Chapter 997: Chapter 54: Shouzhe Arrives in the Capital! Winds and Clouds Stir Again
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Faced with the pure and innocent eyes of the little wolf cubs, looking so pitiful as if ready to be beaten, Emperor Longchang raised his hand several times, but could not bring himself to strike.
"Enough, enough, this time it was my miscalculation," Emperor Longchang sighed, the anger on his face dissipating, "Since you five are so mischievous, I’ve decided to give you a small punishment as a lesson."
"Someone, lock them in a cage, set up a small space isolation array, and find two, no, ten eunuchs to keep watch in turns, not allowing them to leave the sight for a moment," Emperor Longchang ordered, "Let them be hungry for five days, no, three days will do."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuchs immediately bent down to take orders and began looking for a suitable cage, carrying out Emperor Longchang’s command.
"Make sure there is no lack of water in the cage, and lay soft silk inside," Emperor Longchang instructed again, then left with a blackened face heading to Zhuozheng Pavilion.
This ravaged Imperial Garden, he could no longer stay.
It was heart-wrenching, distressing, and hard to look at.
Two whole days later, Emperor Longchang’s disheartened mood improved a lot, and his anger towards the little wolf cubs lessened, and he started to miss them again.
They’ve been hungry for two days, they should be much more obedient, right?
Early that day, Emperor Longchang once again returned to the Imperial Garden to visit the little wolf cubs.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Upon seeing Emperor Longchang, the eunuchs on duty hurriedly saluted.
"Are the little ones being good?" Emperor Longchang asked with his hands behind his back.
As he spoke, his eyes swept over the specially built wolf nest, seeing that the railings were intact, and the small space isolation array was still functioning well, his heart was instantly at ease.
The five little ones were also obediently staying inside the wolf nest, sitting on cushions, their backs straight, their eyes looking straight ahead, their movements uniform.
Upon seeing Emperor Longchang, their eyes revealed longing and excitement, their tongues lolling with "haha woo woo", even their silver-grey fur swayed happily.
"Reporting to Your Majesty," the eunuchs quickly replied, "As per your instructions, we never took our eyes off them for a moment, the five little wolf cubs have been obedient, never leaving the wolf nest."
Hearing this, Emperor Longchang instantly beamed with joy, looking a bit smugly at Old Yao: "Old Yao, what did I say? Deep down these little ones are still good, just a bit mischievous and need careful nurture."
"Someone, let them out. They are still young, at the most lively age, being locked up for two days, they must be stifled," Emperor Longchang said with some heartache and reluctance, "I’ll take them out for a stroll, to relax."
The Imperial craftsworkers were very quick, in just two days, more than half of the damaged Imperial Garden was repaired, at least on the surface it looked almost the same as before. It’s just that those precious Immortal Flowers looked quite "shriveled", not likely to recover in a short time.
Emperor Longchang took the five little ones for a walk in the Imperial Garden, occasionally teaching them to recognize some expensive species, and meanwhile patiently instructing: "In the garden, you can play as you like, but if you arbitrarily cause destruction, you will suffer again."
His patient appearance really seemed like a kind old grandfather.
The five little ones were also obedient, listening with ears upright and nodding repeatedly, occasionally peeing to water the exotic flowers, as if apologizing for their past wrongdoings.
"Good, good, truly living up to my teachings," Emperor Longchang said with great relief and satisfaction.
After taking the five little ones out for a refreshment, he took them to Zhuozheng Pavilion. There were still some governmental affairs to handle today, and having the five little ones for company, he would feel much better.
By the evening, after handling some complicated political matters, Emperor Longchang looked up to see the five little ones obediently in Zhuozheng Pavilion.
They either lay down or sat, or simply leaned against the Emperor’s leg to sleep, none of them causing trouble.
For a moment, Emperor Longchang felt warmly satisfied, thinking that he had trained the five little ones quite well.
If I had known Silver Moon Grey Wolves were so fun and healing, I would’ve ordered the Desert Barbarian Race to contribute a few over long ago.
In this warm atmosphere, time flew by quickly. Unknowingly, it was time for dinner.
The eunuchs went to the Imperial Kitchen to bring the Emperor’s dinner.
Emperor Longchang, being Emperor Lingxu, naturally had incredibly strong physical capabilities, able to stabilize rivers with a foot and collapse mountains with a punch. To maintain such strong physical capabilities, the daily consumption was naturally significant.
Even though he was old and no longer pursuing breakthroughs in power, his requirements for supplementing vitality and spiritual energy were still extremely high. He needed to consume High-Tier Spiritual Flesh and Spiritual Food to replenish vitality and nourish his body, and also regularly take and refine Sixth-Grade Spirit Treasure Pills made from Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.
Otherwise, merely meditating and absorbing the gathered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi would hardly maintain his powerful strength.
After all, the stronger the physical body, the faster the metabolism and the greater the daily consumption of vitality and spiritual energy. If not sufficiently replenished, there would be no issue in the short term; the energy stored in his body could support him for a long time. But if not replenished for an extended period, the Black Tortoise Cultivator’s body would gradually decline until it was depleted.
Like today’s ordinary dinner for Emperor Longchang, it required the leg and spine meat of a Tier Five Snow Pattern Spiritual Ox.
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