Chapter 330: with translation of chapter title

As emperor, being a ruler, his thoughts are naturally ruthless enough.

He quickly returned to Da Li Si: strict torture, careful interrogation, life or death irrelevant.

Of course, the mastermind still cannot die for now.

But for unimportant personnel, if they cannot hold out, they are interrogated to death; if they can spit it out, that's best, if they cannot, they are simply killed.

After receiving the news from Da Li Si, the emperor thought for a moment and sent someone to the imperial villa with a message: "I don't know if Little Nine still cares about this side, but since the person is gone, we ought to tell him."

As for the Empress Dowager's side?

Since the case wasn't finished, the emperor felt it was better not to tell her for now.

It concerns the Su family of years past, and concerns his imperial sister……

Before there is a result, it's better not to provoke the Mother Consort.

Yesterday was sunny all day, so today the fields aren't very muddy.

So Sui Sui and they didn't pick a place, they just let loose and played.

Bugs?

As long as they don't bite, hurt, or carry poison, they aren't really afraid of them.

But they have medicine pouches on them, so bugs don't like to get close.

But they can catch them! The three kids played until they were covered in mud; Prince Qi not only didn't mind, he kept muttering aside: "Look at our good child, oh my, they're really energetic."

"Nice!"

"Good child, smart."

"Little Six, this kid is slippery."

"Little Seven can't do it, can't even run."

……

Two out of three sentences were praising Sui Sui.

But Prince Qi didn't neglect his two sons either; occasionally he would clap and mock them a bit.

The two brothers: '…… Such attention, better not have it!'

Feng Xuan Shang accompanied them in play for a while, then went to check the medicine field.

He originally left the palace on behalf of the Mother Consort to oversee this medicine field, so naturally he wouldn't spend all his time playing.

But seeing the children happily playing, Feng Xuan Shang couldn't help muttering to the attendant beside him: "It's lively here; Little Nine would probably like it, a pity the Mother Consort didn't let him come out, otherwise Little Nine could also play freely."

There are many rules in the palace, and the princes have even more restrictions.

So, wanting to let loose and run around playing is impossible.

The Ninth Prince, Feng Xuan Lu, and Feng Xuan Shang share the same mother; toward this younger brother, he naturally dotes on him.

Now seeing other children playing, he unconsciously thinks of his younger brother, and Feng Xuan Shang feels a bit regretful.

If only he had known to bring his brother out.

But Feng Xuan Shang didn't dwell on it, quickly turning his thoughts back to the medicine field.

Sui Sui and they played until covered head to toe in mud, but each was happy; seeing this, Princess Consort of Qi couldn't bear to lecture them.

At this imperial villa, daily food supplies are not abundant.

Because only guards and cleaning palace staff live here, their food and provisions standards are also lower.

After Feng Xuan Shang came over, his provisions were also simple.

Prince Qi has been staying at Lanruo Si these past few days; to speak without exaggeration, he's about to grow bland from lack of flavor.

So, let him also have simple fare?

No way! So, we arranged nearby to have people send over foodstuffs.

He needs some meat! He's been craving it for days! Actually, this villa also raises some small animals, like deer, cranes, sheep, and such.

But this place is different from Shanglin Garden.

Here they are mostly for viewing; I don't know if they're tasty, but the breeds are certainly rarer.

So, to eat……

That's definitely not possible!

Just looking at them is fine.

Sui Sui doesn't understand what's rare or not; she just runs behind her brother, watching him chase cranes, birds, deer for her, and finally he successfully snags a feather.

White with a hint of light gray, it looks quite nice.

Sui Sui stuck it on her little cap, looking rather uniquely rustic.

Feng Xuanbin watched enviously from the side, shouting that he also wanted a cap and to stick in a feather! When Princess Consort of Qi saw that tail feather, her vision went dark.

That's the white crane His Majesty likes!

You plucked its feathers!

Deadly!

Princess Consort of Qi, anxious, went to tug Prince Qi's sleeve; Prince Qi, however, didn't mind much, lightly patting her hand to soothe her while smiling and saying: "Don't worry, it's no big deal—just two tail feathers missing, won't kill him, and the imperial elder brother isn't here, so it's fine."

But after all, they startled the cranes; Prince Qi thought it over and had the palace attendants give that flock of cranes an extra meal.

Princess Consort of Qi: ……

All right, there's still the Prince holding things up.

Sui Sui doesn't know how precious the crane feather is; she only knows it looks very nice, and it's also fine not on the cap.

The system wanted to educate the children, especially upon seeing this breed, which in later times are all rare categories; the teaching urge was even more itching to act.

But soon the system again thought……

Times differ, so background concepts differ as well.

I told them that they can understand clearly, but they don't necessarily agree.

In the end, the system didn't say anything.

Prince Qi said to Feng Xuanrui, "It's not good to keep pulling them all the time; if you pull too hard, your Imperial Uncle would be sad."

Feng Xuanrui was just playing wildly and didn't pay attention.

Hearing Father King's words now, he quickly nodded obediently, "Alright, Father King, I understand."

Seeing that he had responded, Prince Qi said nothing more.

At noon, they had a sumptuous meat feast.

Although it wasn't all meat, it was at least half.

After being vegetarian for several days, it was hard to finally get some meat and fish.

If not for fearing his stomach couldn't handle it, Prince Qi actually wanted something even greasier.

But seeing that Sui Sui didn't like those smells, and Princess Consort also preferred light meals, they finally restrained themselves.

Feng Xuanshang's eating habit leans toward light dishes, and seeing that half the table was still light, he felt a little relieved.

At this moment Feng Xuanshang couldn't help but feel fortunate; luckily, Aunt Wang didn't like too much meat, otherwise today's lunch…

He would rather compromise with the palace maids!

After eating, the sun was high, and it wasn't a good time to fuss.

Moreover, after playing all morning, everyone was tired.

So the children quickly went to sleep.

Feng Xuanshang didn't trouble himself, chatted with Uncle Wang, and then went back to sleep.

The midday sun was indeed fine, drying most of the ground.

In the afternoon, when everyone went out again, the ground was basically no longer slippery.

Feng Xuanrui happily grabbed Sui Sui's hand and ran around wildly.

He wanted to chase the flock of cranes, but Sui Sui held him back: "Brother, don't keep chasing them; they'll get hurt too."

At noon, the system couldn't hold back and said a little something to Sui Sui.

The children didn't understand much, so the system could only speak in a way they could grasp.

Sui Sui still doesn't quite get it; she thinks if lambs and piglets can be eaten, why not little cranes? Yet, though she doesn't understand, she's still willing to listen to Le Le.

Feng Xuanrui, who originally still wanted to chase, listened to Sui Sui's advice, thought for a moment, and raised his head, saying, "Alright, we'll listen to sister; wherever sister says we should rush, we'll rush there!"

Feng Xuanbin, panting heavily nearby, heard this and puffed his belly, saying, "Yes, yes, we'll listen to sister!"

Sui Sui, not knowing what's interesting, pointed casually toward a direction: "Let's go over there!"

The second watch at 19:00.