Chapter 238 My Princess
There were so many people coming to see him off that the streets were completely blocked. Everyone was talking at once:
"Princess, please accept it."
"Please accept this little gift from us."
"Please don't despise our worthless things..."
"How could I dislike it? This is all your kindness..." Chunzhi quickly stood up and walked out of the carriage upon seeing this. She looked at the people from Xizhou who kept gathering here to see her off, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
There are many moments in life when you feel suddenly moved.
This is one of those moments.
Huo Zheng stood up, extended his hand to support Chunzhi, and stood with her in front of the carriage, looking at the people on the street who came spontaneously to see him off.
The girl holding a red plum blossom squeezed out of the crowd, ran to the front of the carriage, raised the plum blossom high and handed it to Chunzhi, "I have come ten miles to pick plum blossoms. The gift is small but the thought is great. Please accept it, Princess."
Chunzhi reached out and took the red plum blossom, which was still covered with dew, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Thank you."
"We should be grateful to the princess." The girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features, said with a smile, "If the princess hadn't come to provide porridge and medicine for months, we would have died of starvation and disease long ago. How could we still be alive today?"
"Yes, yes, thanks to the princess for distributing rice to us..."
"Having the Prince and Princess Chang'an in Xizhou is the greatest blessing for ordinary people like us!"
"We have no words of gratitude... Please accept our greetings, Your Majesty and Princess!"
An elderly man spoke first, and everyone around him echoed, "Please accept our greetings, Your Majesty and Princess!"
The people on the street knelt down in gratitude, "We, the people of Xizhou, will always remember the princess's kindness!"
"I'm just doing what I can. You don't have to do this. Hurry up!"
Seeing this, Chunzhi hurriedly stuffed the plum branch in her hand into Huo Zheng's arms, then got off the carriage, reached out to help the old woman closest to her, and then reached out to help the old man.
Cui'er and the others followed the princess to help the man up, but there were too many people present and they couldn't help them all.
Huo Zheng smiled and said, "Everyone, please get up. Don't make my princess too busy."
When everyone heard Prince Chang'an say this, they couldn't help laughing.
If the princess were asked to help them up one by one, her back would be broken by the exhaustion.
The people of Xizhou stood up one after another and hurriedly handed forward the things in their hands.
Chunzhi refused to accept them. The people of Xizhou had experienced the suffering of war and were already living a hard life. These things were probably all they had at home.
She said to the crowd, "I appreciate your kindness, but the journey to the capital is long, and it's not easy to carry these eggs and food with you. You should take them back."
The people were unwilling to take it back like this. They kept saying, "The princess took it with her to eat on the way."
"The chicken is still alive and can be kept. Whenever the princess wants to eat it, she can have it killed."
"I made this clay doll myself in the image of the princess. Take a look. Does it look like her?"
Upon hearing this, Chunzhi reached out and took the clay doll that the young man was holding high and examined it carefully. "It's quite similar. I'll take this clay doll. Thank you."
The young man saw that the princess did not accept other people's things, but accepted the clay doll he had made with his own hands. He couldn't help but feel proud and puffed out his chest.
Seeing this, the other people who were seeing her off were even more anxious to give their gifts to the princess. Chunzhi bowed to the people on both sides and said, "I appreciate your kindness. Thank you very much."
Huo Zheng held Hongmei in his arms, stood beside Chunzhi, and nodded to everyone with her in thanks.
Cui'er and the others loudly expressed their gratitude to all the people who came to see her off. "The princess has done all that for Xizhou without asking for anything in return. I am very happy that you came to see me off today. Please put your things away quickly."
"princess……"
The people who came to see them off still refused to give up.
"Put it away." Chunzhi liked Cui'er's cleverness very much. She smiled and said to the people of Xizhou, "I only hope that Xizhou will one day become a land of peace and prosperity, and that the people will live in peace."
The young man who gave the clay doll said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, Princess, our Xizhou will definitely get better and better!"
"With a princess as good as you and an official as good as the Prince of Chang'an at court, why should we in Xizhou worry about a day of peace and happiness?"
"We will do our utmost to rebuild Xizhou. When the time comes, Princess, please come back to Xizhou to enjoy the grand occasion together!"
"Okay." Chunzhi agreed with a smile, "I will definitely come to Xizhou again."
After she finished speaking, she nodded to the people of Xizhou and said, "Thank you all for coming to see me off. I will say goodbye today."
"Goodbye, Princess."
"Have a safe trip!"
The people of Xizhou who came to see them off shouted loudly.
Huo Zheng reached out and helped Chunzhi get on the carriage. Before entering the carriage, she looked back at the people on the street.
When she was giving out porridge and medicine, she never thought that the people of Xizhou would be so grateful to her. She just wanted to do good deeds and never thought about rewards.
But people's hearts are always warm. The people of Xizhou all know how good she is and are reluctant to see her leave.
Chunzhi said to the people who came to see him off, "Go back."
Everyone responded with a chorus of “good”.
But Chunzhi walked into the carriage and sat down. The people did not leave, but just stepped aside to make a way for the carriage.
Huo Zheng sat in the front of the carriage and rode his horse slowly forward. The carriage passed through the crowded streets. The people of Xizhou followed all the way and sent him to the city gate.
Chunzhi lifted the car curtain and waved to them again and again to signal them to disperse.
But the people who came to see him off were unwilling to go back like this, and kept seeing him off.
Huo Zheng originally wanted to escort Chunzhi to the city gate, but because the people refused to leave, he escorted her ten more miles.
Because he was reluctant to leave Chunzhi, he walked her for another ten miles, and it seemed that he was about to walk her thirty miles away.
Shao Feiyang, who was accompanying him outside, couldn't help but ride forward and said jokingly, "Could it be that the prince has changed his mind and wants to personally send the princess back to the capital?"
Huo Zheng glanced at him, his eyes suggesting "If you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb."
Shao Feiyang saw the look in the prince's eyes, paused, and lowered his voice again, "We're almost thirty miles out of the city. I really can't send you off any further. You still have to return to the city to preside over the peace talks between the two countries."
Huo Zheng was about to speak when he saw Chunzhi lift the car curtain and look over.
Chunzhi said, "Just send it here."
Huo Zheng put down his whip, turned around and walked into the carriage, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly, "I want to give you a ride again."
Chunzhi looked up at him and asked with a smile, "You're really going to take me back to the capital, aren't you?"
Huo Zheng reached out and touched the corners of her eyes. "The corners of your eyes are red. Did you cry just now?"
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