The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Shen Tianjiao was shocked and suddenly felt scared. If Li Chaohui really used Yu Niang to collude with the Nanzhao Kingdom, then they would be in real trouble.

The people of Nanzhao Kingdom not only knew how to raise Gu and practice witchcraft, but they were also good at using poison.

Shen Tianjiao is not afraid of fighting the enemy with real guns and swords on the battlefield, but she is afraid of the enemy's evil tricks.

In her previous life, Shen Tianjiao suffered a lot in this regard. If she hadn't been poisoned by that bastard Li Heng, how could she have died tragically?

Moreover, she had suffered from these poisons on the battlefield in her previous life. People would poison her from time to time in the military camp, causing great harm to her and the soldiers.

Now that I have the chance to do it all over again, I must resolve this hidden danger fundamentally and never let the constraints of my past life become a hindrance to this life.

"Investigate, thoroughly investigate!" Shen Tianjiao's expression changed. "This matter must be thoroughly investigated. Not only must Li Chaohui not be allowed to use Nanzhao Kingdom to commit illicit acts this time, but no one else should be allowed to use Nanzhao Kingdom to commit illicit acts in the future."

"If this matter is thoroughly investigated and it turns out that Li Zhaohui and the Nanzhao Kingdom are colluding with each other, then I wouldn't mind sending troops to destroy the Nanzhao Kingdom before the war even begins, and turning it into a vassal state of Yunli."

Shen Tingzhi looked at his emotional sister and felt a little at a loss for a moment.

Are the people of Nanzhao Kingdom so good at using poison that my sister is so worried?

Shen Tingzhi knew that Chao Yun, who had detoxified his father and brother in the hot spring villa, was Yu Niang's apprentice, and he also knew that Yu Niang was a master of poison.

The poison she gave her father and brother was colorless and odorless. After a certain period of time, the poison would take effect and they would die. Even the great immortals could not save them.

Is it true that in the Nanzhao Kingdom, as rumored by the outside world, everyone knows how to raise Gu, everyone knows the art of witchcraft, and everyone is an expert in using poison?

Originally, Shen Tingzhi had an attitude of whether to believe or not regarding the rumors about the Nanzhao Kingdom, but now seeing Shen Tianjiao like this, he believed it about 70%.

But my sister has lived in the deep palace for a long time, how could she know about the affairs of Nanzhao Kingdom?

Do you believe those rumors just based on what Chaoyun said?

Seeing Shen Tingzhi's doubts, Shen Tianjiao couldn't help feeling a little guilty. She was too excited just now and couldn't control her emotions for a moment.

Now she must find a reason to cover it up quickly, otherwise, with her second brother's intelligence, he will probably become suspicious.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Did your sister say something wrong?"

Shen Tianjiao pretended to be calm and looked at Shen Tingzhi, asking the question even though she knew the answer.

"No, no." Shen Tingzhi shook his head and looked at Shen Tianjiao and asked the question in his heart.

"Jiaojiao, do you know much about the Nanzhao Kingdom?"

"You mean Nanzhao?" Shen Tianjiao shook her head and said, "I don't know much about it. I've only heard about it from others or read about it in books. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Shen Tianjiao naturally didn't dare to tell the truth. In her previous life, she really knew a lot about the Nanzhao Kingdom. After all, the two sides had fought each other many times, and it had reached a life-and-death situation. How could she not know it?

"But why were you so excited when you heard the news that Li Zhaohui might be colluding with the Nanzhao Kingdom?"

Shen Tingzhi didn't believe what Shen Tianjiao had just said. He knew his sister. Shen Tianjiao was definitely not a superficial person who would easily make a decision based on what others said or what was recorded in a book.

Before making every decision, she would think carefully and take all aspects into consideration. Although she could not be foolproof, she would do her best to minimize the risk factor.

Shen Tianjiao now feels like she has slapped herself in the face. It seems that she still needs to work harder in controlling her emotions.

"That's because the Nanzhao Kingdom's witchcraft and poison techniques are indeed powerful. This isn't just due to the poisoning of my father and eldest brother, but also other things."

Li Rui's life was in danger because he had been poisoned by a love poison. Shen Tianjiao knew nothing about this except the Marquis of Zhenbei.

Shen Tianjiao didn't tell Shen Tingzhi, not because she didn't trust her second brother, but because Shen Tingzhi didn't need to know this matter at the moment.

