C19 Troubleshooting
"Aunt Jing, don't come over here. It makes me dizzy." Gu Qingxin glanced at her and finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She spoke with a hint of a smile in her voice.
"Oh, okay. Auntie will stop right now." After standing properly, Aunt Jing could not help but confide in the little princess, "It's been five years since Aunt left the capital. I wonder if she has changed. Five years have passed, aunty never thought she would come back one day."
"I'm not back now. Trust me, everything will be better from now on!" Gu Qingxin stood up and placed her small hands on Aunt Jing's tightly clenched hands. Her eyes were firm and were suffused with an enchanting glow. Yet, she possessed a power that could make people believe in her.
"Yes, with how intelligent her highness is, she will definitely be liked by everyone." In front of the five-year-old princess, her eyes seemed to have magical powers as she mysteriously suppressed all of Aunt Jing's worries and misgivings.
Mo Wen's voice came from outside the carriage, "Your Highness, this is five miles outside of Beijing. The etiquette officer has dismounted from his horse to welcome Your Highness."
"Right." Gu Qingxin slowly stood up from the soft couch. At this moment, two palace maids came up from the palanquin and hung the curtains on both sides.
"Aunt Jing." Gu Qingxin called out.
Aunt Jing understood and stepped forward, respectfully holding Gu Qingxin's hand. She led Gu Qingxin forward and appeared before everyone. Once Gu Qingxin stood up, Aunt Jing retreated behind Gu Qingxin.
"Welcome to the palace, Princess Third Princess. Your Highness has lived for thousands of years!"
"Welcome to the palace, Princess Third Princess. Your Highness has lived for thousands of years!"
A unified voice resounded on the spacious and empty ground. It was loud and pleasant to hear.
The etiquette officer and the envoys and bodyguards that were sent to welcome him knelt on the ground. Due to the large number of people welcoming them, from afar, the ground looked like it was filled with neat teams kneeling.
"Everyone, you've worked hard. Get up!"
Gu Qingxin said in a loud voice, her voice carrying the childish tone unique to a little girl. However, it was loud and imposing, causing the officials kneeling at the very front to involuntarily raise their heads and steal a peek.
"Thank you, your highness! Your highness is thousands of years old!"
Everyone stood up, and the few people standing at the front stepped forward and announced their official titles. After that, a series of courtesies followed. Gu Qingxin's expression remained calm throughout the whole process. He was neither impatient nor in a hurry as he patiently and earnestly looked at all the complicated procedures with a faint smile.
When the last step of the ceremony was completed, the curtain was closed once more, cutting off all eyes, whether they were sizing up or spying on him.
Sitting on the palanquin, Gu Qingxin heard the low voice that she had just heard saying, "Third Princess's bearing is not bad and her education is good. She isn't one bit inferior to the two from the palace."
"Yeah, what a surprise. I thought that women who were taught by the Imperial Palace were the most courteous, but I didn't expect that even though Third Princess wasn't raised in the Imperial Palace, she still had such a demeanor at such a young age."
"Third Princessuxue is cute and lovable. She is definitely from a famous clan. No wonder the Emperor had such a good time welcoming Third Princess."
"That's right, let's hurry up and leave. His Majesty must be anxious to wait for us at the palace as he misses his daughter!" "Giddy up!"
Then there were a few hoof beats.
Separated by the curtain, Gu Qingxin smiled in satisfaction. It seemed that the effect was pretty good, so it wasn't necessarily good to play the pig to eat the tiger. Using the biggest force field to intimidate them from the very beginning was still a good idea.
But, was Royal Father really waiting for her?
Gu Qingxin recalled the scene of Royal Father killing himself in order to save her life in her previous life. Gu Qingxin felt a pang of grief in her heart, and she said to herself in the direction of the palace: Royal Father, Xin misses you too.
Entering through the city gates, Gu Qingxin could hear the deafening, unified voice of the princess that could be heard from inside the carriage.
Then the noise of a hundred welcoming voices.
This was a commoner of Platinum Kingdom, a citizen of Royal Father. Unfortunately, even though the cheers from outside were very loud and the warm welcome was also very loud, it was not able to shock Gu Qingxin's heart at all.
After her rebirth, her heart had aged and turned dark. Those who were unrelated could no longer withstand the waves in her heart, and those who wanted to be part of it were mostly filled with intense hatred.
"Your highness, your highness, a thousand years old!" A proud voice could be heard from outside the curtain. If it was Third Princess from her previous life, she would have definitely opened the curtain of the carriage to wave to the enthusiastic citizens.
Unfortunately, the current Gu Qingxin had no interest at all. She had experienced a lifetime of boisterous scenes and saw nothing. Towards the warm welcome of the commoners, Gu Qingxin's lips curled up into a sneer of ridicule.
