The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Shen Tianjiao originally wanted to take this opportunity to give Gong Jianzhou a large house again.

But after thinking about it, she felt that it was not appropriate. When she had conferred the title of Changyuan Earl on Gong Jianzhou, it had already caused an uproar.

Although the court officials did not say anything at the time, they did give Shen Tianjiao a lot of glare afterwards. During that period, Shen Tianjiao's ears were almost deafened by their voices of opposition.

It took a lot of effort to finally calm down. If Shen Tianjiao gave Gong Jianzhou a big house at this time, then another bigger storm would be on the way.

Moreover, doing so will arouse other people's suspicion and make them doubt what Shen Tianjiao's purpose is.

After all, since Gong Jianzhou became the Earl of Changyuan, he has not done anything earth-shattering or major to help the country.

It was obviously unreasonable and illogical for Shen Tianjiao to give him the house at this time.

If Shen Tianjiao did that, the court officials would inevitably go to inquire about the news of the Changyuan Marquis' Mansion.

That would be equivalent to declaring to the court officials that there was something fishy going on here, and Anping's secret could no longer be hidden.

In this way, Shen Tianjiao and Ruan Yuhu's efforts were in vain.

Shen Tianjiao lowered her head and pondered for a moment, and finally decided not to give the house to the Duke of Changyuan, but to secretly give a few shops to them and let them run them themselves.

That way, when they make money in the future and buy a big house, no one will be able to gossip about it if someone sees it.

Ever since Shen Tianjiao decided to rise up and began preparing to go to war with the six kingdoms of Jiuzhou, her private property as the queen has gradually spread throughout Yunli.

Especially in Shangjing City, not all the shops belong to Shen Tianjiao, but it is no exaggeration to say that at least half of them are surnamed Shen.

For Shen Tianjiao, donating a few shops to the Changyuan Marquis' Mansion was simply a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

But for the Changyuan Marquis' Mansion, it is a major event that can solve their current predicament.

"Xia He, pick out a few from our shops in Shangjing, then go to the Changyuan Marquis's mansion and give these shops to the Changyuan Marquis."

"Just say it's from the noble who asked them to take care of Anping. Don't say anything else."

"Yes, I understand. I will do it right away."

Xia He took the order and left in a hurry.

Shen Tianjiao looked up into the distance, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little restless.

Yan Yu led his troops to the Taimiao early this morning, and no news has been reported back yet. Although she knew that nothing would happen, Shen Tianjiao couldn't calm down.

The reason why Yan Yu led his troops to the Taimiao was not because something went wrong with Chunchao and the others.

It was because some people who were not afraid of death took the opportunity of going to the Taimiao to cause chaos. They arranged people to lurk in the Taimiao and wait for an opportunity to attack Li Rui to ensure that Li Chaohui's rebellion would be successful.

But what those people didn't expect was that Shen Tianjiao had already made preparations and asked Shen Tingzhi to secretly lead people to surround the Taimiao inside and out.

Yesterday he was busy dealing with Li Chaohui, so he had no time to deal with those people. Today he had some free time, so Yan Yu led his troops over.

Shen Tianjiao has already told Yan Yu that those who do not resist and are willing to obey should be brought back, but those who stubbornly resist to the end and refuse to repent should not be shown mercy and should be executed on the spot.

Now Shen Tianjiao has neither the mood nor the time to fool around with these powerful families.

Her patience had long been exhausted by these people's betrayal again and again.

If these things are not resolved as soon as possible, Shen Tianjiao will not be able to realize her plan of personally conquering the nine provinces and six kingdoms.

This time, she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to completely reshuffle these aristocratic families, at least to make them not dare to be as arrogant as they are today in a short period of time, relying on the fact that they are aristocratic families to act arbitrarily and not take the imperial power seriously.

When Yan Yu led his troops to the Taimiao, he happened to meet Shen Tingzhi who was about to leave.

Although Shen Tingzhi was ordered to bring people to the Taimiao, his identity was special after all. In order not to arouse other people's suspicion, he had to leave after arranging all the things here.

Although Shen Tingzhi and Yan Yu were both wearing masks on their faces, they recognized each other at the first moment.