If Shen Tingzhi knew about this, it would definitely disturb him and prevent him from concentrating on the task at hand.

But if I don’t bring this matter up now, I’m afraid I’ll have a hard time getting through today.

"Second brother, do you know why Mu'er was suddenly made the crown prince?"

Shen Tingzhi sat up straight and asked nervously, "Why?"

This has always been the biggest question in his mind. Now that he is about to hear the answer, how can he not be nervous and excited?

"Many years ago, Feng Yuanyuan, wanting to be with Li Rui forever, had Lady Yu plant a love poison in her and Li Rui."

"This love poison feeds on human blood. Li Rui is unable to rule the country now, not because he doesn't want to, but because he no longer has the ability."

"The reason he suddenly appointed Mu'er as the crown prince was because he knew his life was coming to an end. In order to ensure the longevity of his Li family, he hurriedly appointed Mu'er as the crown prince."

Shen Tianjiao's words shocked Shen Tingzhi. He had thought of many reasons these days, but he never expected that the truth would be like this.

"Chao Yun is Lady Yu's apprentice. She has been following Lady Yu since she was a child. Besides learning the art of witchcraft, she also needs to learn poison techniques."

"Liu Mei, who is currently imprisoned in the hot spring villa, is also Chao Yun's junior sister. She is an expert in using poison."

"The reason we were able to capture Shen Pingzhi so easily this time was thanks to her. If she hadn't poisoned Shen Pingzhi, it would have been very difficult to capture him."

"Although Chao Yun didn't specialize in poison techniques, she was the one who made the drug that knocked out the masters in Fu Sheng Ru Meng."

"There are countless people like Chao Yun in Nanzhao. Imagine if Li Chaohui really colluded with Nanzhao, would we still have a chance to survive?"

Shen Tianjiao didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if the Nanzhao Kingdom got involved in the dispute between her and Li Chaohui.

This time, not only Shen Tianjiao was scared, even Shen Tingzhi was scared.

He never imagined that his sudden flash of inspiration would lead to such serious consequences.

The matter of Nanzhao Kingdom really needs to be taken seriously.

"Jiaojiao, I will send people to Nanzhao Kingdom to investigate this matter thoroughly. If they are really colluding with Li Zhaohui and want to harm my Yunli, I will personally lead the troops to wipe them out."

"Okay." Shen Tianjiao nodded. The affairs of Nanzhao Kingdom could be put aside for the time being, but there were other things that gave Shen Tianjiao even more headaches.

"Second brother, the more important thing now is to quickly find a teacher for Mu'er."

Although Cui Yi is a great scholar of the time, he is no longer suitable to be Li Muyang's teacher.

No matter how knowledgeable he is or how strong his appeal is, Li Muyang cannot be taught by him because of the ambiguous relationship between him, Wang Yunzhi and Li Zhaohui.

Shen Tingzhi became more excited when this matter was mentioned. He had originally planned to tell Shen Tianjiao that he wanted to teach Li Muyang personally, but because there were too many things to do, he had no time to mention it. Now that his sister mentioned it today, it was just right for him to say it.

"Jiaojiao, what do you think if the second brother comes to teach Mu'er?"

"Ah!" Shen Tianjiao really didn't expect that her second brother would want to teach her son to read.

Shen Tianjiao always felt that her second brother's ambition was to be an official in the government, and that he would not pay attention to teaching children. After all, teaching children is a very tedious task that requires a lot of patience.

Now her second brother is already overwhelmed with dealing with various government affairs and household matters every day. If he has to take care of Mu'er's studies at the same time, I'm afraid his body won't be able to take it.

Seeing Shen Tianjiao staring at him without saying anything, Shen Tingzhi thought that she was unwilling to let him teach Li Muyang, and immediately became anxious.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? Do you think I don't have the ability to teach Mu'er?"

"Yes, I am indeed not as knowledgeable as that old teacher Cui Yi, but my knowledge is more than enough for me to teach Mu'er."

Seeing her second brother getting anxious, Shen Tianjiao quickly explained with a smile: "Second brother, don't worry. I don't think you can't teach Mu'er. With your knowledge, it's no problem for you to teach a wise emperor."

"I'm just a little worried that you have too much to do and are too tired. Your body won't be able to take it."

