood up and got out of the sedan chair.

She really wanted to sleep a little longer, but the mess was getting bigger and bigger, and she had to get up and clean it up.

Seeing Shen Tianjiao coming out of the sedan chair, Qiong Niang and Chunchao, who were whispering to each other, stopped talking and looked up at Shen Tianjiao.

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen me before or have you done something wrong? If you don't like it, call me."

Shen Tianjiao frowned, pretending to know nothing.

Qiong Niang suddenly became a little nervous. She looked at Shen Tianjiao guiltily and quickly lowered her head.

She was too excited just now. Now when she saw Shen Tianjiao, Qiong Niang remembered that Shen Tianjiao didn't know about the ridiculous things they had done.

If he knew, who knows how angry he would be. Qiong Niang lowered her head and prepared herself mentally to be scolded.

After waiting for a long time, Shen Tianjiao didn't speak, which made Qiong Niang even more panicked. She slowly raised her head and opened one eye to steal a glance at Shen Tianjiao. Unexpectedly, she met Shen Tianjiao's gaze, and she was so scared that she quickly closed her eyes again.

"How come you weren't afraid when you got into trouble, but are afraid now after you've gotten into trouble?" Shen Tianjiao looked at Qiong Niang with both anger and amusement. She raised her hand to hit her, but in the end she didn't do it.

Chunchao was as quiet as a transparent person at this time, not even daring to breathe, for fear of being implicated and scolded.

"You know everything? No, how did you know?" Qiong Niang suddenly opened her eyes and looked up, looking at Shen Tianjiao in disbelief.

She didn't mention this matter, and Qiu Tong was busy and didn't leave the palace, so how did Shen Tianjiao know about it?

Qiong Niang looked at Shen Tianjiao, her mind full of question marks.

"If you two were to speak louder, this wouldn't be necessary because everyone in the palace would have heard it."

Shen Tianjiao rolled her eyes at Qiong Niang and turned to leave.

"You're not angry anymore?" Qiong Niang quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shen Tianjiao's sleeve.

"Are you still afraid that I'll be angry? What's the point of being angry? The brave ones among you have already acted first and asked for permission later. Is there any point in being angry now?"

"I'm warning you, if anything goes wrong with this matter, you'll be responsible. I won't cover it for you."

Shen Tianjiao put on a stern face and tried to pull at her sleeves, but Qiong Niang was pulling so hard that she almost tore her sleeves. She couldn't pull them back, so she simply gave up.

"Please don't be angry, okay?" Qiong Niang put her arm around Shen Tianjiao with a smug look on her face. "I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again next time."

"From now on, I will definitely ask you before doing anything, okay?"

"I was really too impatient this time. When I thought about the person I had to deal with, Feng Yuanyuan, my brain went crazy and I couldn't control myself."

"I think since we have the support of our ancestors, I might as well take this opportunity to get rid of Feng Yuanyuan. This will also save her from causing trouble all day long."

"Also, the thought of Feng Yuanyuan wanting to kill Mu'er makes me feel unhappy. If I don't get rid of this evil, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully."

What Qiong Niang said was the truth. Feng Yuanyuan was like a thorn that pricked people's hearts and made them uncomfortable.

"Then you can't be so rash and impulsive. You used to be a very steady person, but now you're like a little girl, acting rashly and impulsively."

Shen Tianjiao was indeed a little unhappy about this matter. She was not unhappy because Qiong Niang and the others made the decision without discussing it with her.

It's because this matter was done too hastily, with a kind of crazy feeling of not caring about life and death. If it succeeds, everyone will be happy, but if there is the slightest mistake, it will turn into a different result.

Shen Tianjiao can move against the Feng family without any pressure, but she cannot deal with Feng Yuanyuan at will now.

Because Shen Tianjiao is now very sure of one thing, that is, the person standing behind Feng Yuanyuan is Li Hong, and behind Li Hong, in addition to Empress Dowager Liu, there are many complex forces.

These various forces combined cannot be underestimated. If any accident occurs at any step, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Feng Yuanyuan wants to move, Li Hong wants to move, Empress Dowager Liu wants to move, and all the forces behind them want to move, but the timing is not right. What they need now is to wait rather than rush.

