The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Shen Tianjiao was so lost in thought that she didn't hear what Qiong Niang was saying.

Qiong Niang talked for a long time but there was no response from Shen Tianjiao. She turned around and found that Shen Tianjiao was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't hear what she said at all.

Seeing Shen Tianjiao like this, Qiong Niang knew that she must be thinking about something very important, so she didn't disturb her and sat down quietly waiting.

Shen Tianjiao thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. However, she felt a headache coming from thinking about it, so she rubbed her head with her hands.

Seeing this, Qiong Niang quickly stood up and walked behind Shen Tianjiao to give her a massage.

"What are you thinking about? Are you giving yourself a headache? Have you encountered any difficult obstacles? Tell us and we can think of a solution together."

Qiong Niang became worried. Shen Tianjiao was the kind of person who always wanted to handle danger or troubles alone. If you didn't dig deep into her, she would never tell you anything, even if you killed her.

Shen Tianjiao shook her head. "I haven't sorted things out yet. I'll tell you when I have figured things out."

Now things are so complicated and intertwined, like a mess. Although Shen Tianjiao is still unsure, her premonition tells her that there must be a shocking secret behind this matter. Once the truth is revealed, it will definitely make those who hear it change color and be afraid.

"Okay, then take your time to figure it out, but don't get stuck in a rut. If you really can't figure it out, just speak up. Three heads can still be better than a great master. Maybe if we all get together, we can find some new ideas."

Qiong Niang knew Shen Tianjiao's personality very well. If she didn't want to say it, no one could help her. She could only wait until she wanted to say it.

"Hey, where is the second prince now?" Shen Tianjiao was so busy every day that she was dizzy and couldn't tell the difference between east and west. She really didn't have too much energy to pay attention to those unimportant people.

Now, let alone Li Minghua, Shen Tianjiao has no time to take care of Li Minghua’s trouble-making and restless old mother Feng Yuanyuan.

Feng Yuanyuan has been restless during this period. Shen Tianjiao avoids her, but she is just like Li Rui from time to time. She runs to Shen Tianjiao to show her presence, which makes Shen Tianjiao very upset.

Shen Tianjiao is busy with state affairs every day, so how can she have the time to waste with a scheming green tea girl?

But the toad lying on the sole of the foot doesn't bite, but it is disgusting. Shen Tianjiao has tolerated Feng Yuanyuan's non-aggressive behavior for a long time.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to take advantage of this opportunity to let Feng Yuanyuan and Li Rui, two people who are in love, become enemies and suspicious of each other again.

Thinking of this, Shen Tianjiao couldn't help laughing. If these two toads started fighting, her life would be much quieter.

"Where else can he be? He can't still be staying in the reformatory." After knowing how Li Minghua bullied Li Muyang, Qiong Niang no longer had any good feelings towards Li Minghua. He was so vicious at such a young age.

It really proves the saying, "A son takes after his mother." Like mother, like son. His evil appearance is exactly the same as Feng Yuanyuan's.

"You locked him up in the reformatory for only a few days when his biological mother, Feng Yuanyuan, secretly took him out and is now keeping him in her Jinyang Palace."

"It's just that ever since the last incident, Feng Yuanyuan and Li Rui no longer have the same affection as before. Although Feng Yuanyuan is still acting like a troublemaker, she has restrained herself a lot."

"After she sent Li Minghua back from the reformatory, she stopped letting that little bastard wander around the palace. I guess she's afraid that if you catch him, he'll go back to the reformatory."

Qiong Niang was still a little bothered by the fact that Feng Yuanyuan didn't let Li Minghua leave Jinyang Palace. As a younger brother, not only did he not take his elder brother seriously, but he also humiliated him in such a way. Qiong Niang couldn't tolerate this.

Qiong Niang now raises Li Muyang as her own son, and she pours all her love for the child who was never able to come into the world into Li Muyang. The double motherly love will not allow her child to be bullied.

Even if the other person is still a child, that won’t work. I can’t bear to bully my own child, so how can I let others bully him?

Besides, Li Minghua is not a good kid at all. He is just a little devil. Why should we be soft-hearted towards a little devil?

