The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

In her previous life, although Shen Tianjiao couldn’t be said to be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, she could still be considered a heavy drinker.

But today, after only three bowls of wine, she felt weak all over and her legs felt powerless. Not only that, her head felt dizzy and she couldn't muster any energy.

Faced with this situation, Shen Tianjiao was very dissatisfied. Is this body so weak?

Shen Tianjiao, who was extremely dissatisfied, immediately decided to drink more in the future and improve her alcohol tolerance to match that of her previous life.

When she returned to the palace, Shen Tianjiao was already in a state of half awake and half asleep.

"Why are you still drunk?" Qiong Niang stepped forward to support the dazed Shen Tian.

Qiong Niang didn't know about Shen Tingzhi's entry into the palace. She only heard from Xia He that Shen Tianjiao had to leave the palace for something, and she didn't know anything else.

But who would have thought that after returning from the palace, he would be so drunk.

Qiong Niang, who didn't know what had happened, looked at Shen Tianjiao with a worried look on her face, wondering if Shen Tianjiao had been bullied outside.

When people are worried, they always have wild thoughts. During the short time when she was helping Shen Tianjiao back to her room to rest, Qiong Niang had already had several versions of the story in her mind about Shen Tianjiao being bullied.

After helping Shen Tianjiao lie down on the bed, Qiong Niang quickly instructed the palace maid beside her, "Hurry up and ask the kitchen to make some hangover soup. Oh, and also get some fresh fruits."

Shen Tianjiao had a low alcohol tolerance, which Qiong Niang knew. In the past, Shen Tianjiao never drank except at palace banquets and other necessary occasions.

Moreover, Shen Tianjiao has a habit of eating a lot of fruits after drinking.

Soon the hangover soup and fruit were served.

Qiong Niang helped Shen Tianjiao up and let her lean on her arms. Looking at Shen Tianjiao who was so dazed that her eyes were closed, she said softly, "Ah Jiao, don't fall asleep yet. Let's drink the sobering soup."

Shen Tianjiao nodded in a daze. Her consciousness was now scattered. She only knew that Qiong Niang was talking, but she didn't know what Qiong Niang was saying. She was just responding instinctively.

Qiong Niang fed Shen Tianjiao some sobering soup, but Shen Tianjiao refused to drink it anymore.

Qiong Niang had no choice but to hand the bowl to the maidservant who was waiting beside her. The maid handed her a bowl of chilled bayberry juice and said, "This is freshly made bayberry juice. It's icy and can relieve the heat."

Shen Tianjiao opened her eyes in a daze and looked at the bowl of bayberry juice in Qiong Niang's hand. Before Qiong Niang could feed her, she put her mouth close to it and started drinking.

The moment Shen Tianjiao took in the icy cold bayberry juice, she felt as if a stream of clear spring water was injected into her hot body, causing her to feel indescribably comfortable.

Shen Tianjiao quickly finished a bowl of bayberry juice. She looked at Qiong Niang with a dazed look and said, "I want more."

Qiong Niang looked at Shen Tianjiao in embarrassment. Although the bayberry juice was good, one should not drink too much of it. Drinking too much would cause internal heat, which would conflict with the heat in Shen Tianjiao's body caused by drinking alcohol, and would cause harm to the body.

After thinking for a while, Qiong Niang ordered, "Go get some other juice, not too cold."

The heat in her body was finally relieved, but it disappeared before it completely subsided, which made Shen Tianjiao feel even more uncomfortable.

She pushed Qiong Niang away, staggered to her feet and went downstairs to find the water she had just drunk that would make her feel better.

"Gillian, be good and wait patiently, okay? The juice will be here soon."

Qiong Niang pulled Shen Tianjiao back. Shen Tianjiao was weak all over because of drinking. Otherwise, Qiong Niang would not be able to pull her back with her strength.

Just as the two of them were arguing, Ruan Yuhu came in.

The scene before her shocked her. "What's going on? What's going on?"

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? Have you been drinking?" Seeing Shen Tianjiao's flushed face, Ruan Yuhu quickly turned around and told Ju Ruo, "Hurry and get the medicine."

After receiving the instructions, Ju Ruo quickly turned around and ran out.

Before the juice arrived, Ju Ruo had already brought the medicine.

Ruan Yuhu took the medicine from Ju Ruo's hand and gave it to Shen Tianjiao to drink with cold water.