Shen Tingzhi originally thought that Shen Tianjiao would send someone else to deal with the Taimiao affairs, but he didn't expect that Shen Tianjiao would actually send Yan Yu to deal with it.

"General Yan, thank you for your hard work along the way."

Shen Tingzhi first walked up to Yan Yu and saluted him with his fists clasped.

"No, no, it's the Second Young Master who's worked hard."

When Yan Yu saw Shen Tingzhi, he became inexplicably flustered. He was so uneasy that he didn't even know where to put his hands.

Fortunately, he was wearing a mask, otherwise Shen Tingzhi would be able to see his embarrassment and panic at first glance.

Shen Tingzhi smiled and said, "Everyone has been detained now. Those lawless people are being held separately."

"It was the Emperor's order to detain all of them. You are to decide what to do next."

"Don't worry, if anything goes wrong, the Emperor will back you up."

"Yes, thank you for your advice, Second Young Master."

"Before I came here, the Queen had already instructed that those who did not resist and had a good attitude should be taken back to her and she would make her own arrangements."

"As for those who refuse to cooperate, stubbornly resist, and stubbornly refuse to repent, they can be executed on the spot to serve as a warning to others."

In front of Shen Tingzhi, Yan Yu behaved like an obedient student, even with his head lowered.

Shen Tingzhi nodded. It turned out to be his sister. She was decisive, simple and rough in doing things, but very useful.

Instead of arguing with these stubborn people, it is better to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. As long as we catch one of them, it will be effective immediately and the rest will not dare to resist anymore.

On the surface, these people seem to be very powerful and not easy to mess with, but in fact they are all paper tigers that can be easily exposed.

"Okay, then you should do as the Queen says."

"Among these people, the most serious quarrel is between the former Prince Dong, Li Zhishan, who was stripped of his throne and is now unemployed, and the old man from the Sun family."

"You will attack these two later. I guarantee that the results will be immediate and those people will behave themselves."

"Yes, thank you, Second Young Master."

Although Yan Yu's original body grew up in Shangjing, as an unfavored bastard in his family, he had no chance to come into contact with the powerful officials of those aristocratic families.

So he knew nothing about these people. If it weren't for Shen Tingzhi's reminder, he would probably have spent a lot of time and still not be able to deal with these people.

"We are all family, there is no need to be polite."

"Have you dealt with everything going to the capital?"

Shen Tingzhi had been staying here with his troops, so he was not well-informed and did not know that Li Chaohui was dead.

However, when he saw Yan Yu leading his troops here, he knew that everything regarding going to the capital had been resolved, otherwise Yan Yu would not have appeared here.

Although he knew that everything was resolved, Shen Tingzhi still couldn't help but want to hear Yan Yu tell him the answer with his own ears.

"Yes, everything has been resolved. Not a single remnant of Li Zhaohui remains. Except for those who are dead, all the others have been captured."

"Li Zhaohui himself, unable to bear the pressure of failure, jumped from the city wall and died on the spot."

Yan Yu did not tell Shen Tingzhi why Li Chaohui died.

Firstly, this is not the place to talk, and secondly, Yan Yu is still not sure what attitude Shen Tingzhi and Zhenbei Hou have towards the sudden appearance of An Ping.

So he decided that it would be better to let Shen Tianjiao tell Shen Tingzhi and Zhenbei Hou about this matter.

When Shen Tingzhi heard the news of Li Chaohui's death, he was stunned. This was really beyond his expectation. He did not expect that Li Chaohui, a prominent figure of Yunli's generation, would end his life in this way.

After a brief moment of distraction, Shen Tingzhi regained his usual calmness.

It no longer matters whether Li Chaohui is dead or alive. The most important thing now is how to handle the subsequent matters so that no accidents will occur in the court because of Li Chaohui's death.

"I'm leaving now. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, send someone to find Chunchao. She knows how to deal with it."

After exchanging information with Yan Yu, Shen Tingzhi was about to leave.

The Marquis of Zhenbei must have known by now that Li Chaohui was dead.

Shen Tingzhi must go back quickly now and discuss countermeasures with Marquis Zhenbei.

There can be no changes in Shangjing, especially at this time.

