The tears on New Year's Day came quickly and went quickly, but she was still feeling down and slumped in the man's palm.
Xiao Changqi reached out and gently flicked the bird's forehead, his voice low and deep: "You really have raised a little devil."
After saying this, he turned and went back to his study with the little bird in his arms. The old steward gestured for Green Sprout to leave, and then personally went to prepare tea and bring it over.
"Your Highness, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just a few days away. Before you go to the palace for the banquet, would you like to invite Young Master Yuan to your residence for a gathering?" the head steward said while pouring tea.
Xiao Changqi's birth mother came from a humble background, and her maternal family was not in the capital. She spent every New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival alone. Later, she met Yuan Qing, the second son of the Yuan family, and they became friends, which made her less lonely.
However, Yuan Qing, as the second grandson of the Prime Minister's family, was a dissolute playboy who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun.
Xiao Changqi always felt that this person was not very serious, so he often couldn't give him a good look.
Yuan Qing was shameless; even when facing Xiao Changqi's extremely cold and handsome face, he could still laugh and joke.
In previous years, Yuan Qing knew that Xiao Changqi was the only one celebrating the festival at the Prince Gan's mansion, so he would bring a jar of fine wine to visit Xiao Changqi and drink with him.
Xiao Changqi placed the little bird on the military books piled on his desk and said calmly, "Yuandan is still unconscious and has no time to bother me."
Upon hearing her name, Yuan Dan, who had been listless, instantly perked up and looked up at the man.
"Chirp chirp chirp." Who did you just say was still unconscious?
Seeing that the little bird had regained its previous vitality, Xiao Changqi glanced at it indifferently, determined to ignore this mischievous little bird, so he paid it no mind.
The boss said, "Miss Yuandan is blessed with good fortune and will surely turn misfortune into good luck."
Xiao Changqi remained noncommittal, but the little bird perched on the military treatise kept chirping. When it realized that Xiao Changqi was ignoring it, it flapped its wings, trying to get the man's attention.
The head steward glanced at the audacious little bird, fearing it would be too noisy and be thrown out by the prince.
But to the steward's surprise, his prince was not angry at all, and instead let the birds chirp.
Yuan Dan realized that Xiao Changqi hadn't ignored her; he was just deliberately ignoring her.
Does this man have to be so childish?
Yuan Dan snorted coldly, then plopped down on the thick military book, recalling the plot about Yuan Qing from the original work.
Yuan Qing was Xiao Changqi's close friend and the legitimate son of the second branch of the Yuan family. He seemed to be a carefree and unrestrained man, but in reality, he was deep-thinking and ruthless. Xiao Changqi was able to ascend to the throne thanks to this young master Yuan.
Although Yuanqing was the legitimate son, his birth mother died early, and his father remarried Dou, forgetting his former lover.
His stepmother didn't mistreat him, but she did put a lot of pressure on him. Yuan Qing endured for years, pretending to be a playboy, so that his stepmother thought he couldn't cause much trouble.
Finally, Xiao Changqi became emperor, and Yuan Qing was appointed prime minister. The first people he dealt with were his second wife and her children, especially Dou's eldest daughter, Yuan Yan, who was torn apart by five horses.
The reason is that Yuan Qing's only younger sister fell from a horse and died when she was sixteen. The person behind it all was Yuan Yan.
If she wasn't mistaken, the New Year's Day that Xiao Changqi and the head steward mentioned should be the Miss Yuan from the Yuan family that the maids had been discussing earlier, who is also Yuan Qing's younger sister.
Thinking of this, Yuan Dan couldn't help but frown. In the original story, the young lady of the Yuan family died within an incense stick's time after being sent back to the mansion, but now she is only unconscious and not in danger of death. Could it be related to her?
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