The commoners were actually the most foolish of them all. Their eyes would never see the truth of the matter, and just a simple rumor could cause them to roll around in circles. They were a motley crowd of blind followers who would follow whatever others said and follow whatever others thought, never having their own considerations.
What were they? They were powerless, but when disaster approached, they were the easiest to surrender to. For example, after Royal Father died in his previous life, the Platinum Kingdom changed the dynasty and the people did whatever they wanted, the new emperor said whatever he did, even if he said it in front of the guards, he didn't say a word.
Then they would live their own peaceful lives, and what did they care about it? Their former emperor, the one who loved his people like a son, had already been decapitated. At this moment, she was full of joy and jubilation, calling herself the princess of a thousand years. To any princess, this would be the case. Their respect was not towards Gu Qingxin, but towards the princess.
Just like how other people might call the Shangguan family that killed their parents long after they became the emperor, they didn't have any beliefs or beliefs, and they didn't even have a stance. They just drifted along with the flow.
Gu Qingxin didn't have a shred of mercy in her heart at all.
She still remembered that in her previous life, when she occasionally went on the streets disguised as a man, all the rumors she heard about Third Princess were all words like "stupid", "big chest without brains", "haystack", "infatuated with flowers", "completely useless", "disgraced the face of the Platinum Kingdom Imperial Family". In a moment of anger, she beat up the person who had said those words a few times with a whip, and in the end, all of the people came up and pointed at her, speaking ill of her without any scruples.
After that day, she had gained the label of "arrogant and domineering", "bullying others by relying on force", and "ruthlessness".
At that time, she understood that even though she was a noble princess, she had never received even the love and respect of a commoner. All of the commoners on the streets were filled with malice, all of them filled with malice towards her.
Yes, before she was reborn, she did not love the people. After she was reborn, her blackened heart still wanted her to love the people like a child? Did he not wake up from his dream?
"Princess, you see, the people all respect and love you very much. "See how popular you are among the people!"
Aunt Jing, on the other hand, was very excited. Of course, she didn't know what Gu Qingxin was thinking at the moment. What she saw was the commoners rushing to welcome the princess on both sides of the road, pushing their heads out of the way in order to catch a glimpse of her beauty. It was a pity that her highness the Princess was a heavenly daughter. Unless there were special circumstances, she could not easily show her face to anyone.
He was afraid that an accident would happen during such a grand ceremony, and he couldn't easily show his face.
Gu Qingxin glanced at the excited Aunt Jing. She didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm, so she responded with an indifferent "En!". However, she slightly shifted her body and continued to sit upright on the soft couch, not raising her eyes once more.
The carriage was walking steadily when suddenly, the sound of a horse pulling the carriage could be heard. Then, the sound of the horse's hooves heavily hitting the ground could be heard. The carriage came to a sudden halt after a violent jolt.
The palanquin that the princess rode in was a luxurious carriage with twelve horses. It was very spacious and could be used in the same way as a small room in a restaurant. On the way, the princess's food and accommodation were all on it.
At this moment, the horses in front stopped for some reason. The horses behind them continued to move forward, and the carriage fiercely moved forward, causing the palanquin to shake.
It was a familiar bumpy ride, and Gu Qingxin was helpless. Why were they so restless along the way? There were always those people who would go by and cause trouble for no reason. Since they were the ones who were being untactful and wanted to barge in, then it was no wonder that she was being merciless!
"What's going on up ahead?" Aunt Jing stepped forward and asked.
Mo Wen spurred his horse forward to report, "Reporting to Your Highness, there was a small problem in front. This subordinate will immediately go and take care of it. Please wait for a moment, Your Highness."
A minor malfunction? Someone must have come looking for trouble.
Gu Qingxin was worried, so she asked Aunt Jing to take care of it and report back to her immediately.
The place where the "little mishap" occurred was surrounded on both sides by passersby, and under the hooves of the four horses that had stopped, a young woman, holding a four or five-year-old girl in her arms, glared at the carriage with a look of anger and resented the entire procession in front of her.
"Whose carriage was it under the heavens? How dare it be so brazen as to let its horse injure someone in front of so many people!" The young girl shouted loudly. Her voice was filled with vigor as she fought for the little child.
When the surrounding commoners saw the scene, they broke out into a flurry of discussion. Immediately, someone said with good intentions, "My lady, don't you know? "This is the welcome of the people of the city for the return of our king's wife, Third Princess. This is a rare occasion!"
With this explanation, the young woman's anger still hadn't dissipated. She lightly thanked the person who spoke, but still hugged the child in her arms and comforted him in a soft voice.