Xiao Changqi sensed the bird's gaze and slowly glanced at it sideways: "What are you looking at?"
On New Year's Day, feigning ignorance: "Chirp chirp?"
I didn't see anything.
"Come down," Xiao Changqi said, extending his hand to the little bird.
"Chirp chirp." Yuan Dan shook her head firmly.
She has principles, you know.
Last time I went to a cold spring with a man, at least he was wearing underwear, but today he's completely naked.
Xiao Changqi frowned, thinking that the little bird probably couldn't swim and might get drowned, and then it would get angry with him again, so he didn't force it.
After the man finished showering, Yuandan nestled in his arms and was carried back to the room, where they shared a bed as always.
...
With the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet approaching, Xiao Changqi, as a member of the royal family, naturally had to present a birthday gift on the night of the banquet.
In previous years, the old steward would prepare the birthday gifts and then report them to Xiao Changqi.
However, this year the chief steward found out that the congratulatory gift sent by the Crown Prince's Palace was the same as that sent by their Prince Gan's Palace.
The Crown Prince's status is always a bit higher than that of the Prince. Now that they know the birthday gifts are the same, they should hurry up and prepare another birthday gift before the banquet arrives.
Therefore, the old steward has been extremely busy these past few days. During the New Year's Day holiday, he ate and slept all day and had nothing to do. Seeing that the old steward was so troubled by this matter, she thought for a moment and one day, when she was squatting on Xiao Changqi's lap, she let him touch the feathers on her head.
"Your Highness, have you ever heard of a kaleidoscope?"
Over the past few days, Xiao Changqi has gotten used to communicating with the bird in this way, and occasionally he will subconsciously reach out and pinch the feather on the bird's head.
What is a kaleidoscope?
“I’ve noticed that the head steward has been so busy preparing the Empress Dowager’s birthday gift these past few days that his hair has turned quite a bit white.” As she was speaking, she noticed that the man’s face suddenly darkened, so she quickly added, “Of course, the most important thing is that it’s for Your Highness’s sake. Think about it, if the birthday gift you prepare doesn’t please the Empress Dowager, then the Emperor and the Crown Prince will definitely bully you in court again. So, as Your Highness’s pet bird, I naturally have to share your burdens.”
Xiao Changqi didn't speak, just quietly watching the little bird, a barely perceptible smile flashing across his eyes.
"Tell me how you want to share my burdens," Xiao Changqi said, rubbing the pink little ball of fur.
To avoid revealing his modern identity, Yuan Dan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Your Highness, have you ever been overseas?"
Xiao Changqi: "Never."
“When I lived in the mountains, I heard some birds that flew very far away say that there are actually many countries overseas, and the people in these countries look different from us, with blond hair, blue eyes, and tall and strong figures…”
Xiao Changqi lightly pinched the bird's tail feathers, his eyes narrowing dangerously: "Get to the point."
With her weakness in the man's hands, Yuan Dan dared not act recklessly again and obediently said, "The kaleidoscope I just mentioned was invented by these countries overseas. With just a small tube, you can see many rich and beautiful patterns."
Hearing the bird's words, Xiao Changqi also found the kaleidoscope quite novel.
"Do you know how to make it?"
"Of course," Yuan Dan proudly puffed out her little chest.
She's a little bird with a lot of knowledge.
"Your Highness, please take notes of the manufacturing process."
Xiao Changqi had no doubts about the bird's words. Holding the bird in one hand, he wrote down the steps and the required materials on the paper with vigorous strokes in the other.
What is a prism?
"It's a mirror that's been polished into a triangle shape."
"A bronze mirror?"
"Plane mirror".
Xiao Changqi paused for a moment: "What is a plane mirror?"
New Year:"……"
She forgot that glass didn't exist in this era.
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