Soon Shen Tianjiao calmed down, the heat in her body faded away, and she fell asleep leaning on Qiong Niang's arms.

Seeing Shen Tianjiao fall asleep, Ruan Yuhu asked: "Jiaojiao, where did you drink this wine? How did you get so drunk?"

Qiong Niang shook her head and said, "I don't know either. I just heard from Xia He that A Jiao had to leave the palace for something and asked me to take good care of the two children."

"I put the two kids to bed, and she just came over like this, drunk. She had just come back from outside."

Qiong Niang carefully helped Shen Tianjiao lie down on the bed and covered her with a quilt. Then she helped Ruan Yuhu sit aside and talk.

"Grandfather, Gillian is like this. Has she been bullied outside? Or has she encountered something bad?"

Qiong Niang is also a very protective person. If Shen Tianjiao is bullied and wronged, she will definitely fight and kill without hesitation to avenge Shen Tianjiao.

Ruan Yuhu looked back at Shen Tianjiao who was sleeping on the bed, and immediately rejected Qiong Niang's idea.

Who is this? But the Queen of Yunli Kingdom, a revitalized Queen, doesn't pick fights with others, and even making life difficult for others is considered good enough. Who dares to bully her?

Anyone who dared to bully her would have grass three feet high on his grave.

"Jiaojiao, you're so drunk today, it doesn't necessarily mean you've encountered something bad, maybe you're happy."

"Happy things?" Qiong Niang sighed silently in her heart. What could they be happy about now?

It’s good enough that Shen Tianjiao doesn’t get bothered by others every day. How can she expect anything happy to happen?

Thinking about the suffering Shen Tianjiao had endured these days, Qiong Niang felt very upset.

"Yeah, yes, it's a happy thing." Although they didn't spend much time together, Ruan Yuhu still knew Shen Tianjiao's personality very well.

If Shen Tianjiao was bullied, she would never be so weak as to numb herself with alcohol. She would fight back with all her might.

Then if you are not wronged, you will encounter happy things.

Of course, there is another possibility, that something sad happened, but this situation does not exist at all at the moment.

Shen Tianjiao now has both a son and a daughter, and her husband is on the verge of death. No one cares about her. Not to mention the entire harem, she has the final say even in the previous dynasty.

Her father, brother, family and friends were all with her.

Her life now is simply carefree, happy and worry-free.

As for the things that happened in the previous dynasty, they can only be regarded as insignificant matters at best.

Shen Tingzhi did not attend the banquet at home. He went straight to the hot spring villa to meet his father to discuss letting his third uncle come out of retirement.

Seeing his second son rushing over, the Marquis of Zhenbei suddenly became nervous, wondering if Shen Tingzhi's acting was exposed and he had caused some trouble.

Seeing the way his father looked at him, Shen Tingzhi knew what the Marquis of Zhenbei was thinking.

"Dad, my son's acting is very good. He didn't make any mistakes and didn't get into any trouble."

The Marquis of Zhenbei looked at Shen Tingzhi, smiled, and said, "You little brat, look at what you can do."

Shen Tingzhi raised his eyebrows and smiled proudly at Zhenbei Hou, then walked to Shen Yiyang's bed and looked at his elder brother who was still sleeping.

He turned around and walked in front of the Zhenbei Marquis and asked in a low voice: "Father, how is my eldest brother?"

"It's okay, he just consumed too much energy and needs plenty of rest."

Looking at Shen Yiyang, Marquis Zhenbei couldn't help but sigh in his heart that it was good to be young after all. Although he also suffered the pain of detoxification, his physical strength recovered much faster than that of an old man like him.

"Oh, I'm glad you're okay." Hearing that his elder brother was fine, Shen Tingzhi also breathed a sigh of relief, "Dad, your son came here to discuss something with you."

"Well, what's the matter? Tell me." The Marquis of Zhenbei has recovered very well now, and he no longer feels the tiredness he had at the beginning.

"Father, Jiaojiao told me today that Ganzhou will be Yunli's base camp from now on, and we can't let anyone know what we are doing now."

"She said Ganzhou must be controlled by our own people and must be as solid as an iron barrel."

Shen Tingzhi had been busy with government affairs before and had not thought carefully about the affairs of Ganzhou. In his subconscious, Ganzhou was equivalent to the territory of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

After listening to Shen Tianjiao's words today, he realized that things were far from as simple as he thought.

