Five days later.
Xiao Changqi led eight hundred personal guards on his journey back to the capital.
Sun Jianchou had to treat the wounded soldiers, so he stayed behind for the time being. The Luo brothers, Luo Ying and Luo Feng, also stayed behind to guard Tongzhou.
Therefore, only Yuan Qing and Chang Jiu returned to the capital with Xiao Changqi.
The war was urgent when they arrived, so the group rushed to Tongzhou on horseback, but the return trip to the capital was much slower.
When Xiao Changqi was on his way back to the capital on New Year's Day, the little bird, who was doing aerobics, suddenly stopped, lost her balance, and fell wobbly onto the bed with a thud.
Since the weather has gotten colder, we moved our aerobics workout to our room on New Year's Day.
Seeing her like this, the sparrow asked with concern, "Master, are you alright?"
"It's nothing." Yuan Dan got up from under the covers and tilted his head to confirm with Sparrow again, "Is Xiao Changqi really coming back?"
“Yes.” Sparrow shook off the snow water from her body, not daring to get onto the bed, but squatting on the bed frame to talk to Yuandan. “I just heard Grandpa Steward say that he also asked the people of the Prince’s Mansion to renovate the mansion again.”
Repairing the Prince's Mansion?
Why?
On New Year's Day, she suddenly remembered the good thing she and the little bald bird had done a few days ago—the bamboo in the main courtyard had been ruined by her and the little bald bird.
The manor continued to supply bamboo seeds daily, but the little bald bird, having grown a few feathers, became arrogant and dared to steal her bamboo seeds.
As a little bird that feeds on bamboo, it naturally has to win back New Year's Day.
“I can only eat ten bamboo fruits a day, and now you’re trying to take them from me, you little bald boy. Have you forgotten who hatched you and gave you a home?” Yuan Dan rummaged through the bamboo fruits on her plate, refusing to back down.
Jin Jin: "Chu mi~"
Who did you hatch?
Why have you become so possessive of your food after losing your memory, little phoenix?
What happened to the friendship we had when we shared food together?
On New Year's Day, the old man said calmly, "You little bald boy, stop chirping. I can't understand anything you're saying anyway. But let me tell you, don't even think about taking my snacks."
"Chu mi".
What if I decide to take advantage of these bamboo seeds?
And so, the two little birds, fighting for food, began to fight, eventually even flying outside to continue their battle.
The bamboo forest was littered with leaves as two small birds playfully fought, making the bamboo forest, which had already lost many leaves due to winter, look even more bare.
Of course, Yuandan, with her abundant feathers, won the food battle in the end, but she still generously gave the little bald boy a bamboo nut.
Recalling the misdeeds she and the bald man had done, Yuan Dan couldn't help but feel a little guilty, which overshadowed her excitement and nervousness at the prospect of meeting the man.
I don't know why she was so nervous on New Year's Day.
Could it be that hesitancy arises as one approaches home?
Despite her nervousness, Yuandan still carried her little bundle back to Xiao Changqi's bedroom.
Since Xiao Changqi left, Yuandan has practically lived in Qique Courtyard, speaking to sparrows and Little Baldy in a language only birds can understand.
She glanced around the man's room. Because the servants cleaned it every day, it was as clean as ever, and there was no trace of the man left there.
Compared to previous battles, this war actually ended much faster.
In other words, the battle is not completely over.
Since the two sides have only temporarily ceased hostilities, and Li Dan suffered heavy losses this time, he will probably not set foot in Japan again for a year or two.
But wars sometimes break out so suddenly that no one can predict when the next war will come.
While waiting anxiously and impatiently at the Prince's Mansion on New Year's Day, Xiao Changqi encountered an unexpected incident on his way back to the capital.
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