Back at the Yuan residence, Yuan Qing didn't ask any questions, only instructing the steward to prepare a meal.
Yuan Dan knew that Yuan Qing was a smart man; in fact, he saw things more clearly than anyone else.
She announced her identity to the servants in the mansion, and Yuan Qing personally led her to the courtyard that had been arranged for her.
The environment is serene and quiet, and bamboo is planted there; the courtyard is called Bamboo Courtyard.
Yuan Dan glanced around and joked with a smile, "This courtyard isn't something you're leaving for your future wife, is it?"
Yuan Qing, who was walking ahead, turned around and glanced at her: "Shouldn't my wife live in the same courtyard as me?"
On New Year's Day, Yuan Qing followed him into the house. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but say, "I have something to tell you."
Yuan Qing waved his hand, signaling the maids to leave first, and then looked at Yuan Dan.
"I am not New Year's Day."
Hearing the woman's words, Yuan Qing's smile remained unchanged: "I know."
He couldn't possibly not recognize his sister.
"Yuanyuan was gone when she fell off her horse, wasn't she?" Yuan Qing sat at the table, a faint bitter smile playing on her lips. "The Yuanyuan of later times, that was you, wasn't it?"
Yuan Dan nodded, which was considered as agreement with Yuan Qing's words.
Yuan Qing: "There's something else I want to ask you."
"Go ahead and ask."
"What is your relationship with the little bird that His Majesty keeps?"
Yuan Qing had already sensed something was wrong.
"Yuandan" was unconscious for so many days, but woke up on the day Xiaoyuan came.
After waking up on New Year's Day, Xiao Yuanyuan immediately fell into a deep sleep.
He simply didn't believe that there was no connection between the two.
On New Year's Day, with a serious expression, he asked, "If I said I was the little bird that Xiao Changqi raised, would you believe me?"
Yuan Qing revealed an expression that said, "Since His Majesty has asked me to bring you back, then you can settle down here."
Just as Yuan Qing got up to leave, Yuan Dan suddenly said, "Wait."
Yuan Qing stopped and turned to look at her.
"If Xiao Changqi sends someone to find me, please help me refuse them, okay?"
Yuan Qing nodded slightly: "Mm."
After Yuanqing left, Yuandan sat at the table in a daze, and a sparrow jumped from her shoulder onto the table.
"Master, don't you want to see the Emperor?"
On New Year's Day, he touched the little sparrow and said, "Little sparrow, he is not the Emperor."
The sparrow tilted its head to look at her, clearly not understanding what she was saying.
"Back then, I lost my soul for him, and he also used up tens of thousands of years of magic power to save me. So, we are actually even now."
But ever since she regained most of her memories, her love for the Emperor has shifted to Xiao Changqi.
Therefore, she couldn't tell whether she loved the Emperor Mo Qi from her past life or the tyrant Xiao Changqi in this life.
Xiao Changqi clearly didn't have any romantic feelings for her.
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Inside the palace.
After finishing processing the memorials, Xiao Changqi returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and habitually called out, "Little Yuanyuan."
The chirping of birds did not occur as usual.
Xiao Changqi was taken aback. Gao Zhong, remembering that he hadn't seen His Majesty's beloved pet all day, cautiously replied, "Your Majesty, could it be that Xiao Yuanyuan went to Qique Palace to look for her..."
Before Gao Zhong could finish speaking, he remembered that there were no birds left in Qique Palace. Seeing Xiao Changqi's ugly expression, he was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. This servant will immediately send someone to find Xiao Yuanyuan."
"No need," Xiao Changqi said calmly.
Gao Zhong didn't dare ask why, and cautiously replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
As Xiao Changqi lay in bed at night, the faint breathing of the birds no longer filled his ears, and he couldn't fall asleep.
After tossing and turning for half the night, Xiao Changqi got up, put on his outer clothes, and quietly left the palace, heading towards the Prime Minister's residence on East Street.
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