"Okay, take care, Second Young Master."

Yan Yu naturally knew that he and Shen Tingzhi each had their own missions to complete and did not have much time to stand here and chat.

The two of them said goodbye in a hurry and went about their own business.

As soon as Yan Yu entered the Taimiao, the long-awaited spring tide came to greet him.

"General Yan."

"Yeah." Yan Yu has a very good memory. No matter who it is, as long as he has met them once, he will remember them.

When he was in the palace, Yan Yu had seen Chunchao. He knew that the man in front of him was Shen Tianjiao's servant and someone Shen Tianjiao trusted very much.

Just when Shen Tingzhi left, he had already told Yan Yu that if there was anything that could not be solved, he should ask Chunchao for help.

So the one in front of us should be called Spring Tide.

"What's the situation inside now?"

"Those people tried to use the opportunity of the Heavenly Sacrifice yesterday to attack Your Majesty, hoping to imprison Your Majesty by force and use it to threaten the Empress."

"But the Empress had already made preparations. She had the Second Young Master lead his troops to set up an ambush at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. After a fierce battle last night."

"The Second Young Master has imprisoned all the court officials and the heads of the noble families."

"They are just detained separately. Those who did not participate are detained in one place, those who participated are detained in another place, and the masterminds are detained separately."

The fight from last night is still fresh in Chunchao's mind, and he is still feeling the lingering fear and hasn't recovered yet.

Chunchao has always been with Shen Tianjiao. On a normal day, he has never witnessed such a scene, let alone seen someone killing someone with a knife.

Chunchao didn't know how he managed to survive the situation last night.

After hearing Chunchao's words, Yan Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Shen Tingzhi is indeed the second son of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. His ability to handle things is really unmatched by ordinary people.

"Where are Li Zhishan and the head of the Sun family?"

Yan Yu went straight to the point. He didn't want to waste too much time on these people. If he could solve the problem sooner, he could go back to see Shen Tianjiao earlier.

After things here are over, he will be returning to Northern Xinjiang soon, and he won't have much time left to spend with Shen Tianjiao.

There are still many things waiting for him to do in the Northern Frontier. He must prepare everything needed for the war before Shen Tianjiao arrives in the Northern Frontier.

"They are both currently imprisoned in the underground ice storage room of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, but they are kept separately."

It was Shen Tingzhi who arrested people to quell the unrest, but it was Chunchao who was responsible for all subsequent matters, so Chunchao knew best where these people were.

"When I arrived, the Empress had already instructed that those who had not participated in the treason, and those who had participated but admitted their mistakes with a good attitude, should all be taken back and dealt with by her."

"Those who participated in the conspiracy, whose attitude was bad, who refused to repent, and who stubbornly resisted to the end, will be executed on the spot as a warning to others."

"The Second Young Master just told me that the ones leading the trouble this time are Li Zhishan and the old man from the Sun family."

"By the way, what's the name of the old man from the Sun family?"

The first principle on the battlefield is to capture the leader first. As long as the enemy's commander is dead, even if there are millions of remaining troops, they will immediately become a group of scattered sand.

The first choice used on the battlefield also applies here. As long as Li Zhishan and the old man from the Sun family are dealt with, the bones of others will become soft.

Moreover, Yan Yu thought it was necessary to tell everyone present that Li Chaohui was dead, so as to completely shatter the fantasies in the hearts of those evil people.

Let them accept this cruel reality and think carefully about what they should do in the future.

"The old man from the Sun family, named Sun Feng, is a notorious troublemaker in Shangjing City. He's very difficult to deal with."

When mentioning Sun Feng, Chunchao got a headache. Although this old man from the Sun family is already very old.

But he was in very good spirits. Whenever something happened in Beijing, this old man would always be the first to rush to the palace to cause trouble.

Although Shen Tianjiao was angry, she could do nothing about him. After all, the old man was old. If something happened to him when she punished him, the fault would immediately become Shen Tianjiao's, and all the dirty water would be thrown on Shen Tianjiao.

But the result of leaving it alone was that the old man of the Sun family became more and more rampant. He took advantage of his age and seniority to make trouble everywhere and cause trouble for others.