Despite the abnormal movement in the outer courtyard, Little Squeak remains oblivious to the commotion and kept to his napping because his dream was simply too divine. How can he not when a wonderful roast chicken leg was in his possession and ready for devouring?

But all things come to an end when he became disturbed by the strange noise drifting into his ears. Perking his hazy head up, he squints his murky eyes slightly open to find the sky totally dark.

In Little Squeaks dictionary, a dark sky means its time for dinner!

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Gently rubbing himself awake, Little Squeak suddenly popped his eyes wide in astonishment.

SQUEAK~!!!

What did he just see? Theres over a dozen fierce looking eagles rushing over to his location. But the shock only lasted for a moment until he realized it wasnt only the eagles, there were many more birds flying over.

Without mistake, the culprit of the whole situation lies with Little Crow whos currently perched atop of the tree branch nearby.

By this time theres already a large number of birds standing in wait under the tree, enough to let Little Squeak understand whats going on and whose to blame for the big commotion.

Envious of Little Crows condescending attitude towards the flock, an idea suddenly hit him. Dashing over to the tree trunk, Little Squeak helps himself and climbed up to the branch where Little Crow stood. Though pointless in the act, the maneuver did give himself a big boost in the ego.

If this act was replaced by any other animal, Little Crow wouldve slapped the creature away in one flap of her wing. However, the one in question was baby Little Squeak. Not only did she not get angry, the bird made a joyful chirp and intimately pecked at the white fur.

Flattered by the treatment, the little glutton appears to be very receptive of the act and started to gloat with his head high.

Towards the pairs silly act, Ling Yue only had this to say: What are those two doing?

As for those still on the ground, the birds only found it very strange as to why Little Crow would be so kind to a white fur ball. But since their own ruler didnt say anything, they, as the followers, are in no position to speak out.

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Figuring its about time to start now that a flock has gathered, Little Crow started to chirp in short bursts like shes giving out a series of commands.

Large seeds will go to the large birds like the eagles, while the smaller seeds sesame size will go to the smaller birds like the hummingbirds or sparrows.

Towards the sentence, Ling Yue may not be able to fully understand it all, but she does have a rough idea. All she can say was this: What a good plan!

Birds as a race, had the tendency to incorporate seeds into their diet, thus the act of sifting through some pile would be easy. Besides, theres over a thousand birds here. Easy pecking!

Now that theres a clear division of labor with a single goal in mind, forget about a hundred sacks, even if there were a thousand here today, it will be swiftly dealt with.

Towards Little Squeak and Little Crow, Ling Yues mentality for the two wasnt simply that of pet and master. She truly cares for them and looks to them as her own child.

Now it appears her feelings was being rewarded in this fashion.

CheChe! Getting the signal from Little Crow, the birds flocked to the sacks in unison.

Fifty birds per group against a single sack, all of a sudden business was in full swing here.

Originally Ling Yue only managed to sort through one bag in an hour, but with the help of all these birds, it only took two this time around to accurately sort them all into their respective piles that looked no different from mounds from afar.

Ive bothered everyone today. Seeing the work done so soon, Ling Yue didnt forget to pick some fresh fruits from her pocket dimension to reward the helpers.

Just as shes busy feeding the birds, the sound of subtle footsteps caught her attention from behind.

Someones here?

Startled by the fact, Ling Yue realizes shes been too careless. If someone from the Royal Hospital came around now and discovered the giant gathering, theres a fine possibility of Little Crows lineage being discovered. Who knows what the consequences would be if that occurred.

Season? Standing only a short distance away was Xia Hou Qi, the sixth prince of the kingdom. Hes currently in pursuit of his pet parrot Season.

Earlier when the summoning occurred, the palace maids were the middle feeding the Blood Eagle Parrot owned by Hou Qi, as such, news quickly reached the princes ear after the bird escaped.

Worried for his pet Season, Hou Qi quickly dashed over to the Royal Hospital because thats the last known location the parrot was seen. Then thats when he saw it, the magical scene of Ling Yue feeding all these birds under that glistening autumn light. In his eyes, to call this scene the descent of a celestial maiden was no understatement because thats what he truly thought: beautiful and enchanting.

Hou Qi, how come you are here? Calmed by the sight of Hou Qi, only then does Ling Yue exhale a breath of relief.

According to what Ling Yue knew, the boy has been away from the palace for half a month at Longyus place for training so its actually a little surprising for her to find the boy here today. The first assumption that came to her mind was that the prince had returned to visit the queen.

Ling Yues speculation was very good and logical, however thats not the only reasoning for Hou Qis appearance.

A few days ago through the old dwarfs mouth, Hou Qi had learned of Ling Yues new post as a court alchemist and wanted to take this chance to see if he can bump into her. The princes plan was simple: pay his greeting to his family and then sneakily make his way over to the Royal Hospital to peak at Ling Yue. The only deviation from the original plan was that it was moved forward by the missing parrot.

Ling Yue, these birds Whats the deal with these seeds? Just as hes about to ask about the birds, Hou Qi noticed the vast amounts of seed piled on the ground.

They left you to sift through these? His expression turned grim after seeing the large number of empty sacks lying on the side.

They say its the first task for a newcomer. Its Manager Meng who had me do this. Ling Yues no saint flower with a kindred heart. If Manager Mengs going to make things difficult for her then shes going to turn it back at the old prune using the sixth princes hand.

As someone who grew up in the palace, Hou Qi knows very well that conflicts didnt just apply to the court officials, its also common among the concubines and servants. But what he didnt expect was the maltreatment on Ling Yue because the girl obviously showed great talent and skill in alchemy

Someone come! He thunders, causing General Chiyan to rush inside with the sword drawn.

Your highness, is something the matter? As soon as he entered the yard, Chiyan immediately took notice to his lords furious face.

Go get me Manager Meng this instant.