The grand procession of Princess Anyang’s carriage moved slowly along the long street. Pedestrians stopped in their tracks to watch. In truth, the people were overjoyed that the Princess’s illness had been cured; after all, she was the Empress’s only daughter.
In the past, even though the Princess rarely appeared in public and spent every season of the year nursing her health, she had frequently sent her steward, Nanny Cai, to various clinics to donate medicinal herbs, with instructions that they be used to treat the common folk in need. Aside from her frail body and slightly impaired intellect, the Princess was regarded by the people as having the heart of a Bodhisattva.
Upon learning that the Princess had been cured and was returning to the capital, the crowds knelt on both sides of the street to welcome her.
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