The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

While Chu Qingge was lying on the bed and still thinking about what to do next, her head suddenly seemed to explode, and a memory that did not belong to her came flooding back.

The owner of her current body is Shen Tianjiao, the queen of Emperor Wuzong Li Rui of Yunli Kingdom.

Empress Shen was born into a noble family, and her maternal clan was particularly powerful, ranking first in Yunli State. Her father was the Grand Marshal in charge of Yunli State's military, and her three brothers were even more outstanding, being the leading civil officials and military commanders of Yunli State, respectively.

In Yunli Country, there was no other family that could be compared to the Shen family. Even the later-rising Chu family, Chu Qingge's mother's family, could not compare.

With such a powerful family background as a backer, Shen Tianjiao should have been doing very well in the harem, and no one should be able to surpass her brilliance. However, although Shen Tianjiao has such powerful capital that is out of reach for others, she herself is not up to the standard and is a hopeless love-brained person.

Once a woman becomes love-sick and obsessed with a man, no matter how smart she is, she will lose her judgment and become a fool. Shen Tianjiao is a living example of this.

In terms of appearance, it is hard to find a woman more beautiful than Shen Tianjiao in the entire Yunli Kingdom. In terms of ability and intelligence, it is no exaggeration to say that she is more than qualified to replace Li Rui and become the queen.

When she was still alive, although Li Rui was the emperor, it was actually Shen Tianjiao who exercised the power of governing the country on behalf of Li Rui. In other words, Shen Tianjiao was the actual controller behind the dynasty. She was a very outstanding, visionary and courageous ruler and politician.

During her reign, there was no unrest in Yunli and no worries about foreign invasion. The country was prosperous and the people were strong, and peace and prosperity prevailed.

At that time, Yunli State's national strength reached an unprecedented peak, surpassing even the founding Emperor Gaozu and the diligent Emperor Taizong. It truly achieved a period of peace and prosperity unprecedented in history and unparalleled in history.

At that time, merchants could trade freely within the four borders of Yunli Kingdom without restrictions. Students had books to read, and people had fields to farm. There were no starving people everywhere, and everyone could have enough food to eat.

There is no need to bear the unbearable burden of high taxes, and there is no displacement and loss of life caused by war.

The most impressive thing was that she reduced the tax rate that the people had to pay from 5 to 1 during Emperor Gaozong's reign to 15 to 1. This move led to a rapid increase in the population of Yunli Kingdom, which increased more than fivefold in just a few decades.

Even many years after her death, the national strength and financial resources she accumulated supported the Yunli Kingdom for nearly a hundred years.

This was in stark contrast to the era in Chu Qingge's previous life, when the nation was in decline, foreign powers were invading every year, territories were ceded and indemnities were paid everywhere, and the population was drastically reduced due to wars and natural and man-made disasters, with nine out of ten families deserted.

But such an amazing legendary woman was blinded by greed and fell in love with the scumbag Li Rui. Not only did she ruin her own life, but she also ended up losing the entire Shen family.

Shen Tianjiao's love and dedication did not elicit a response from Li Rui. Instead, Li Rui was wary of her outstanding abilities, and she ended up with a tragic death.

I just wonder if Shen Tianjiao regretted falling in love with such a ruthless man at the moment before her death.

So, it’s okay for a woman to do anything, but she should not be obsessed with men and become love-brained. Men are not as good as men in conquering nations and achieving eternal hegemony.

After knowing who he was now, Chu Qingge breathed a sigh of relief.

According to her generational background, Shen Tianjiao was her great-grandmother. Chu Qingge had heard a lot about Shen Tianjiao and the Shen family's experiences in her previous life. After all, she had an uncle who idolized Shen Tianjiao so much that it was hard for her not to hear about them.

After Shen Tianjiao's death, her father, Marquis Zhenbei, died of depression due to an old illness triggered by excessive grief, and her three brothers were also framed and killed tragically one after another.

After a hundred years of prosperity, the entire Shen family declined and gradually disappeared in the history of Yunli Kingdom.

When Chu Qingge heard about what happened to the Shen family, she felt very sorry for her and the Shen family. They were a loyal and good family, but ended up with such a tragic end.

Thinking of Shen Tianjiao's experience, Chu Qingge couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and remembered himself in his previous life.

The Chu family is a military family like the Shen family. After the Shen family declined, they were supported by the emperor and rose to become the backbone of the country to replace the Shen family.

Unfortunately, since ancient times, loyal and virtuous people have not been rewarded, and the Chu family could not escape the fate of being feared and killed, and their experience was even worse than that of the Shen family.

As the legitimate daughter of the Chu family, Chu Qingge naturally could not escape the fate of entering the palace as queen.

No one believed that her useless husband, Emperor Mingzong Li Heng, was not a descendant of the Li family. His behavior was exactly the same as his ancestor Li Rui. He was a ruthless and cruel person who only knew how to play with power. After taking advantage of their Chu family, he used the same shameful method to poison Chu Qingge and killed her tragically.

After Chu Qingge's death, the Chu family was also plotted against. Her father, brothers, and family members were either killed or exiled. None of them had a good ending.

However, Li Heng eventually got his comeuppance. Losing the Chu family's protection, he was deprived of his throne and left lying dead in the wilderness, denied even the right to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. If not, the two of them would have faced each other in the Ancestral Temple every day after their deaths, which would have truly pissed Chu Qingge off to death.

What Chu Qingge couldn't let go of was that it was because of Li Heng's incompetence that the Yunli Kingdom was finally destroyed. For a time, the people were devastated and the land was in mourning. The beautiful land was turned into a hell on earth.

Chu Qingge not only has a family feud but also a national hatred towards Li Heng.

Chu Qingge felt a tightness in her chest when she thought of this. She was so angry that her teeth were itching. She couldn't help but complain in her heart, "Bah! The men in the Li family are really no good. They are all bastards with wolfish hearts and dog lungs."

"Since God has given me the opportunity to live again, it is probably so that I can change the fate of the Shen and Chu families and the Yunli Kingdom. So I will enforce justice on behalf of God, kill everyone in sight, live a good life again, and make up for the regrets of my previous life."

"Isn't he just a piece of shit Li Rui? Humph! You're unlucky to have met me, Chu Qingge. I'll make you live a life worse than death."

"You owe the Shen family a debt, and I, Chu Qingge, will collect it for them! And Li Heng also owes the Chu family. I will make you pay with blood!"

Chu Qingge was about to open her eyes when she heard a panicked voice coming from outside, "Sister Chunchao, it's bad, Eunuch Huang is here."

"Why is he here at this time?" Chunchao frowned and soon understood.

She sneered and said, "The Emperor is truly cruel. A day of marriage is a hundred days of grace, and a hundred days of marriage is as deep as the sea. Yet he has no regard for the bond between him and his mistress, and is determined to put her to death."

"Sister, what should we do now?" Dongyang was young and had little experience, so he was inevitably panicked and at a loss when faced with such a situation.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Chunchao smiled at Dongyang, "Sister will go out and take a look. You stay here and guard the master well. No matter what happens, you must not let others hurt the master. Do you understand?"

"Okay, I understand." Although he was afraid, Dongyang nodded solemnly at Chunchao.