"Uncle, Huier!" Lian Qiao liked this pretty and capable cousin of the same age the most. After calling him uncle, she immediately pulled Lian Huier's hand and said, "It's really rare to see you!"
"Aren't I busy? How have you been lately, cousin Qiao?" Lian Huier was dressed in a neat white professional dress. Her clean and hearty smile made people feel like a spring breeze. Her intellectual and capable aura came over you at first sight.
"That's it. Aren't you going to interview today?" Aunt Qing, who was walking behind Lian Qiao and her cousin, gestured and walked towards the ordinary viewing seats with cousin Hui'er.
"For an interview, I'll go there after watching cousin Zhen's coronation ceremony..." As Hui'er answered, Aunt Qing and uncle sat in the VIP seats and looked at Lian Zhen who was walking towards the palace step by step.
The meaningful looks in their eyes at that moment were extremely similar.
It was pretty much as Aunt Qing had expected. Lian Zhen had only been exposed to the princess's rights in recent days. She knew a little about them, but that was just knowledge.
The princess felt deeply and truly the honor, rights, and responsibilities that came with it when she walked into the solemn and majestic palace.
Lian Zhen's nervousness and excitement finally turned into tangible pressure when she entered the palace and saw the familiar royal representatives, prime minister, and cabinet members sitting in the VIP seats. Her excited expression was finally replaced by solemnity.
Lian Zhen's hands were shaking a little. She knew in her heart that she should remain calm and look straight ahead, following the instructions of the etiquette officer beside her. She walked towards the queen in a dignified manner without missing a step, but her eyes could not help but look at the VIP seats on both sides.
At the VIP seat on the left were clan elders and famous royal representatives from all walks of life, whom she seldom saw. When she met them, she had to bow deeply. In the past, it was difficult for her to meet them one by one, but this time, all of them were present and looking at her intently, no longer ignoring or turning a blind eye as before.
Sitting in the VIP seat on the right were the Prime Minister, the highest representative of power on the Blue Water Planet, and the cabinet members. They were usually only seen in the media, and such a full attendance had never been seen before except when the parliament was convened.
Lian Zhen's whole body inevitably stiffened under their gazes. Queen Helian Lan sat on the throne, watching Lian Zhen approach step by step. Being in a high position, she could naturally see clearly the slightly flickering eyes and the stiffness on her face, and she sighed slightly in her heart.
At this moment, she didn't know whether it was right or wrong to push Lian Zhen to the stage to be the princess. She didn't need to look sideways to know what the guests on both sides were thinking. Regardless of their positions or relationships, they probably had only one thought in their hearts: after seeing each other, Lian Zhen was indeed somewhat disappointing compared to Lian Nan.
Helian Lan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Lian Zhen finally walk to the throne, pay her respects, and then stand with her head bowed. He signaled the female official standing nearby to read out the letter of bestowal of the princess' surname and appointment as princess.
"…Lian Zhen is virtuous and talented, and was given the surname Helian and the title of Princess Zhen. From then on…"
After the announcement, the most important coronation took place. Helian Lan, wearing a bright yellow queen's formal dress, stood up and lifted the princess' crown from the tray, saying the routine instruction, "From this moment on, Princess Helian Zhen, you will be the spokesperson for the Blue Water Planet, you must remember..."
After she finished her training, she put the exquisite, beautiful and precious princess crown on the head of Lian Zhen who was squatting in front of her.
"Helian Zhen will remember this." Helian Zhen bowed her head respectfully and after standing up and bowing deeply, she carefully took the surname, princess appointment letter, and princess seal from the female official.
"The ceremony is over." As the female official's melodious voice fell, there was cheering and applause in front of the palace and outside the royal palace. The music started at the right time, and the solemn scene was instantly transformed into a spectacular and magnificent one.
Lian Zhen turned around to face everyone, bowed her head and greeted the people of the world as an official princess, with a happy and appropriate smile that overflowed from the corners of her eyes and filled her entire body.
From then on, she was called Helian Zhen. She was a princess and the future queen.
Helian Zhen stood straight, accepting the scrutiny of the world for the first time.
Shang Lu looked at Helian Zhen and breathed a sigh of relief.
When the enthusiastic applause faded, the etiquette lady who had been following Helian Zhen stepped forward and said, "Princess Zhen, please leave your name and seal in the princess book." She took the appointment letter and princess seal from her hands, handed the appointment letter to the staff behind her, and the princess seal to Shang Lu, then extended her hand and asked Helian Zhen to lead her to the princess book.
The Princess Book is a handbook of all the princesses. According to traditional custom, on the day of her coronation, the princess herself writes her name, date of birth, age at the time of coronation, and a life motto in the book, and then stamps it with the princess seal. When she is no longer a princess, she or a lady-in-waiting will write down the reason. Whether she ascends the throne to become a queen or is stripped of the title of princess, it will be clearly recorded in the Princess Book.
This is done to preserve the heritage and to promote the traditional writing culture. Except for the royal family, few people write with their hands or pens nowadays.
The princess's book was very large and thick, with one person on each page, and was connected page by page. Over the past few hundred years, it had become dozens of meters long. Amid applause, it had been silently spread out on the stand under the throne. Helian Zhen walked from beginning to end and stopped at the page she was going to write.
"Princess Zhen, please." The etiquette lady handed the pen to Helian Zhen. Her eyes inevitably fell on the handwriting written by Princess Qian Nan eleven years ago. It was elegant and graceful, yet it could not hide its childishness, and it looked adorable.
I don't know if the live broadcast screen editor also thinks so. In the live broadcast screen, in addition to the blank page of Helian Zhen, there is also the page that Lian Nan had written.
Helian Zhen didn't notice it at first. Instead, he took a deep breath, took the pen and wrote down his name carefully. Just as he was about to continue writing seriously, he suddenly heard a chuckle.
In the palace where there was no other sound except for the low music, this chuckle was very abrupt. Helian Zhen inexplicably stopped and turned back to look in the direction of the sound. There were many people looking at the same direction as Helian Zhen. When they looked over, they saw a noble lady in a bright yellow dress who looked similar to Queen Helian Lan in the left VIP seat, covering her mouth.
This laughter came from her.
Seeing that everyone came to see her, she put down her hand covering her mouth, pretended to be surprised and widened her eyes, and explained, "I just saw that they have a good relationship as sisters. The handwriting is very similar. Sisters are sisters."
There was nothing wrong with the explanation, and it seemed to be a sincere compliment to the sisters' good relationship, but it made the people present and those watching the live broadcast speechless, tangled, and puzzled. Helian Lan had no expression on his face, but Helian Zhen's face had changed and he turned his head back abruptly.
Like everyone else, my eyes couldn't help but fall on the connected page on the left.
"Helian Nan, born on July 26, 3679 AD, crowned at the age of ten, on July 26, 3689 AD Helian Nan..."
The handwriting was clear, elegant, childish and lovely, all adjectives were beautiful, but that was for Helian Nan when he was ten, not Helian Zhen when he was nineteen.
At the age of nineteen, the handwriting she could write was only at the level of Helian Nan when she was ten years old. For Princess Helian Zhen, who had very high requirements for traditional cultural literacy and education, this was a complete loss of face without anyone saying anything.
She has achieved this level only after intensive practice in recent times.