The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

"Empress Feng is so majestic." Shen Tianjiao, who didn't want to see Feng Yuanyuan go crazy again, spoke up.

"You didn't even greet me when you saw me, but you addressed me by my name. This is a crime of great disrespect."

"Such disrespect is a violation of the law and should be punished with caning and confinement to the palace for three months."

"As the head of a palace, Concubine Feng, you should be a role model for everyone and set an example yourself. However, you are committing a crime knowingly and deliberately. Your crime is even more serious."

"The punishment will be doubled. Although the death penalty will be pardoned, the living punishment will not be evaded. From today on, Jinyang Palace will be closed for reflection. No one is allowed to leave Jinyang Palace. Anyone who disobeys this order will be killed without mercy!"

Shen Tianjiao was filled with murderous aura at this moment. When she said this, no one dared to refute her. Even Feng Yuanyuan, who had been so arrogant just now, became quiet.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Shen Tianjiao was too lazy to say anything more. She took Qiong Niang and Chunchao and swaggered towards the main hall.

Seeing this, Mei Xue quickly walked over to Feng Yuanyuan, gently pushed her, and called out, "My Lady."

"Ah." Feng Yuanyuan reacted quickly and chased after him, shouting, "Shen Tianjiao, you..."

Before Feng Yuanyuan could finish her words, Shen Tianjiao said, "Chunchao, slap your face! If you don't, Concubine Feng won't learn her lesson. She can't just call me by my name."

As soon as Shen Tianjiao finished her order, Chunchao stepped forward and slapped Feng Yuanyuan in the face. Feng Yuanyuan was dazed from the slap and was about to scold Chunchao, but Chunchao didn't even give her the chance and stepped forward and slapped her several more times.

Feng Yuanyuan was completely dumbfounded. She had never suffered such humiliation in her life.

"Noble Concubine Feng, I have a word of advice for you. You'd better come in and apologize to the Empress, otherwise..."

Chunchao said half of what he meant and kept the other half, leaving Feng Yuanyuan to figure it out on her own.

Feng Yuanyuan stood there, covering her face. "Your Majesty, the Queen wouldn't come to the palace for no reason. You'd better go in and apologize."

"Things are different now. The Empress isn't even afraid of the Emperor anymore. How could she be afraid of you?"

"The young master is still in the Ministry of Punishment. Your Majesty, if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the young master."

Mei Xue's words calmed Feng Yuanyuan down and made her sober. Yes, things are different now. Even Li Rui is afraid of Shen Tianjiao now. What can she use to fight this woman?

"Empress, let's go." Mei Xue stepped forward to support Feng Yuanyuan and helped her go in.

When Feng Yuanyuan came in, Shen Tianjiao was already sitting in the main seat, waiting for her.

Shen Tianjiao looked at Feng Yuanyuan, waiting for her to give in.

Feng Yuanyuan was full of grievances but she didn't dare to vent her anger at this time. Mei Xue was right just now. Her brother Feng Jie's life was still in the hands of Shen Tianjiao. If she disobeyed Shen Tianjiao again at this time, I am afraid her brother would really die.

"Your Majesty, I was wrong. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me. I will definitely change my ways and will be respectful and obedient from now on. I will not dare to overstep my bounds again."

Looking at Feng Yuanyuan who was humble and submissive in front of her, Shen Tianjiao felt mixed emotions for a moment and couldn't tell what she felt.

But Qiong Niang was in a different mood. Feng Yuanyuan had bullied her a lot in those years. Now seeing her like this, Qiong Niang suddenly felt relieved.

It's time to let go of the past. What she needs to do now is to start over and become stronger day by day. Her former enemies will eventually get the retribution they deserve.

Shen Tianjiao glanced at Feng Yuanyuan. This vicious woman who had humiliated the original body countless times was now nothing more than a poor creature without her backer Li Rui.

"Meixue, go and bring the Second Prince here. Concubine Feng is not virtuous and is not suitable to raise the Second Prince at the moment. I will raise him for now."

Shen Tianjiao's response was not a discussion or an inquiry, but an order.

Feng Yuanyuan thought that since she had been so humble, Shen Tianjiao would let her go, but she didn't expect that Shen Tianjiao would actually take her son away.

This was too much to bear. Feng Yuanyuan didn't even wait for Shen Tianjiao to ask her to stand up. She stood up on her own.

"Your Majesty." Mei Xue quickly grabbed Feng Yuanyuan. She was really afraid that her master still couldn't distinguish the priorities. If she continued to speak nonsense and completely offended the Empress, she would be in trouble.

