The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

"Your Majesty, you're joking. I'm just a worthless person who has been abandoned by others. What ability do I have to make Your Majesty ask me for anything?"

After enduring so many years of hardship in Yucui Palace, Duan Qingning still remains vigilant.

Having fallen into Shen Tianjiao's hands today, I don't know whether I am dead or alive.

However, she has lived for so many years, and not only has she not waited for the person she was waiting for, but she has also not been able to avenge her great hatred.

Now, even if I die, it doesn’t matter.

Shen Tianjiao looked at Duan Qingning and smiled, saying, "Princess Anle was able to avoid everyone and survive in this deep palace. How could she be a useless waste?"

"I have indeed encountered a big problem today. If you can lend a hand, please help me solve the problem."

"Then I can make a deal with you. I can promise to help you do something. No matter how difficult it is, I will help you do it. How about it?"

The conditions proposed by Shen Tianjiao were tempting enough that Duan Qingning couldn't help but be moved.

I am now a complete useless person. It is impossible for me to complete my mission of revenge without external help.

If Shen Tianjiao can do what she wants to do now, then she will not be afraid of not being able to complete her revenge.

But in his current state, he really has no bargaining chips to make a deal with Shen Tianjiao.

I wonder what the Queen is going to do?

Seeing that Duan Qingning didn't say anything, Shen Tianjiao knew that she was already moved. As long as she added more fuel to the fire, she would have no worries about not being able to win Duan Qingning over.

Because now, apart from herself, no one can help Duan Qingning fulfill her wish.

"Well, do you want to listen to what I want you to do?"

Shen Tianjiao threw out the bait and waited for Duan Qingning to take the bait.

Sure enough, after hesitating for a moment, Duan Qingning asked, "I wonder what the Queen wants a useless person like me to do for you?"

Anyway, I have nothing now, so what is there to be afraid of?

Even if Shen Tianjiao wanted his life, so what? As long as it could help him get revenge, then give it to her. What's the pity?

When Duan Qingning spoke, Shen Tianjiao knew that she had won the bet this time.

"Actually, what I want you to do is very simple. All of you in Nanchu know the art of Gu. As a member of the royal family, you should know more about this than anyone else."

"I have someone here who needs your treatment. If you can heal her, I will fulfill your promise."

"Is the person the Empress wants to save the one who has been bewitched?"

For Duan Qingning, witchcraft was not a strange thing, but the person Shen Tianjiao wanted to save was a person who had been poisoned by a witchcraft, which surprised Duan Qingning.

After all, when she failed to put a curse on the late emperor, the late emperor massacred the entire harem.

Not only the people she brought with her, but also those who had served in the palace and had contact with her were purged.

There shouldn't be a second person who has been poisoned in Yun Li's harem.

But now, listening to Shen Tianjiao, it seems that the person she wants to rescue has been poisoned.

Duan Qingning looked at Shen Tianjiao with a puzzled look and asked, "I wonder what kind of poison has been cast on the person that the Empress wants to save?"

"She wasn't poisoned by a Gu, she herself is the body that feeds the Gu."

"Someone wanted to kill my father, the Marquis of Zhenbei, and gave him a colorless and odorless yet deadly poison. To save my father, she took out the Gu that was living in her body and put it into my father's body, detoxifying him."

"But she is now extremely weak and is about to die, so I want you to save her."

Duan Qingning was slightly stunned, feeling a lot of emotions in his heart. People who raise Gu know one thing, that is, the Gu worms in their bodies are both treasures that can save their lives and weapons that can kill them.

The poisonous insects feed on their flesh and blood, and over time, they gradually become one with the people who raise them.

Although the person who raises the Gu will eventually be killed by the backlash of the Gu worm, that will happen a long time later. However, if the Gu worm leaves the person's body, the person will definitely die in a very short time.

This man would rather die than save the Marquis of Zhenbei. His courage and bravery are truly commendable.

"Well, can you save this situation?" Shen Tianjiao couldn't help but feel nervous when she saw Duan Qingning didn't say anything. If Duan Qingning couldn't save Chao Yun, then Chao Yun was really beyond saving this time.