When Shen Tingzhi heard his sister say that she didn't think she could not teach Li Muyang, but was afraid that she was too tired, his little emotion immediately disappeared.

"Nothing, I know what's going on. I'll arrange my rest time appropriately."

"Okay then. From now on, I'll have Mu'er go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion every three days. He's already agreed with Father and Third Brother that he'll learn martial arts and practice war with them."

"But the situation doesn't allow it now, so please teach me these as well, second brother."

Those who are capable should do more work. Anyway, this is what his second brother wants. He was not at ease leaving his son to others, but he had nothing to worry about leaving his son to his second brother Shen Tianjiao.

"Okay, then let Mu'er come over in two days. I'll take care of the things on hand first."

The thing he had been dreaming of finally came true, and Shen Tingzhi felt much better.

"Jiaojiao, I'm afraid Cui Yi won't just let this go. Before, Mu'er was just a prince, and he was willing to teach him. Now Mu'er is the crown prince, the heir to the throne, and the future emperor."

"Mu'er is his student, so he will be the future imperial teacher. This will continue the glory of their Cui family. Even if he gives up, I'm afraid the people in his family will not let him give up."

What Shen Tingzhi said was indeed something that gave Shen Tianjiao a headache. At that time, she asked Li Muyang to worship Cui Yi as his master out of her own selfish motives.

She wanted to use Cui Yi's reputation to seek security for her son. After all, as the greatest Confucian scholar of the dynasty, not only the students all over the world, but also the civil and military officials in the court had to respectfully call Cui Yi "Master".

Furthermore, Cui Yi had been the teacher of the previous emperor and also of Li Rui. As the teacher of two generations of emperors, with his support, Li Muyang's future would be much smoother.

But who knew that plans could not change quickly enough, and the road she had paved for Li Muyang to become the crown prince never came to fruition.

Now Cui Yi has become a hot potato that cannot be thrown away.

It seems that I have to go to my ancestors to ask for advice on how to solve this problem.

"I'll discuss this with the ancestors later and see how to resolve this matter. Don't worry about it."

"Take care of the things at hand and think carefully about how to teach your nephew well."

Shen Tingzhi nodded. With Ruan Yuhu's help, it would be easy to solve this matter.

The brother and sister were talking when Xia He came over holding Li Muyang and holding Li Muyan.

Before Li Muyang came over to pay his respects, Li Muyan in Xia He's arms was babbling, greeting her second uncle and opening her arms for a hug.

Faced with the enthusiasm of the little cutie, how could Shen Tingzhi refuse?

He stood up and went over to hold Li Muyan in his arms and began to tease Li Muyan.

Shen Tianjiao narrowed her eyes and looked at her daughter who was smiling happily in Shen Tingzhi's arms. She had to admit a fact, that is, her daughter was a complete face control.

He is so obsessed with looks at such a young age. What will happen to him when he grows up?

As an old mother, she is now starting to worry about the little girl.

"Mother." Seeing his second uncle holding his sister, Li Muyang moved closer to Shen Tianjiao.

Shen Tianjiao looked at her son, who was still listless, and said, "Okay, don't be upset. In two days, you can go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and study with your second uncle."

"Can we go in two days?" Li Muyang stared at his mother with wide eyes. Going to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to learn martial arts from foreigners and uncles had been discussed long ago.

It's just that so many things happened these days that the plan was shelved.

Now he can finally go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to learn martial arts. Li Muyang's depressed mood due to Qiu Tong's departure has finally improved a little.

"Well, you can go in two days." Shen Tianjiao touched Li Muyang's head. As the future crown prince, Li Muyang still has a long way to go. Now is just the beginning.

"However, when you go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, you will not only learn martial arts from your second uncle, but also learn to read from him."

"Learn to read?" Li Muyang tilted his head and looked at Shen Tianjiao, and asked, "Then I don't have to go to Master Cui anymore?"

"Well, I won't go for now." Shen Tianjiao looked at Li Muyang. This little kid will grow up soon and shoulder the future of this country.

Thinking of this, she actually felt a little reluctant. Once her son became emperor, he would not only be her son, but also the king of all the people of Yunli.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Li Muyang asked when he felt something was wrong with his mother.

"It's nothing, my Mu'er has grown up." Shen Tianjiao hugged Li Muyang in her arms. In a few days, she would not be able to hug him like this.