The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Chaoyun feels at peace and happy."

"Chao Yun was born in a humble family. I grew up without a father or mother and no one cared for me. But now I have friends and family by my side. They have given me dignity and respect as a human being, and also given me the love and care I have never had before."

"Chao Yun is already very happy. People shouldn't be too greedy. If they are too greedy, they will suffer retribution."

When Chao Yun said these words, his face was filled with peace and gentleness.

But her words sounded particularly harsh and heartbreaking to Shen Tianjiao. Some people in this world are born with countless glories, but some people's greatest wish is just to be alive.

"Silly girl, do you believe that I won't let anything happen to you?" Shen Tianjiao looked at Chao Yun. At this moment, all the hatred she had for Chao Yun disappeared.

Even though Chao Yun had done wrong things in the past, it was only because he was forced to do so in order to survive.

Even ants try to survive, let alone humans?

"Well, I believe that the Queen will let me survive." Chao Yun smiled calmly. It didn't matter to her whether she survived or not. She was ready to wait for death.

She was already very satisfied to think that there were people in this world who were sad because of her death and occasionally felt sentimental because of her.

"You should have a good rest. If you need anything, tell Bai Yunchi." If Shen Tianjiao doesn't want Chao Yun to die, she must act quickly.

"Empress, Chaoyun has something to ask of you." Seeing Shen Tianjiao was about to leave, Chaoyun hurriedly stood up and stopped her.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Shen Tianjiao stopped, turned around and looked at Chao Yun and asked.

"Could you please not tell Bai Yunchi about this?" Chao Yun said this in a very unconfident manner, as if she was afraid that her secret feelings would be discovered and she would be exposed and laughed at.

Shen Tianjiao understood what was going on when she saw Chao Yun's expression. Putting aside Bai Yunchi's appearance, there were few girls who would dislike him.

Not to mention Bai Yunchi's meticulous care and consideration for Chaoyun these days. Even after a long time, he could fall in love with her. With such a handsome young man by her side, it is understandable that the girl would be tempted by love.

"Okay, I won't tell him." Shen Tianjiao didn't think there was anything wrong with this. If two people really had feelings for each other, it would be a good thing.

"Chao Yun didn't mean anything else, she was just afraid that he would be anxious if he knew." Chao Yun blushed and lowered her head, speaking in a lower voice.

She explained in such a hurry because she was afraid that Shen Tianjiao would misunderstand and think that she was trying to marry someone above her station.

Her strong and severe inferiority complex does not allow her to express her feelings in front of outsiders.

She did like Bai Yunchi, but she didn't need others to know about this love, and she certainly didn't need Bai Yunchi to know or respond.

She just needs to treasure this feeling in her heart and guard it silently.

Shen Tianjiao looked up at Chao Yun. She could roughly understand Chao Yun's mood at the moment.

"Well, I know. I won't tell him. You can rest assured."

After Shen Tianjiao said this, she turned around and left. This was the greatest respect and dignity she could give to Chao Yun.

Li Muyang took Li Muyan to visit the hot spring villa for most of the time. As they walked, Li Muyang introduced the place to his sister, not caring whether she could understand him or not.

The two children were walking around and talking excitedly. Li Muyang was too excited and accidentally bumped into someone.

Before Li Muyang could react, the person he bumped into hugged him in his arms.

Li Muyang, who was still in shock, calmed down when he saw clearly who was hugging him.

Looking at the face that was about 70% similar to his mother, he knew that this must be one of the two uncles he had never met.

Compared to the 50% resemblance between Shen Xinghao and Shen Tianjiao, Shen Tingzhi and Shen Tianjiao are the most similar among the four siblings. Some people would even believe that they are twins.

Li Muyang stared at Shen Tingzhi blankly without saying a word. He didn't say anything not because he was scared, but because he didn't know which uncle this was and didn't know how to address him.

"What's wrong, little guy? Are you scared?" Shen Tingzhi looked at Li Muyang who was staring at him stupidly in his arms, and thought he was scared.

Li Muyang shook his head and said, "I'm not scared, I'm just wondering which uncle you are of mine?"

Shen Tingzhi was amused by Li Muyang's words. This kid was quite interesting, much better than he had imagined. "I am your second uncle, Shen Tingzhi."