"Without seeing her in person and checking her current condition, I dare not jump to conclusions."

"After all, I haven't verified it, so I can't guarantee that I can cure this person."

Duan Qingning was already taking the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living one at this time. If she could cure it, then she would cure it. After the cure, she would ask Shen Tianjiao for mercy and complete her revenge plan.

If it can't be cured, it's no big deal. She's going to die anyway, so there's no loss.

"She is weak now and can't move around freely. Once you have recovered some strength, please go and see her."

Shen Tianjiao had already given up hope on Duan Qingning. After all, she had gotten the answer from Lady Yu. She also said that once the insect left the body of the person who raised it, the person would surely die and no one could save him.

If Lady Yu couldn't solve the problem, Duan Qingning might not be able to solve it either.

"There's no need to wait for me to recover. My life isn't that valuable these days. Your Majesty, just have someone carry me over."

Duan Qingning didn't want to waste any more time. Whether it was life or death, she just wanted to get it over with quickly.

"Okay, I'll have someone carry you over." Shen Tianjiao turned around and gave a glance, and someone immediately came forward and lifted up the couch.

Everyone carried the couch and went directly to Chao Yun's room. After entering the room, a palace maid helped Duan Qingning up from the couch, supported her and led her to Chao Yun's side.

Chunchao gently took Chaoyun's hand and placed her hand in Duan Qingning's hand.

Duan Qingning put his hand on Chao Yun's pulse, and in just a moment, her expression changed.

Chunchao felt disappointed when he saw Duan Qingning's expression change.

But before Chunchao's heart could completely cool down, he heard Duan Qingning say again: "You all should go out first. This girl's pulse is a little unusual."

"I have to give her some medicine first, and then give her an injection. This process requires great care and concentration, and I can't be disturbed by anyone."

Duan Qingning's words instantly warmed Chunchao's heart, which had been chilled.

As long as Chaoyun can be cured, everything is negotiable. Chunchao waved his hand and everyone in the room left.

When the room was completely quiet, Duan Qingning suppressed his son's excitement and reached out his trembling hand to Chaoyun's pulse again.

This time, Duan Qingning held her breath, calmed down and explored carefully. Finally, she came to a conclusion that the person lying on the bed was indeed infected with another Gu.

And this Gu was the King Gu that he planted for his newborn daughter when he was forced to leave Nanchu.

The reason why Duan Qingning was so sure was that the one in Chao Yun's body was only the young Gu of the Gu King, while the one in Duan Qingning's body was the mother Gu.

The young Gu King in Chao Yun's body is still in a dormant state and has not been awakened. However, due to the induction of the mother Gu in Duan Qingning's body, it is gradually waking up from its dormant state.

Feeling the reaction of the Gu mother in his body, Duan Qingning could no longer hold back and hugged Chaoyun in his arms and burst into tears.

Her poor child was still alive. God was kind to her after all, allowing her to see her own flesh and blood while she was still alive.

But this poor child, whom she had never met, was now dying and hanging by a thread.

Fortunately, the mother Gu in her body and the young Gu in the child's body can still save the child's life.

As long as she can save her child, nothing else matters, she can even give up revenge.

Duan Qingning's heart, which had long been as silent as a dead person, was suddenly injected with hope and strength, which made Duan Qingning look energetic.

She ignored her own weakness and began to treat Chaoyun.

The most important thing now is to use the mother Gu in her body to awaken the young Gu in her child's body.

The Gu planted by Duan Qingning is completely different from the one planted by Yu Niangzi.

The insect planted by Lady Yu was an ordinary Gu that fed on human flesh and blood. While it could save people's lives, it would also backfire and take the life of the person who raised it.

But what Duan Qingning raised was not an ordinary Gu, she raised the King of Gu, and this King of Gu was of course different from ordinary Gu.

It does not survive by sucking human flesh and blood, nor will it retaliate and take the lives of its own feeders.

