Night falls.
When Xiao Changqi returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to retire for the night, he could not find the little bird.
"Where is Yuanyuan?" Xiao Changqi turned to ask the chief eunuch who was instructing the palace servants to light the lamps.
The chief eunuch hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, Yuanyuan has not returned since she left."
Xiao Changqi frowned, put the cloak he was about to take off back on, and strode out.
The chief eunuch and servants quickly followed.
At this moment, Yuan Dan was picking feathers for sparrows in the Qique Hall.
This little bird, perhaps due to malnutrition, has started losing its feathers.
"Master, am I going to go bald?" the sparrow asked worriedly as it picked up the sparrow.
"What's bald?" Yuandan nudged it with its wing, pecked at the feather on its back, and put it aside. "Just malnutrition."
Sparrow: "What is malnutrition?"
"They've never eaten anything good." Sparrows eat wild fruits and beans every day, and it's normal for them to shed feathers now that it's the beginning of spring.
"But birds should eat wild fruits."
The two little birds quickly picked up all the feathers on the ground.
After all, sparrows don't lose many feathers.
On New Year's Day, I helped the sparrow move all its feathers to its nest: "You can eat wild fruits, and I'll have someone get you some grains another day."
The sparrow nodded as if it understood, but in any case, its owner was right.
When Xiao Changqi pushed open the door and came in, he saw two little birds sleeping head to head.
This scene is utterly irritating.
Xiao Changqi walked over, picked up the little bird, put it in his arms, and wrapped it in his cloak.
She hadn't slept well on New Year's Day, so she woke up as soon as the man made a move.
"Chirp?" She opened her eyes groggily, her gaze meeting the man's as he looked down at her.
I was instantly jolted awake on New Year's Day and tilted my head to look behind him.
The palace servants were all standing guard outside and didn't come in.
Only then did she feel relieved enough to speak: "What are you doing here?"
His tone carried a hint of defiance.
Xiao Changqi ruffled the soft feathers on her head: "Come and take my little bird back to sleep."
On New Year's Day, she said irritably, "I'm not your little bird, and I'm not going back to sleep with you."
After saying that, the little bird fluttered away to return to its nest.
Xiao Changqi held down the bird's wings and said softly, "Stop fooling around."
"Who's messing with you?" Yuan Dan wanted to peck him with her beak, but she was afraid of making Xiao Changqi angry.
When a king is enraged, millions will die.
In particular, Xiao Changqi was a tyrant.
Xiao Changqi didn't want to argue with the little bird here: "Let's go back first."
“I won’t go back.” Yuan Dan shook his head. “If Your Majesty has nothing else to say, please return.”
Xiao Changqi narrowed his eyes, clearly displeased.
On New Year's Day, she turned her head away, not intending to coax the man.
If he's so capable, he'll roast her.
Xiao Changqi stared at the little bird for a while, until Yuandan's feathers stood on end.
On New Year's Day, with her neck stiff, she said, "I'm going back to sleep."
This time, it wasn't specified whether it was returning to the Bird's Nest or the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Xiao Changqi knew that the little bird had offered him a way out. He glanced at the sparrow, which was still asleep, and carried the little bird out of the Qique Palace.
The Qique Palace wasn't originally called that; it was only after the birds moved in that Xiao Changqi bestowed upon it that name.
It's basically a replica of the Qique Courtyard from the Prince's Mansion.
Green Sprout was only responsible for the birds' daily lives, and her rank was different from that of the other palace maids.
Nowadays, there are no concubines in the palace, and most of the palace maids can only do some idle work.
Previously, the head maids only needed to serve the masters of the harem, but now they are all assigned to various palaces to do things like cleaning, fetching water, and washing clothes.
Xiao Changqi did not need female officials to serve him, otherwise there would have been many palace maids eager to serve the emperor.
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