After waking up on New Year's Day, she forgot about the incident. Yuan's parents were also afraid of upsetting their daughter, so they didn't mention that she had been crying in pain in her dream. They only said that she had a minor illness.
What was she dreaming about that made her keep crying out in pain?
...
Yuandan was awakened by Xiao Changqi. The man was dressed in a low-key yet luxurious black and gold robe, holding a cup of warm tea in his hand, sipping it slowly.
"Chirp chirp?" The little bird, just awakened, rolled its beady eyes in confusion.
Have we arrived at our destination?
Have you gone to pay respects to your mother?
Upon hearing the bird's chirping, Xiao Changqi looked up and placed the teacup in front of the bird, seemingly indicating that it should drink some.
Still somewhat dazed, Yuandan didn't react in time and actually stuck her head out to take a sip of tea.
Then……
The little bird got burned by the spiciness.
It turns out that Xiao Changqi wasn't drinking tea, but wine.
"Chirp!" The little bird jumped up and down, its short wings pointing straight at the man.
Are you trying to harm the little bird?
Seeing the little bird's appearance, Xiao Changqi's gloomy expression, which had been gloomy all day, finally softened. He even patted the little bird's head in a good mood: "I didn't say it was water."
New Year:"……"
Sophistry.
Yuan Dan didn't want to talk to him, so she turned her head and squatted down to the side, watching the old steward outside directing the servants to do their work.
"Chirp?"
What are they trying to do?
Just a second ago, Yuan Dan decided to ignore the man, but then she turned around and looked at him questioningly.
Xiao Changqi understood what the little bird meant and said calmly, "Blood sacrifice."
New Year:"??"
Blood sacrifice?
Whose blood is being offered as a sacrifice?
Half an hour later, Yuandan would know whose blood was being offered as a sacrifice.
It's more accurate to call it a blood sacrifice than a human sacrifice.
In the courtyard, a man in coarse clothes was forced to kneel on the ground by a guard, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at the man standing on the steps with his hands behind his back.
"Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!" This time, the man no longer needed the guards to hold him down and simply kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Xiao Changqi didn't even glance at him, and signaled the guards to drag the man away.
The man's cries for mercy grew fainter and fainter until they finally disappeared from ear to ear.
On New Year's Day, it seemed as if another scream could be heard.
She couldn't help but feel that her wings and claws were very cold.
After a pause, Yuan Dan stood at the man's feet, looking up at the expressionless man.
She believed that Xiao Changqi would not kill someone without a reason.
So what crime did this person commit that Xiao Changqi wanted to use his blood as a sacrifice...?
To whom should we offer sacrifices?
Is it to offer sacrifices to Xiao Changqi's mother?
The servants and guards around them remained indifferent, as if they had long been used to it.
It seems this isn't the first time something like this has happened.
Having spent so much time with the man, she had forgotten what kind of person he was in the book.
She also realized that human life was worthless in men's eyes.
He went into battle not for any greater national cause, but simply to survive.
Yuandan is not some saint, nor does she have any great ambitions. When she first transmigrated into the book, her only wish was to live.
Later, Xiao Changqi decided not to roast her, and she thought that she couldn't let Xiao Changqi really become a tyrant.
But she seems to have made no progress on this matter at all.
Men will still kill those who deserve to die.
Yuandan Dundun walked away from the man and found Steward Zhou: "Chirp chirp chirp..."
Steward Zhou, why did you kill that person?
Unlike the prince, Steward Zhou, who was fluent in bird language without any instruction, was speechless.
But Steward Zhou didn't lose patience with the little bird. He squatted down, touched the bird, and said, "Little Yuanyuan, are you hungry?"
New Year:"……"
no.
Do you think I'm just a glutton?
She doesn't only seek out Xiao Changqi and the people from the Prince's Mansion when she's hungry.
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