"Hello, second uncle. Mu'er greets you." Li Muyang looked at Shen Tingzhi, serious like a little adult.

"Okay, okay, okay, your second uncle has brought you a gift. I'll take you to open it later."

Ever since he knew that Shen Tianjiao raised Li Muyang, Shen Tingzhi often wondered what kind of child Li Muyang was.

If he has a bad temper, his sister will suffer more in the future.

But now that he has met Li Muyang, Shen Tingzhi feels a little relieved. He doesn't know what this kid's temperament is like, but at least he is smart.

"Come, let me hug you too." Shen Yiyang followed and took Li Muyang from Shen Tingzhi's arms.

Li Muyang looked at Shen Yiyang and called out without hesitation, "Hello, uncle."

"How do you know I'm your uncle's?" After Shen Yiyang asked this question, he smiled embarrassedly.

Shen Tianjiao has three brothers in total. Li Muyang already knows his third uncle, and he also knows that the one who hugged him just now was his second uncle, so he is the only one left, so he is naturally the eldest uncle.

"What kind of stupid questions are you asking as your uncle?" Shen Tingzhi teased his elder brother with a smile.

"If you don't get beaten for three days, you'll go crazy, right?" Shen Yiyang glared at Shen Tingzhi, showing his authority as the eldest brother.

"I dare not, I dare not." Shen Tingzhi smiled and waved his hands at Shen Yiyang.

While the two brothers were laughing and playing, Li Muyan, who was ignored by the side, started howling at them.

"Hey, who is this little kid?" Shen Tingzhi asked curiously as he looked at Li Muyan who was dancing with joy.

"Second uncle, that's my sister." Li Muyang spoke without waiting for the nanny beside him to answer.

"Sister?" Brothers Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi exchanged a glance. They already knew about Li Muyang's nephew, but how come there was also a niece? And no one told them?

"Yes, it's my younger sister. She is also the daughter of the Queen Mother." Li Muyang looked at Li Muyan and said, "Her name is Li Muyan, and her nickname is An'an. The Emperor just conferred her the title of Princess Pingyang."

"What princess? Princess Pingyang?" Shen Tingzhi widened his eyes. For a moment he thought he had misheard. Oh my god, Princess Pingyang, this little kid?

"Yes, it's Princess Pingyang. It was my mother who asked my father to confer the title on her." Li Muyang nodded seriously.

The two brothers still couldn't believe it. What virtue did this little girl have to be canonized as Princess Pingyang?

Since its founding, the Yunli Kingdom has only enthroned two Princesses Pingyang, both of whom had made outstanding military achievements and made great contributions to the establishment of the Yunli Kingdom.

This little baby in front of me should still be breastfeeding, but she became Princess Pingyang. This is really incredible.

What on earth was their sister thinking? The two brothers looked at each other and shook their heads.

What they could never have imagined was that the little baby in front of them would become a great general guarding a region in the future, worthy of the title of Princess Pingyang. Of course, this is a story for later.

Li Muyan, who had always been neglected, saw her brother and two uncles talking and ignoring her, and she pouted and cried unhappily.

When they saw Li Muyan crying, Li Muyang, Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi were all panicked. Shen Tingzhi quickly walked over and hugged the crying Li Muyan in his arms.

Shen Tingzhi had never taken care of a child before. He clumsily patted Li Muyan's back and coaxed her softly, "Okay, dear, don't cry. Our name is An An, right? An An, don't cry. Uncle will take you out to play, okay?"

Li Muyan lay on Shen Tingzhi's shoulder, hiccuped, sobbed a few times in grievance, and then stopped crying.

This made the nanny, who was about to ask Shen Tianjiao for help, so shocked that she couldn't believe what she saw.

Their little princess, although small in size, has a bad temper. Once she starts crying, she will cry endlessly and no one can comfort her. Only her mother, Queen Shen Tianjiao, can stop her from crying.

This is something that no one except the Queen can do, but now Lord Shen has done it. No one would believe it if you told others about it.

"Don't cry anymore." Seeing the little baby lying on their shoulders stopped crying, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"What are you guys doing here now? The food has been prepared a long time ago. It will get cold if you don't eat it now."

