The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

"When you go to Yuxiu Palace, tell her that you are following my orders and ask her to come quickly." Li Rui had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. He annoyedly tore off the brocade quilt on his body and threw it on the ground.

Huang Chunhua opened her mouth but swallowed what she wanted to say. "Your Majesty, please be patient. I will go and invite the Empress over."

The news of the Queen's house cleaning today spread throughout the harem, and Huang Chunhua naturally knew about it. Although he did not go to see it in person in Taihe Hall, the spies around him had already told him everything they saw.

Huang Chunhua suddenly had a very strange feeling in her heart. Not only was the situation in the palace about to change, but she was afraid... She shook her head and dared not think about it anymore.

After retreating from the bedroom, Huang Chunhua looked up to the sky and sighed. When the gods fight, the little ghosts suffer. Life will be difficult from now on.

"Master." Huang Chunhua's apprentice Changqing stepped forward to support him.

"Well, you come with me to Yuxiu Palace. Be smart and don't bring bad luck. The Queen has been in a bad mood recently." Huang Chunhua was forced to do so. Otherwise, whoever wanted to go on this unlucky mission could do it.

When Huang Chunhua arrived at Yuxiu Palace, the palace servants were cleaning up the bloodstains on the ground. The four people who had just been beaten to death in front of them. The scene was so shocking that they would never forget it for the rest of their lives.

Huang Chunhua, who had worked in the palace for most of his life and served two emperors, had seen all kinds of dirty things in the palace, but this was the first time he had seen a scene like today.

This completely overturned Huang Chunhua's previous understanding of Shen Tianjiao. He was already cautious, and now he was even more alert, fearing that he would accidentally offend the angry Queen and suffer a great disaster.

"Empress." In front of Shen Tianjiao, Huang Chunhua felt real awe for the first time, which he had never felt towards the late emperor or the current emperor.

Shen Tianjiao leaned on the beauty couch, supporting her head with her hands and staring at Huang Chunhua absentmindedly.

There was no harsh words, no use of both kindness and force, but just staring at her was enough to make Huang Chunhua feel cold and uneasy.

Shen Tianjiao understood Huang Chunhua's purpose of coming to Yuxiu Palace even without him saying it.

"Eunuch Huang, go back and tell the emperor that I am ill and cannot go to attend to him." Since they have already fallen out, there is no need to be polite to each other. Executing decisively is Shen Tianjiao's current style.

"Your Majesty," Huang Chunhua raised her head and said with some embarrassment, "The imperial physician said that the emperor's body can no longer withstand the stress. If you don't take care of the affairs of the palace, something terrible will happen."

"Eunuch Huang, you're being too kind." Shen Tianjiao smiled slightly. "Besides this useless queen like me, there are also Noble Consort Feng, Consort Mei, Consort Liang, Consort Jing, and Noble Lady Wan... With these ladies here, are you still worried that there's no one to run the palace?"

Huang Chunhua swallowed nervously, "Your Majesty, the Emperor said that you are the Empress in charge of the Central Palace and his legitimate wife. No one else can take on such an important responsibility."

"If it weren't for the Emperor, Concubine Feng wouldn't even be able to manage her own Liuli Palace, let alone the entire harem. Furthermore, she was already confined to her room yesterday, Your Majesty."

"As for the other ladies, some are good enough at managing the affairs of their own palace, while others are just in name only. They are not qualified to be in charge of the harem."

"Only you, Queen, are both legitimate and capable of managing all matters within the harem."

Huang Chunhua has been in the palace for many years and he knows exactly who can do what and who cannot do what.