The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

When Shen Tianjiao arrived at the main hall, Bai Qishan had already returned and was waiting.

"General Bai, have you got everything done?" Shen Tianjiao was indeed a little surprised to see Bai Qishan. After all, what he had to do was not a simple matter.

"It's settled." Bai Qishan lowered his head and reported to Shen Tianjiao, "I have followed the Queen's orders and have taken back the military power, but the process was a bit complicated."

Shen Tianjiao had been in a military camp in her previous life, and she was very familiar with the simple and rough ways of doing things of these generals. Whether it was Ling Xifeng, the patrol camp, or Feng Jie, none of these people were easy to mess with. Bai Qishan only followed her orders and rashly asked these people to hand over the people in their hands. Naturally, they were unwilling to obey orders. The most effective way to solve the problem was to capture them and force them to submit.

"I wonder what kind of twists and turns General Bai is talking about? If the emperor asks, I will have an explanation."

"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to take back the military power. However, Ling Xifeng, the patrol battalion and Feng Jie were not very cooperative. I had no choice but to tie them up. I also beg the Queen to forgive my recklessness. I am just a warrior and I don't know how to speak or act harshly. I only use my fists to speak." When Bai Qishan said this, there was no shame on his face, but rather a sense of complacency and pride.

Shen Tianjiao smiled and said, "General Bai, you've worked so hard. When dealing with those stubborn people, fists are sometimes more effective than anything else."

"I will inform the Emperor myself."

This cover-up is so blatant and exposed in the open.

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your kindness. However, Ling Xifeng and Feng Jie were stubbornly resisting, and I accidentally injured them when I fought them. However, their injuries were not serious and their lives are not in danger."

Obviously, the man was beaten beyond recognition by him and he couldn't even recognize his own parents, but when he spoke of it, it became a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

"It's okay. The emperor has always been open-minded and fair and can make clear distinctions." It doesn't matter whether these two people were beaten or not, and Li Rui's current attitude is not important. What matters is that things are developing in the expected direction.

Now that we have people, the next thing is to find a way to make money. The daily food and drink expenses for so many soldiers are not a small amount.

"Empress, this is the battle plan that General Yan and I have worked out. Please take a look." Wan Feng presented the battle plan in front of Shen Tianjiao.

Everyone knew Shen Tianjiao preferred literature to military matters, knowing nothing about deploying troops, marching, and fighting. Yet, most of the Yunli Kingdom's generals, especially those from the Zhenbei Marquis lineage, held a certain inexplicable confidence in the Shen family. Even knowing they possessed no talent, it didn't diminish their blind admiration.

Shen Tianjiao took the marching battle plan and after carefully reading it, she frowned. "The battle plan of the two generals is very good, but there are some small loopholes in it."

"Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty." Wan Feng was not dissatisfied with Shen Tianjiao's words, but humbly asked for advice.

"The Prince of Jin has launched a rebellion this time with an army of over 200,000. Although he is a king under a fiefdom, according to ancestral rules, the number of private soldiers he can employ cannot exceed 1,000."

"Although Chongzhou has troops stationed there, it's not a border fortress, so their number cannot exceed 50,000. So where did the King of Jin get his 200,000-strong army?"

When Shen Tianjiao said this, the three generals present were stunned. They were only thinking about how to quell the rebellion and had never thought about these things.

"Please tell me clearly, Your Majesty." The person who said this was Bai Qishan, who was the one who had followed the Marquis of Zhenbei the longest among the three.

"When things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. Generals, have you ever considered whether the 200,000 soldiers he commands are truly soldiers from our Yunli Nation?"

The person who had sent out 50,000 troops in the previous life's memory now suddenly had an army of 200,000. It was obvious that this would be impossible without collusion with foreign tribes.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that the King of Jin not only intends to rebel but also colludes with foreign tribes to invade our country?" Bai Qishan clasped his hands together, and his joints made a chilling sound.

Li Bin started a rebellion, but Bai Qishan could tolerate it. The Yunli Kingdom belonged to their Li family anyway, and fighting and quarreling between brothers was a family matter.

But if outsiders get involved in this matter, the nature of it will be different. It is absolutely unacceptable for foreign races to invade and interfere in the internal affairs of Yunli Kingdom.

"Without outside help, how could Li Bin, with his abilities, gather an army of 200,000 to start a rebellion?"

Shen Tianjiao suddenly remembered something just now. Li Bin's biological mother died early, and the noble lady Jing who raised him, now known as Concubine Jing, was not from Yunli.

She was a beautiful woman presented to the court when the Western Rong were defeated. She was favored at first when she first entered the palace, but for some reason she was suddenly neglected and then disappeared as if she had never been found.

However, what is suspicious is that such a person with no sense of existence was actually chosen to raise Li Bin after his biological mother passed away. Who would believe that there is no trick behind this?

"I remember that Concubine Jing, who raised him, was from the Western Rong tribe. How can we expect a wolf raised by a foreign woman to not harbor unfaithful thoughts?"

Things were becoming more and more interesting and out of control. Shen Tianjiao didn't feel scared, but excited instead. She was even looking forward to the shock and excitement when the truth was revealed.

"Concubine Jing?" Bai Qishan frowned and couldn't find the existence of this person in his memory for a long time.

"After the late emperor passed away, Concubine Jing left the palace and went to Yunyan Mountain to practice meditation." Shen Tianjiao looked up and smiled. "A concubine who had fallen from favor and no one remembered raised a prince. Isn't that unusual in itself?"

The remaining four people in the hall were all shocked and broke out in cold sweats.