Because before the Gu King enters the human body, it is first raised in medicine and grows under the nourishment of various medicines.

As long as you take some medicine that can control it regularly and feed it with those medicines, it will not harm you.

On the contrary, it nourishes the human body, detoxifies the body, and becomes a good auxiliary to the human body.

Not everyone knows how to raise poisonous insects. This is a secret of the Duan Qingning family that is passed down only to daughters and not to sons.

Moreover, not everyone in the family can learn it. In each generation, talented girls are selected from a young age and then taught personally by the family elders before they can learn it.

Duan Qingning is the most talented child of their generation. He was chosen from a young age and taught personally by the elders of the family.

The reason why Duan Qingning has been able to survive until now has a lot to do with the Gu King she has in her body.

Duan Qingning took out a white jade bottle from his arms, poured out the last pill of resurrection from it, and fed it to Chao Yun.

When taking Chaoyun's pulse just now, Duan Qingning discovered that the reason Chaoyun was able to hold on until now was because she had taken a large amount of extremely precious medicine.

From this we can see that Shen Tianjiao really wanted Chaoyun to survive, so she spared no effort and took great pains to find such precious medicine for Chaoyun.

At this time, Duan Qingning's attitude towards Shen Tianjiao's hand had changed greatly.

No matter how her child became what she is now, the fact that Shen Tianjiao treated her like this is enough for Duan Qingning to remember.

After Chao Yun took the resurrection pill, Duan Qingning took out a set of silver needles from his body and began to give Chao Yun acupuncture.

The purpose of Duan Qingning's acupuncture for Chao Yun was to protect Chao Yun's heart meridian while also unblocking her tendons and veins to speed up blood circulation.

This can provide a favorable growth environment for the young insect that is gradually awakening in Chaoyun's body.

Only if the young Gu King in Chao Yun's body grows strong enough can it obey orders and protect Chao Yun's life.

Duan Qingning was already very weak, and this set of treatments consumed her already limited energy, so she fainted directly next to Chao Yun.

After waiting outside for a long time and seeing no movement from inside, Chunchao was extremely anxious but did not dare to go in. She was afraid that she would go in at the wrong time and disturb Duan Qingning's treatment.

"What are you doing walking around?" Shen Tianjiao had been waiting for a long time but hadn't received any news from Chunchao, so she came over out of worry.

But when Shen Tianjiao arrived, she saw Chunchao walking back and forth outside the house, scratching her head and ears anxiously.

"Master." Seeing Shen Tianjiao coming, Chunchao hurried over.

"What happened?" Shen Tianjiao knew that Chunchao was not an unreliable person. If he was not guarding inside at this moment, something must have happened.

"Master, that person said she wants to carefully examine Chaoyun's pulse and give her acupuncture. She cannot be disturbed, so she asked us all to come out."

"But it's been almost half an hour, and there's no movement inside."

"There was no order from inside, and I didn't dare go in. I was afraid that I would go in at the wrong time and disturb her."

When Chunchao saw Shen Tianjiao coming, the confusion in her heart disappeared instantly. Shen Tianjiao was her backbone. As long as Shen Tianjiao was there, Chunchao was not afraid of anything.

Shen Tianjiao hesitated for a moment and ordered, "Go in and take a look. Be careful and don't make too much noise."

Just waiting like this is not a solution. If she doesn't go in and take a look, Shen Tianjiao won't feel at ease because she doesn't know what's going on inside.

"Yes, I'll go right away." With Shen Tianjiao's order, Chunchao had the courage and confidence to do things.

Chunchao pushed the door open carefully, and when he went in, he saw Duan Qingning fainted next to Chao Yunde, with their heads facing each other.

This scene scared Chunchao so much that she quickly ran over and stretched out her hand to touch under Chaoyun's nose.

Chunchao finally breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that although Chaoyun's breath was still very weak, it seemed a little stronger than before.

But when Chunchao's gaze turned to Duan Qingning who had fainted beside her, her heart suddenly began to rise again.

This person said that nothing could happen now. If anything happened to her, Chaoyun would be doomed.