Little did he know that His Majesty would be so fond of this little bird.

He actually allowed a bird to sit on the emperor's bed.

At this time, Yuan Dan was doing aerobics in the Imperial Garden.

Everyone in the palace knew that His Majesty's pet bird ate bamboo seeds, so on New Year's Day, he did not compete with the sparrow for the few remaining wild fruits.

After breakfast, Yuandan felt that the courtyard in front of the palace was too small, so she went to the Imperial Garden.

It is currently winter, and there are not many flowers still blooming in the Imperial Garden. Only a few red plum trees bravely bloom despite the snow and frost.

On New Year's Day, I found an open space and began to stretch my body. My thick-feathered body swayed as the little bird hopped and jumped.

Just then, two women dressed in palace attire suddenly walked towards them.

These are clearly the concubines whom the late emperor did not have time to arrange before his death.

The woman in the pink palace dress pointed to a small bird hopping not far away: "Sister, look, isn't there a pink ball over there?"

Another woman in blue nodded slightly and said, "It seems so."

"Let's go take a look."

Both of these concubines had only recently entered the palace and had not yet been favored by the late emperor.

When the late emperor died, most of the concubines who had been with him but had not given birth to princes were sent to the imperial mausoleum to be buried with him.

Concubines with children or those who had not yet been chosen by the emperor escaped this fate.

Most of the concubines who gave birth to princes and princesses were taken out of the palace by their children who had left to establish their own residences, while those concubines who had never been favored by the emperor could only remain in the palace temporarily.

Xiao Changqi had no princess consort, and his birth mother had died early, so naturally no one was in charge of the affairs of the harem.

Only one imperial concubine could be chosen to temporarily manage the affairs for him.

However, Xiao Changqi did not speak, and she did not dare to deal with the concubines left in the palace at will.

Perhaps Xiao Changqi has designs on taking them as his concubines?

While I was doing a workout on New Year's Day, someone suddenly grabbed me by the neck and lifted me up.

"Your Majesty, it's a little bird." The person carrying her was the personal maid of the concubine in the pink palace dress.

Consort Li approached and exclaimed in surprise, "How come this little bird is so fat? Its feathers are also strangely shaped."

Xia Jieyu looked at New Year's Day with a thoughtful expression.

Consort Li is young and of low rank, so her experience is indeed rather limited.

Who in the capital doesn't know that His Majesty, formerly known as Prince Gan, kept a pink bird?

Moreover, it is widely rumored in the capital that His Majesty is very fond of this little bird.

Now it seems that this is the little bird.

"Chirp chirp." Yuan Dan looked at the two women in front of him with a puzzled expression.

She had only come to the Imperial Garden to do some aerobics, how did she end up running into these women who were still in the palace?

However, why is Xiao Changqi keeping these people around? Could it be that... he not only wants to inherit the old emperor's throne, but also wants to inherit the old emperor's women?

New Year:"……"

She's not sour.

"Little bird, did you grow up to be this fat, or did your master raise you to look like this? And what about your feathers? Are they dyed?" Consort Li said to the palace maid who was following her, "Go and fetch a basin of water."

Palace servant: "Your Highness, this place is quite far from our palace. If we go back to fetch water, it will take quite a while."

Consort Li pondered for a moment: "That makes sense."

Out of the corner of her eye, Consort Li caught sight of the pond in the Imperial Garden, and an idea immediately came to her: "Isn't there water there? Let's throw it in and wash it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

New Year:"?!"

Holy crap!

Bird murder!

Yuan Dan immediately struggled, flapping its wings, trying to fly out of the palace maid's palm.

"What's wrong with this little bird?" Consort Li frowned in displeasure at her resistant look. "It really is a wild animal, it doesn't know any rules. Quickly throw it into the pond. Today I want to see if its feathers are dyed."