Feng Yuanyuan, who was held by Mei Xue, swallowed back what she wanted to say.

"I beg the Empress to show mercy. Hua'er has been raised by my side since he was young and has never left me. I beg you to consider his young age and revoke your order and let the child stay with me."

Li Minghua is now the biggest bargaining chip in Feng Yuanyuan's hand. She can't lose her son no matter who she loses.

Without this son as her trump card, her situation would probably be even worse than it is now.

Shen Tianjiao stared at Feng Yuanyuan and said, "Why, Concubine Feng, are you afraid that I will abuse the Second Prince? Oh, no, I'm afraid you're afraid that I will poison him to death, right?"

"Your Highness, that's not what I meant." Feng Yuanyuan could already feel at this time that Shen Tianjiao came with ill intentions today and had a purpose.

"That's not what I mean. What does that mean?" Shen Tianjiao's tone was calm, but with a strong sense of oppression.

"Don't worry, I'm not a cruel, ruthless, and inhumane person like you. I will take good care of the Second Prince for you."

"Empress, you can't do this. Hua'er is my son, and I am his mother. He can't live without me, and I can't live without him."

"Your Majesty, if you are angry, feel free to vent it on me. I can endure anything. I just ask you not to involve Hua'er. He is still a child and has done nothing wrong."

Feng Yuanyuan looked calm on the surface, but she was extremely panicked inside.

"Your child is young and cannot leave you. Is your child an innocent child?"

"Hmph! Just because my child can leave me, does that mean he should be treated as he pleases? He's not an innocent child anymore?"

Thinking that Li Muyang was almost killed, Shen Tianjiao couldn't control her inner anger. If it wasn't a hindrance to her status, she would have wanted to beat Feng Yuanyuan up.

Feng Yuanyuan raised her head and looked at Shen Tianjiao with confusion in her eyes, not knowing what Shen Tianjiao was talking about.

This time it wasn't that Feng Yuanyuan had good acting skills and pretended to be innocent, but she really didn't know that Feng Dafu had teamed up with Li Hong to assassinate Li Muyang.

Feng Dafu's actions this time did not give Feng Yuanyuan any clue at all.

Because Feng Dafu originally thought that after the assassination of Li Muyang was successful, he could go to Feng Yuanyuan to take credit for it, and use this opportunity to ask for more benefits from Feng Yuanyuan.

It’s a pity that because the mission failed, not only did Feng Dafu’s plan fail, but Feng Yuanyuan was also implicated.

"What does the Queen mean by this?" Feng Yuanyuan quickly thought over everything that had happened recently in her mind. She didn't do anything that she shouldn't have done, right?

She had rarely even visited Yuxiu Palace recently, and hadn't even seen Li Muyang. What did Shen Tianjiao mean by this? Could it be that something had happened to Li Muyang, and Shen Tianjiao was blaming herself for it?

Looking at Feng Yuanyuan's expression, Shen Tianjiao realized that Feng Yuanyuan really didn't know about the assassination attempt on Li Muyang.

Come to think of it, Feng Yuanyuan is not the brainless Feng Dafu. If she wants to harm Li Muyang, she has more opportunities in the palace than outside the palace.

Moreover, she could clearly let Li Muyang die in the dark and prevent herself from being implicated, so how could she be so stupid as to assassinate Li Muyang in the street?

Once the assassination of Li Muyang is exposed, the first person to be in trouble will be Feng Yuanyuan. Feng Yuanyuan is a little stupid sometimes, but she can't distinguish the important from the unimportant.

Shen Tianjiao took out the evidence given to her by Wang, which showed that Feng Dafu and Li Hong were plotting to assassinate Li Muyang, and directly put the blame on Feng Yuanyuan.

Mei Xue picked up the things that fell on the ground and handed them to Feng Yuanyuan. After seeing them, Feng Yuanyuan's face turned pale and she almost fainted.

Her father is simply a stupid teammate who is always causing trouble instead of helping her. He never thinks about how to help her, but only how to harm her.

Why is her life so miserable? Why did she meet such an unreliable and stupid father?

Feng Yuanyuan could already foresee how miserable she would be in the near future.

"Yesterday, Mu'er was assassinated in the street. It was your father and Prince Qing who sent people to do it."

"You should be thankful that you happened to meet my third brother, who saved Mu'er. Otherwise, not only the entire Feng family, but also Concubine Feng, would be imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment."

Shen Tianjiao looked at Feng Yuanyuan whose face changed. This was the first time in her life that she saw Feng Yuanyuan so out of control.