Ganzhou with the Marquis of Zhenbei is the Ganzhou of the Marquis of Zhenbei. If the Marquis of Zhenbei leaves Ganzhou, the situation in Ganzhou will change, and it is very likely that it will be out of the control of the Marquis of Zhenbei.

They now have to be careful and take every step carefully.

The Marquis of Zhenbei was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, the situation in Ganzhou was already special, and now it is even more extraordinary."

"I oversimplified the problem. Jiaojiao asked me to return to Beijing quite hastily. There are many things I haven't arranged yet. I've left the important things to Bai Qishan."

"I was originally thinking of going back to Beijing to check on Jiaojiao's situation, and then returning to Ganzhou to support her and arrange for the overall situation."

"Who would have thought that I would encounter such an unfortunate thing as being poisoned? I can't leave now that I'm being held back."

"I've been worried these past few days. Ganzhou is too important now. We can't let anyone other than our own people interfere in Ganzhou's political affairs."

"Before, when you were the governor of Ganzhou, Dad didn't have to worry about anything. But now that even you are not in Ganzhou, this matter has become difficult."

The Marquis of Zhenbei hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to discuss this with Jiaojiao. Anyway, the poison in my body has almost been cured. Why don't you let me go back to Ganzhou first, and come back after everything is arranged and the situation is stabilized."

"But you know Jiaojiao's temper. She will definitely not agree. You should find a way to convince her."

Shen Tingzhi shook his head and said, "Father, you can't leave Shangjing City."

"That person probably doesn't have many days left to live. Although Jiaojiao is now the regent, her power is still very weak."

"Mu'er is the crown prince now, but he is still young and cannot take charge on his own."

"They are orphans and widows, and they need someone to support them."

"Father, your prestige lies where it all comes from. As long as you are here, all the civil and military officials will be wary of you and won't dare to openly bully Jiaojiao and her two daughters."

"Think about it, before you were away from the capital, Jiaojiao was not only bullied by that bastard Li Rui, but also by Empress Dowager Liu and that old bastard Li Hong."

"Even though you didn't show up after you came back, you've already made those people wary and cautious."

"If not, just based on Jiaojiao's bloodbath at the Zhenghe Palace, the noble families involved would have been in chaos long ago."

"They didn't make a scene, not because they didn't want to, but because you were with them and they didn't dare."

"So until Mu'er grows up and has enough ability to rule the country, you will have to stay in Shangjing."

Marquis Zhenbei remained silent. His son was right. As long as he was there, those people would not embarrass his daughter and grandson.

But if he stayed in Shangjing City, what would happen to Ganzhou?

Shen Tingzhi looked up at the Marquis of Zhenbei and said cautiously, "So, I discussed with Jiaojiao whether it would be possible for my third uncle to come out of retirement and become the governor of Ganzhou."

"Third Uncle has been in Ganzhou for many years and is very familiar with the situation there. He also has sufficient prestige, and my two cousins ​​are helping him."

"With my third uncle's ability, it's more than enough for him to govern Ganzhou."

Marquis Zhenbei looked up at Shen Tingzhi, and this time he was completely silent.

His third brother is an eternal pain in his heart. If it weren't for him as the eldest brother, his third brother would have achieved great things now.

At that time, he and his brother went to the battlefield together, but they were betrayed by a spy and fell into the enemy's trap.

In order to save him, his third brother Shen Yi went alone to lure the enemy away. When their people came to rescue him, they searched for three days and three nights before finding Shen Yi covered in blood under a cliff.

The man was already dead at the time. Fortunately, his deputy general was afraid that they might get into an accident, so he brought a famous local doctor with him.

The doctor took great pains to bring Shen Yi back from the brink of death.

Although Shen Yi's life was saved, he was ruined. The once ambitious young man turned into a sickly person who had medicine in his hands all day long.

This incident was like a thorn stuck in the heart of Zhenbei Hou. It had been there for more than ten years and had become part of his flesh and blood.

"Father, I know you are worried about Uncle San's health and afraid that it will affect his health."

"But father, although Third Uncle's health is not good, his heart is still alive. He also longs to be able to achieve something in his lifetime, rather than living like a living dead with nothing to do all day long."

"Thinking about it, my Third Uncle was also a young man full of ambition. How could he be willing to live such a cowardly life?"

Shen Tingzhi stole a glance at the expression of the Marquis of Zhenbei. He was not sure whether the Marquis of Zhenbei would slap him on the spot after he said this.