Qiong Niang was still there feeling indignant, but Shen Tianjiao had already stood up and said, "Come on, go with me outside to take a walk and relax."

"Ah, go out and relax? Oh, I see." Qiong Niang felt that Shen Tianjiao's change of heart was too fast, and she could hardly accept it.

But in fact, Shen Tianjiao's real purpose of wanting to wander around the palace was to see if her luck was good enough and whether she could meet Li Minghua outside. She wanted to verify some things.

Although Feng Yuanyuan did not allow Li Minghua to leave Jinyang Palace, there was a high probability that Li Minghua, a spoiled child like this, would not obey.

This kind of child is extremely rebellious. The more you don't want him to do something, the more he will do it. Maybe he doesn't need to leave Jinyang Palace, but in order to challenge, no, it should be said that he will run out secretly to satisfy his vanity.

"Why do you suddenly want to go out for a walk? Usually, except for the time when you practice morning exercises, you like to stay indoors the rest of the time and don't even want to go out to the yard."

The world inside and outside Yuxiu Palace are two different worlds. In Yuxiu Palace, when there are no outsiders around, Qiong Niang can indulge herself and act without any respect with Shen Tianjiao.

But once she left Yuxiu Palace and went outside, no matter whether there were outsiders around or not, Qiong Niang had to remember her current identity. She was just a palace maid serving Shen Tianjiao, and she had to distinguish between the superior and the inferior.

"Nothing, I'm just a little upset from thinking about something. I thought I'd go out and get some fresh air for a change of pace. Maybe that'll clear up the confusion in my heart."

Before she gets a definite answer, Shen Tianjiao will not tell anyone about her guess. Things are accomplished through secrecy, and they fail through disclosure.

It’s not that Shen Tianjiao doesn’t trust the people around her, but this matter is of great importance. Not only are there many people talking, but it would also be a burden for them to tell it before getting a definite answer.

Qiong Niang supported Shen Tianjiao and walked slowly. She didn't think that what Shen Tianjiao said was wrong. Shen Tianjiao was indeed too busy and too tired now. It was understandable that she wanted to take a break occasionally.

The two of them chatted as they walked, and unknowingly walked towards Jinyang Palace.

It was quite quiet along the way. Apart from some palace maids who were cleaning, there was no one else to be seen. The concubines who usually liked to wander around when they had nothing to do seemed to have disappeared collectively.

Shen Tianjiao didn't notice anything wrong, but Qiong Niang always felt that something was wrong.

"Where have all the people in this palace gone? I haven't heard that they were all banished to the cold palace by someone. Why is it so quiet today, as if there just been a robbery?"

Normally, Qiong Niang would occasionally leave Yuxiu Palace to do some business. The beauties from various palaces also often ran around in this garden, but now they all disappeared. It was really abnormal.

Shen Tianjiao smiled knowingly, "Let's go. If we don't go back to Yuxiu Palace today, this garden won't be lively anymore."

Qiong Niang looked back at Shen Tianjiao and suddenly understood why the garden was usually bustling but deserted today.

As the Empress of the Central Palace, Shen Tianjiao usually lives in seclusion. In the past, in order to cope with the situation, she would ask the concubines to pay their respects to the Yuxiu Palace on the first and fifteenth days of each month. But now, because she is busy handling government affairs, she has even dispensed with these superficial formalities.

Now it is harder to see the Empress in the palace than to see the Emperor.

It's okay for our Queen Shen Tianjiao not to leave Yuxiu Palace normally, but as soon as she leaves Yuxiu Palace, someone will be in trouble.

Last time it was the unlucky guy Li Minghua, followed by the duo of sisters who clung to Feng Yuanyuan, and I won’t mention the others later.

Anyway, the current Empress Shen Tianjiao is no longer the previous Empress Shen Tianjiao. Anyone with a bit of common sense in this huge harem will not go against Shen Tianjiao.

Therefore, when the Queen travels, all outsiders must naturally avoid her.

After understanding what was happening, Qiong Niang couldn't help but laugh. In the past, the women in the harem would rack their brains and try every possible means to compete for that meaningless favor, hurting each other.

Thinking that she was once one of this group of pitiful women, Qiong Niang felt ashamed. At that time, Li Rui's love was like a cage, imprisoning all the women in the harem in his cage.