Shen Tianjiao heard the servants come to report that Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi had returned, but after waiting for half a day, no one showed up. Shen Tianjiao could not sit still and went out to look for them. Unexpectedly, she saw the four of them, the nephew and the uncle, together.

Hearing Shen Tianjiao's voice, Shen Tingzhi was the first to turn around, followed by Shen Yiyang. The two brothers' eyes suddenly became red when they looked at their sister whom they had not seen for many years.

"Jiaojiao." Shen Tingzhi called out Jiaojiao, then choked up and couldn't speak anymore. The same was true for Shen Yiyang.

Seeing her two brothers like this, Shen Tianjiao felt uncomfortable. Although she was not the original body, her soul had been fused with this body for too long. She could deeply feel the original body's true feelings.

"Brother, brother, welcome home." Shen Tianjiao choked up and walked forward to hug Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi.

"Hey, I'm back." Shen Tingzhi touched his face, looked at Shen Tianjiao and said with a smile: "It's been six years since we last met. Our Jiaojiao has grown up and has become a mother."

"What else?" Shen Tianjiao responded with tears in her eyes and a smile: "Can I still be a child forever?"

"Don't listen to him, your second brother, he only knows how to tell the truth and act like a fool all day long." Shen Yiyang immediately avenged the bad things Shen Tingzhi had said about him.

Shen Tingzhi looked back at Shen Yiyang and said, "Forget it. I'm happy to see Jiaojiao today, so I won't bother with you anymore."

"Alright, you two, do you have to quarrel as soon as you meet?" Shen Tianjiao stepped forward and took her eldest and second brothers' arms, saying, "Let's go, let's eat. You've been traveling so hard, aren't you hungry?"

"I've been waiting for you two to come back for dinner, and I've been starving until now."

When the two brothers heard their sister say she was hungry, they stopped arguing and started clamoring to eat.

"Jiaojiao, where is Daddy?" Shen Yiyang was very confused on the way to the hot spring villa. Since their mother passed away, his father had never set foot in the hot spring villa again.

What happened today? Why did you suddenly end up in this hot spring villa?

"Yeah, why haven't I seen my father?" Shen Tingzhi was also confused.

"Dad, he has something to do and will be back soon. He told us to go eat first and not wait for him."

Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi had just returned. Shen Tianjiao didn't want to ruin their good mood after being away from home for a long time, so she decided to postpone the news of Zhenbei Hou's poisoning and recovery until after the reunion dinner.

"Oh, so that's it." Although they were confused, since Shen Tianjiao had already said so, the two brothers didn't think much about it.

The three siblings and two children walked to the dining room noisily, talking and laughing all the way.

Today's dishes were all prepared by Dongyang, and they were all the dishes that Shen Yiyang and Shen Tingzhi liked to eat. In order to let her two brothers have a delicious meal when they returned home, Shen Tianjiao specially brought Dongyang out of the palace.

"Wow, is the meal today so sumptuous? It's even more sumptuous than what we had during Chinese New Year." Looking at the dishes on the table, Shen Tingzhi was really a little surprised.

It wasn't that he was ignorant and making a fuss, it was just that the dishes on the table were too many varieties and too rich.

Although the three brothers of the Shen family were all born in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, a century-old aristocratic family, they did not inherit the habits of luxurious feasting and entertainment of those young masters from aristocratic families. They have always lived a low-key and simple life.

This is not only related to the teachings of Zhenbei Hou, but also to their own character.

"A lot? Not much. You two haven't been back for years. You have to eat something good when you come back."

When Shen Tianjiao saw so many dishes, she was actually shocked. She was shocked but couldn't say it out loud for fear of adding to the psychological burden on her two brothers.

Dongyang is such an annoying girl. Shen Tianjiao couldn't help but complain in her heart. She told her to prepare something more sumptuous, but she didn't ask her to prepare such a sumptuous meal. The standard was much higher than the annual banquet hosted by the royal family for ministers.

"Alright, hurry up and eat. Eat more. Don't let your sister down."

Wouldn’t it be a shame to waste it if you don’t eat it after you’ve cooked it?

Shen Yiyang nodded at Shen Tingzhi and said, "Eat quickly, this is Jiaojiao's gift."

Seeing his elder brother picking up his chopsticks, Shen Tingzhi also picked up his chopsticks and started eating.