In Shen Tianjiao's memory, Feng Yuanyuan has always been the one who dressed exquisitely and appropriately, and was arrogant and domineering.

Seeing Feng Yuanyuan like this, Shen Tianjiao felt a little sorry for her. Although Concubine Feng seemed to be in the best position, she also had her own sadness and helplessness.

"Li Hong dragged Feng Dafu into this situation, clearly intending for your Feng family to be his scapegoat."

"So this time Feng Dafu will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. However, I do not want to implicate innocent people. Apart from Feng Dafu, I will consider letting the rest of the Feng family go."

"Empress Feng, please prepare yourself mentally and send your father off."

What Shen Tianjiao said to Feng Yuanyuan contained a warning, telling Feng Yuanyuan to be law-abiding and not to try to change anything.

She, Shen Tianjiao, can let the Feng family go, or she can change her mind at any time and kill the Feng family.

Feng Yuanyuan slumped on the ground. At this moment, she was like a person who had lost consciousness and had no sense of what was happening in the outside world.

No matter how bad Feng Dafu is, he is still her father. If he really dies, she will truly become an orphan without parents and even a home.

"Meixue, go and bring the Second Prince here. I want to go back."

Shen Tianjiao no longer paid attention to Feng Yuanyuan who was lying on the ground. She still had to go back to Yuxiu Palace. There were many things waiting for her to do.

Feng Yuanyuan, who was already collapsed on the ground, jumped up from the ground as if she had been stimulated when she heard Shen Tianjiao say that she was going to take Li Minghua away.

She opened her arms and stood in front of Shen Tianjiao, saying, "No one can take my Hua'er away today. If you want to take Hua'er away, you have to step over my dead body."

Shen Tianjiao smiled and said, "Okay, Meixue, take Chunchao with you to take care of the Second Prince."

She turned to look at Qiong Niang again, "You go wait outside. I have a few words to say to Concubine Feng."

The other three people in the room left after receiving Shen Tianjiao's order, leaving only Shen Tianjiao and Feng Yuanyuan.

The scene of the two people looking at each other is really weird. Neither of them probably thought that they would get along like this today.

"Noble Concubine Feng, I am taking the Second Prince away for both his and your own good."

Shen Tianjiao didn't want to say anything more to Feng Yuanyuan. Feng Yuanyuan was in such a state that she was afraid she could not bear any more stimulation.

Feng Yuanyuan’s life or death doesn’t matter to Shen Tianjiao, but Feng Yuanyuan cannot die now. If she dies, the rest of the story will not be able to go on.

"For Hua'er's good, for my own good? Oh, the Queen is truly kindhearted. It's a pity that we mother and son don't need it."

"Hua'er is my son. We, mother and son, will be together in life and death."

Feng Yuanyuan knew that Feng Dafu's life could not be saved this time no matter what. Now she only had Li Minghua, her closest person, and she could not let Li Minghua leave her again.

Shen Tianjiao originally didn't want to argue with Feng Yuanyuan, nor did she want to get entangled with her, but looking at the situation in front of her, Feng Yuanyuan was not willing to give up easily.

Since you refuse to give up and insist on fighting to the end, I have no choice but to use my ultimate move.

"Humph! Li Minghua shouldn't be your Concubine Feng's biological son, right? Your son, no, it should be your daughter."

"Wasn't he already dead at birth? How could a child who had already died be Li Minghua?"

To kill someone, you must destroy their heart. Shen Tianjiao wanted to hit Feng Yuanyuan's sore spot directly so that she could wake up.

Feng Yuanyuan couldn't help but tremble all over. She bit her lips and forced herself to calm down.

"Where did your Majesty hear this ridiculous thing from? Hua'er was born from my belly. How could I, as a mother, be mistaken?"

"Daughter? What daughter? What exactly are you talking about, Your Majesty? I don't understand."

If there was a bronze mirror in front of her, Feng Yuanyuan would definitely see her body trembling uncontrollably and the expression of forced calm on her face.

Shen Tianjiao raised the corner of her mouth, looked at Feng Yuanyuan with disdain, and said: "Whether this matter is hearsay or not, whether it is true or not, Concubine Feng should know better than anyone else."

"There are people outside the palace saying that you, Concubine Feng, are having an affair with someone and are confusing the royal bloodline. This rumor should reach the palace soon."

"If the emperor heard this, do you think he would let your Hua'er live well? After all, Li Minghua doesn't look like him at all."

Feng Yuanyuan's body went limp and she almost fell to the ground. If Li Rui knew about this, neither she nor Li Minghua would be able to survive.