"Princess Victoria and Spanish Hunting Dog Dash"painted by British artist George Hite in 1833
Lady Leisen reached out, gently brushing away a strand of fallen golden hair: "No one can become a queen overnight. But from today onwards, you must learn to let them see the visage of a queen."
Victoria quietly gazed at the ink marks on the diary, holding her pen idle for a long time.
Finally, after hesitating for a while, she wrote beneath the lines: "At three thirty in the afternoon, we shall go for a ride; the loyalty and adoration of the people... may I not let them down."
Outside, the horn at the palace gates suddenly sounded, shaking the window panes.
Lady Leisen closed the diary, gently urging: "Your Highness, it's time to prepare to leave."
With Lady Leisen's support, Victoria slowly stood up, the hem of her gown lightly sweeping over the thick Turkish carpet.
She stepped out of the room, her footsteps gently echoing on the wooden floor of the corridor.
