After his coronation, King George VI finally relaxed after half a month of intense work and took his family to the countryside for a vacation.
One sunny afternoon, George VI drank afternoon tea, smoked a cigar and laughed loudly: "I was so nervous at the time, just... when the archbishop was crowning me, his hands shook... shook a little, and almost
It hit me on the forehead. But... maybe the crown is too heavy."
Lord Mountbatten, who has not yet become a Lord, said the old saying: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."
"Zhou, the former kings of China, what did their crowns look like?" George VI asked Zhou Hexuan.
Zhou Hexuan crossed his legs, sipped black tea and said: "There are many dynasties in China. Except for the Qing Dynasty, the emperors of other dynasties all wore Mianqi. Of course, because Mianqi is as heavy as your crown, starting from the Tang Dynasty, Mianqi
As a hat, it was only used during sacrifices. In the Qing Dynasty, Chinese monarchs changed to wearing cinnabar crowns. The shape is not far different from your crown, but there are not so many jewels for decoration."
George VI smiled and said: "I...I envy the king of the Qing Dynasty who can wear lightweight hats."
When the three of them were joking, the Queen of England was also chatting with Vivien Leigh. The two women chatted about makeup, clothing, jewelry, drama, movies, etc. Queen Elizabeth seemed to be very happy in conversation, maybe she couldn't find the right one.
Communicate with someone.
In the castle garden, three little girls were having fun.
The 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth, holding a bouquet of picked flowers in her hand, was weaving flower crowns for her two little sisters.
When the corolla was finished, the 7-year-old Princess Margaret immediately held her head high and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Lily White, put it on me quickly!"
"Just wait a moment."
Princess Elizabeth ignored her sister, but put the flower crown on little Chunxi's head, and said with a smile: "This flower crown is for the beautiful Rebecca. It really looks like a little fairy!"
"Thank you Sister Lily!" Little Chunxi was not yet 3 years old. She was so happy to receive the flower crown that she spread her arms and danced in circles.
Princess Margaret was a little unhappy, turned around and walked towards the flowers and said, "Huh, what's so weird? I can make flower crowns myself."
Little Chunxi felt very kind to Princess Elizabeth, just like meeting her sister Lingjun. After getting along with her for only half a day, she became Elizabeth's little follower. And Elizabeth also liked little Chunxi very much because the little girl was sensible and sticky.
People are not like my sister Margaret who always plays tricks.
Little Chunxi danced for a while before she stopped and said, "Sister Lily, the flower crown you made is so beautiful. Can I go over and show it to my parents?"
"Of course, I'll take you there." After saying this, Princess Elizabeth took Chunxi's little hand.
The two little girls quickly left the garden, and Princess Margaret did not follow. She was picking flowers there by herself, muttering: "It's nothing special. I can also weave flower crowns, and they are prettier than yours."
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As soon as little Chunxi saw her parents, she immediately let go of Princess Elizabeth's hand and ran while shouting: "Dad, Mom, look at my flower crown!"
"So beautiful!" Zhou Hexuan picked up his daughter.
Xiao Chunxi pointed at Elizabeth and said, "Sister Lily made it up for me."
"Have you ever said thank you to your sister?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"I said it." Xiao Chunxi nodded repeatedly.
Princess Elizabeth also came over, holding the hem of her skirt with both hands, curtsying like a lady: "Hello, Uncle Zhou!"
"Hello, beautiful princess." Zhou Hexuan felt that numerical symbols were popping up above his head, and the words "-1s" kept floating into the void.
In two years' time, Princess Elizabeth will meet her Prince Charming, and it will be love at first sight.
That Prince Charming was the nephew of Lord Mountbatten. He was raised by Mountbatten since his parents had left him alone. Lord Mountbatten, at this time, was the personal naval adjutant of King George VI.
During the coronation ship review ceremony, Mountbatten stood beside George VI from beginning to end.
Little Chunxi left her father's place, ran to show off to her mother for a while, and then was led by Elizabeth into the castle.
Halfway through braiding Princess Margaret's flower crown, she couldn't bear the loneliness and completely forgot about the previous unpleasantness. She came over with a smile and held hands with Elizabeth and Xiao Chunxi.
The three little girls slipped into the castle, and Elizabeth shouted back at the servants who followed them: "Don't come over, we want to hide and seek!"
The servant was a little anxious and didn't dare to follow, but he didn't dare to leave either. He just stayed far away to prevent any accidents from happening.
Xiao Chunxi asked innocently: "Sister Lily, do we want to hide and seek?"
Elizabeth took out the stolen key and said mysteriously: "I will take you to a good place!"
Margaret immediately exposed it: "I know, you are going to steal wine!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down." Elizabeth quickly covered her sister's mouth.
Margaret broke away and said: "I want to drink too, otherwise I will tell the truth!"
Elizabeth thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, you are only allowed to drink a little."
Like thieves, the two sisters took little Chunxi everywhere to deceive the castle staff under the pretext of hide-and-seek, and finally entered the royal wine room of Windsor Castle.
Elizabeth took out a bottle from the wine rack, pulled out the cork and smelled it, and said intoxicatedly: "The 2000 French Bordeaux, it smells so good!"
"I want it too, I want it too," Margaret said eagerly, commanding, "Lily White, help me choose the best bottle."
Elizabeth handed a bottle to her sister: "This bottle is for you."
Just when the two sisters were about to drink, Xiao Chunxi reminded them: "Dad said that children cannot drink."
Elizabeth responded with a smile: "I am already eleven years old, not a child."
"Me neither, I'm seven years old," Margaret emphasized, "Only those under five years old are children."
The two sisters started blowing into the wine bottles, drinking until their throats gurgled.
Xiao Chunxi watched it for a while, yearning for it: "Sister, can I drink a little? Just drink a little."
"Here you go!" Elizabeth generously handed the bottle to Xiao Chunxi.
Xiao Chunxi took a sip lightly, frowned and stuck out her tongue and said, "It's not very sweet. It's not as delicious as sugar water."
Margaret laughed and said: "Only children drink sugar water, adults all drink alcohol."
"Oh," Xiao Chunxi said in confusion and envy, "When I grow up, I will also drink, drink a lot of wine."
The two princesses each drank more than half a bottle of red wine. The servant they had left behind finally came and exclaimed: "Oh, God! Someone is coming, the princess is stealing wine!"
"belch!"
Elizabeth's face turned red, she couldn't help but burped, threw down the bottle and shouted: "Run, you've been discovered!"
"Run, run!" Xiao Chunxi shouted along, as if playing a very interesting game.