Now that I have given up those useless love affairs, broken free from those constraints, and no longer live for that person, I realize that there is actually another way to live life.

"Hey, why are we here at Jinyang Palace?" Looking at the Jinyang Palace not far away, Qiong Niang's face changed. Just because she gave up the shackles of love, it didn't mean that she could let go of the grudges of the past.

Her hatred for Feng Yuanyuan was no less than Shen Tianjiao's, and even more. The decline of their Wang family, the unborn child in her belly, and her later miserable situation in Youming Palace were all caused by Feng Yuanyuan.

Shen Tianjiao reached out and patted Qiong Niang's hand. "You must learn to be patient with your enemies. You can't just reveal your inner thoughts whenever you think of them. You must be able to face them calmly even when you are face to face. Only in this way can you remain invincible."

"I was wrong. I'm not cunning enough now. I will change slowly." Qiong Niang knew that she shouldn't reveal her true thoughts. This is the harem. There are so many eyes watching her every move. If she takes a wrong step, she may be doomed.

"Okay, stop blaming yourself. This kind of thing doesn't happen overnight." Shen Tianjiao is different from Qiong Niang. She was reborn and traveled through time. She doesn't have much feeling for either Li Rui or Feng Yuanyuan.

After all, the pain that the original body had experienced only remained in Shen Tianjiao's memory, and she had not actually experienced it herself.

So when facing Li Rui and Feng Yuanyuan, she was able to remain calm and composed. If she were still her original self, she would not be so calm.

"If you want to become indifferent to your enemy, the best way is to appear in front of her more often. The more you see her, the more indifferent you will become."

"But we're not here to see Feng Yuanyuan today. We're here to run into her precious son, Li Minghua."

Shen Tianjiao looked at the Jinyang Palace not far away, thinking in her heart that if Li Minghua did not leave Jinyang Palace today, what method should she use to get that boy out of Jinyang Palace.

Feng Yuanyuan is now very wary of her. If she asks to see Li Minghua, Feng Yuanyuan will definitely find ways to stop her.

"Why do you want to meet that bad boy?" Qiong Niang looked at Shen Tianjiao with confusion. Although she would not really bother with a child, she still felt uncomfortable when she saw what Li Minghua said.

Because no matter how bad Li Minghua was, he was still a child one year younger than Li Muyang. She couldn't do anything to a child no matter what. She couldn't do such a thing as harming someone's offspring in the past, and she couldn't do it now. She wanted to accumulate blessings for Li Muyang.

"I only came to him to confirm my suspicions. Li Minghua is one year younger than Mu'er, so he's six years old this year. But after all these years, why don't I have any impression of what he looks like?"

Shen Tianjiao was not lying. In her original body's memory, there was only Li Minghua, but she had no impression of his appearance at all.

The last time she saw Li Minghua bullying Li Muyang, Shen Tianjiao was only concerned with protecting Li Muyang. Because she didn't like Li Minghua, she naturally didn't care what he looked like. She only remembered that he was a tall and strong little fat boy. As for what he looked like, she really didn't look at him carefully.

"Forget about you. I can't even remember what Li Minghua looks like. He's been pampered since he was born. Feng Yuanyuan treats him like the apple of her eye."

"Perhaps because he had done too many bad things and was afraid that his son would suffer retribution, Feng Yuanyuan rarely let Li Minghua leave Jinyang Palace."

"You used to dislike Feng Yuanyuan bringing Li Minghua to Yuxiu Palace, and you even exempted them from their daily greetings."

"I haven't seen this many times, so naturally I don't have any impression of it. What's so strange about that?"

Because Qiong Niang had a very bad relationship with Feng Yuanyuan back then, she naturally wouldn't pay attention to Li Minghua.

Shen Tianjiao nodded. It was true that the relationship between the original body and Feng Yuanyuan was very tense during those years. Feng Yuanyuan was a particularly scheming green tea girl who had framed the original body many times.

Feng Yuanyuan's darling son was originally afraid that Feng Yuanyuan would use Li Minghua to frame him and put him in jail, so she exempted the mother and son from their daily greetings and tried not to see each other if possible. This is why they were not familiar with each other even though they were in the same harem.