"I already know I was wrong, so please don't be angry, okay?" After her impulsive behavior, Qiong Niang calmed down and felt really regretful.

Ruan Yuhu is powerful, but Feng Yuanyuan and the forces behind her cannot be underestimated. The reason why Feng Yuanyuan has been able to stay in the palace for many years is not just because of her face.

"Then Jiaojiao, what should we do now?" Qiong Niang was a little panicked. If something went wrong in this matter, they would not only lose more than they gained, but would also be in big trouble.

"What else can we do? We can only take the initiative now." Shen Tianjiao raised her head and looked into the distance, saying, "Let's go to Jinyang Palace to see Concubine Feng."

"I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss her a little bit. And the Second Prince, I can't even remember what he looks like."

"As a prince, yet he doesn't come to pay his respects to his stepmother, and doesn't serve her. Has Concubine Feng taught the rules to dogs?"

Qiong Niang looked at Shen Tianjiao and suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Shen Tianjiao took her to the outside of Jinyang Palace to meet Li Minghua by chance.

Because they didn't meet by chance at that time, the two of them wandered to Biluo Lake and rescued a little palace maid who was almost drowned in the pond.

Later, when she returned to Yuxiu Palace, she asked someone to paint a portrait of Li Minghua and sent it to Shen Tianjiao for her to see.

These things, plus what Ruan Yuhu said last night, made Qiong Niang's heart tremble. Could it be that what Ruan Yuhu said was all true?

It was not as they imagined, that he was just talking nonsense and framing Feng Yuanyuan to bring her down.

Thinking of this, Qiong Niang couldn't help but scream in her heart: "Oh my God, something that I dare not write in the storybook is actually happening right before my eyes!"

If this is true, then the harem is going to change.

"What are you in a daze for? Hurry up and leave." Shen Tianjiao urged Qiong Niang, who was standing there motionless.

Qiong Niang came to her senses and quickly ran two small steps to catch up with Shen Tianjiao. She took Shen Tianjiao's arm and whispered in a low voice: "Jiaojiao, what the ancestor said is true, right? You knew it a long time ago, right?"

Shen Tianjiao nodded and said calmly, "I don't know whether she has an affair with another man, but she can't be wronged for not knowing that Li Minghua is not Li Rui's son."

Qiong Niang trembled all over and suddenly became nervous. She tightly grasped Shen Tianjiao's arm and pinched Shen Tianjiao without realizing it, causing her pain.

Shen Tianjiao raised her hand and slapped Qiong Niang's hand, "Can you calm down? If you keep pinching me, my arm will be broken."

"Oh." Qiong Niang quickly let go of Shen Tianjiao's arm and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Something's going on. Otherwise, you'd better not go. Just let Chunchao go with me."

Shen Tianjiao looked at Qiong Niang, who was completely out of shape, and was a little worried that something might happen to her if she went to Jinyang Palace.

"I'm fine, I can do it." Qiong Niang quickly cheered up. What could be more comforting to her than being able to witness the defeat of her enemy with her own eyes?

Qiong Niang didn't want to miss this scene at all. She had been waiting for this moment for too long.

Shen Tianjiao glanced at Qiong Niang. She could now roughly understand Qiong Niang's feelings. One of the motivations that kept Qiong Niang alive all these years was that she wanted to see Feng Yuanyuan suffer retribution.

After waiting for so long, when this moment finally comes, it is normal to feel so disappointed and unable to accept it.

"If you want to go, you must adjust your mentality and don't let others see any clues."

"Feng Yuanyuan has Li Hong and Empress Dowager Liu behind her. We may not be able to bring her down this time. You should be mentally prepared."

Things are still undecided now. No one knows what will happen or what the final result will be. It is better to be prepared in advance, so as to avoid the situation being too different from what you expected and causing trouble.

"I know, Jiaojiao. We'll do our best and leave the rest to fate. Even if we don't succeed this time, it doesn't matter. After all, we have a long way to go and plenty of time and opportunities."

Feng Yuanyuan is not that combative. Qiong Niang has known about this for a long time. After all, she and Feng Yuanyuan have been mortal enemies for many years.

If you were to ask who in the palace knows Feng Yuanyuan best, it would be her.

She is not in a hurry, she can wait slowly.

"Okay, come with me." Shen Tianjiao didn't say anything else, and the three of them went to Jinyang Palace together.

Feng Yuanyuan, who was sitting in Jinyang Palace, suddenly began to feel uneasy for no reason.

She has always been a very superstitious person, and this sudden uneasiness made her feel uneasy.

These days, she has been encountering obstacles everywhere, whether with Shen Tianjiao or Li Rui, and has suffered a lot of setbacks.

This made her, who had never known how to keep to herself, start to keep a low profile.

So she decided to keep quiet for a few days and think carefully about how to win back Li Rui's heart and how to trample Shen Tianjiao into the dust so that Shen Tianjiao could never stand up again.

Feng Yuanyuan, who didn't know that she was being cheated by her father, couldn't understand why she felt such a strong sense of unease when she had been so low-key.

The young eunuch guarding the gate of Jinyang Palace was so stunned that he didn't know what to do when he saw Shen Tianjiao coming.

"What a bold little servant! He refused to kneel and pay obeisance to the Empress. Are you plotting rebellion?"

Chunchao saw the young eunuch guarding the gate standing there in a daze, so he walked up to him and scolded him angrily.

The young eunuch, who was angrily scolded by Chunchao, came to his senses and quickly knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I, you, I, you..."

"That's enough. You're stuttering so much that you can't even speak clearly. Just go and kneel down." Chunchao showed her authority as the chief steward of Yuxiu Palace. She stepped forward and kicked the young eunuch, asking him to kneel down.

After clearing the obstacles, Chunchao led the way, followed by Shen Tianjiao and Qiong Niang, and the three of them swaggered into Jinyang Palace.

Now it was the unfortunate little eunuch's turn to be dumbfounded. His master, Concubine Feng, had ordered that no one, no matter who came, would be allowed to enter the gate of Jinyang Palace during these days.

But the person who just came was the Queen Mother. Even if he had a hundred courage, he would not dare to stop the Queen Mother outside Jinyang Palace and not let her in.

Thinking of this, the young eunuch couldn't help but touch his butt. This time, he was doomed to be beaten with a stick.

The three of them walked along the way, and no one dared to stop them, all the way to Feng Yuanyuan's Yaoxing Pavilion.

When Mei Xue saw Shen Tianjiao coming, her expression froze and she stood there motionless.

Chunchao glanced at Meixue angrily and said, "Why, are all the people in Jinyang Palace fools? Every Feng Du acts like an idiot."

"Seeing the Empress coming, why don't you kneel down and pay your respects? Do you think your life is not long enough?"

"Oh." Mei Xue quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Your servant pays respects to the Empress, may the Empress be blessed with good health."

Feng Yuanyuan, who was quietly thinking about her own things in the room, couldn't help but get angry when she heard the noise outside. She had a bad temper to begin with, and it had become even more irritable in recent days.

"What are you arguing about? A bunch of useless people, can't you even be quiet?"

Feng Yuanyuan rushed out of the room angrily, and started cursing without even seeing anything clearly.

"Noble Concubine Feng is really quite irritable. Would you like me to summon the imperial physician to prescribe some heat-clearing and fire-reducing medicine for you?"

Shen Tianjiao looked at the woman in front of her who looked like a mad woman. There was no trace of her former beauty and charm.

"Shen, Shen Tianjiao, why are you here?" Feng Yuanyuan looked at Shen Tianjiao with wide eyes. No wonder she felt uneasy just now. It turned out that Shen Tianjiao, her nemesis, came.

"Your Highness, I'm overstepping my bounds. You can't address the Empress by her name!"

Ever since Shen Tianjiao stood up, Chunchao also stood up.

"Why didn't the Imperial Concubine kneel and pay her respects to the Empress when she saw her? Did she want to be punished by kneeling as well?"

Chunchao saw that Feng Yuanyuan was also standing there motionless. All the grievances that Shen Tianjiao had suffered in the past flashed through her mind. She could no longer bear it and started yelling at Feng Yuanyuan.

Feng Yuanyuan had never suffered such humiliation before. She was scolded by a palace maid in front of everyone.

She couldn't stand this. Fuming, Feng Yuanyuan rushed to Chunchao and cursed, "You blind slave, who do you think you are? You actually yelled at me. Don't you want to live?"