Sanssouci is always filled with laughter and happiness, and the prince is always happy here, and according to the Norman duke's expectations, the prince should be able to spend his childhood in Sanssouci Palace.

Prince Edward and Dr. Hans Christian Andersen walked on the way to Sanssouci Palace, where Prince William was accompanied only by the men and maids in Sanssouci Palace and the governess represented by Andersen, and occasionally nobles came to visit, but Prince William was lonely in his heart, just as Prince Edward lived in the castle and still felt lonely.

"It's really pitiful, William, as a prince, has no friends of the same age who can get along with him on an equal footing."

Prince Edward told that no matter how much his uncle doted on his children, the country that had fallen into war made it impossible for the Duke to focus on his family, even if he valued William very much, and the only one who could replace the Duke was the Duchess, but the Duchess only existed in everyone's memory, and as a mother, she did not fulfill her responsibilities, so Prince Edward, who was seven years older than Prince William, was William's only friend.

The prince only has a governess and has a retainer, but he has no friends, which is something that is easy for ordinary teenagers, but it is rare to see it in Edward and William.

Originally, children of Prince William's age among the principality's nobles were supposed to accompany the prince's growth, so that the prince could have friends and a group of cronies in the future, but it was not suitable for Prince William.

"Brother Edward, Teacher Hans Christian Andersen, why are you here together? I don't think it's time for a history lesson. ”

The child, who was fiddling with toys in the room, heard footsteps outside the door, and he happily pushed open the door and saw the two people who had come together, full of interest and excitement.

Behind the happiness, Prince William is very lonely, and he longs for someone to be with him, whether that person's role is father, mother, or peers.

The seven-year-old child has golden hair and blue eyes, a lovely appearance, and a smile with innocence, just by looking at it, he can feel the divine and pure, it is like an angel descending, and everyone will feel good about it, and this appearance is a blessing from a fairy.

"William, Mr. Hans Christian Andersen said that he wanted to teach the history of the family, that is, your ancestors. His Royal Highness the Duke of Rollo of Denmark. ”

Prince Edward said, but his eyes were on William's table, which was a silver toy soldier in a red and blue military uniform, they were carrying a Mauser spear, but found that one of the toy soldiers had a broken leg, and the barrel of a bronze cannon was also broken, and on the other side of the table was a golden knight riding a white horse and wearing armor, but most of them were scarred.

William had always loved his war games, and the table was neatly lined with troops on both sides.

"The history of our family, aren't we French?"

William said confusedly, he didn't know anything about his family's history, no one told him this, the Norman Duke was the Duke of France, the castle was in French writing, French culture, Denmark was quite a distant and cold country for him.

"Your Highness, your ancestors are Danes, including most of the nobles of the principality, are also Danes, and even many of your troops are from Denmark. Your ancestor, the Duke of Rollo, who attacked France, sacked Paris, conquered the Normandy region of France, and brought his people to Normandy, you are not a native of France, but a Dane, from the Kingdom of Denmark in Scandinavia, where the king feared the power of your ancestors, and forced your ancestors to flee in the struggle with each other, and your ancestors showed their strength and were canonized by the king of France. That's why your ancestors were called conquerors. ”

Dr. Andersen briefly told the history of the prince's family, and he was not very interested in it, he looked at the scarred toy, and said softly, "What a pity", and then took out a white handkerchief and placed the wounded toy soldier on it.

Prince William had a helpless expression of grievance on his face, and defended himself, "They are all too fragile, just a light touch, I didn't use force at all, they were broken, I was already very careful." ”

"It's okay, they have already accepted His Royal Highness the Prince's apology, they have forgiven the Prince, and I will find a way to help you fix it." Dr. Andersen said with a smile, although the child in front of him was only seven years old, but he had received the blessing of the fairy, but he had enough to sweep the battlefield, which can be called a strange power of ten thousand enemies, this is the strength of a giant, not only his toy soldiers are vulnerable to him, even if it is the same kick, if he is not careful, it is enough to let his playmate lose his life.

In view of several accidents at Sanssouci Palace, the Duke has forbidden the prince to play ball games, so the bored prince can only play war games with his toy soldiers, with the consequence that the prince's toy soldiers are often missing arms and legs.

"Thank you, Mr. Hans Christian Andersen." Prince William thanked him heartily for having to trouble his teacher to fix the toys every time.

"It's all right, it's just a trifle, it's just that I want to tell the prince that your soldiers forgive you only because you are their master, but that doesn't mean they are thoughtless."

Dr. Andersen said solemnly, he felt the toy soldiers in the handkerchief moving, telling him to express his gratitude, William's face showed confusion, "Are you saying that my toys have a life and a will of their own?" So why, when I was there, they didn't speak, if only they could talk, then the war games would definitely be more exciting. ”

"Everything can be divided into movable and immovable, human beings and animals are immovable, plants and stones are immovable, but the immovable is not without real life. The sun, the rivers, the mountains, even if you are your books, toys and weapons, as long as you take care of them, they will all give back to your actions.

Your toys will only talk and go out when they are asleep, and they may have their own balls, but I ask you to take care of your toys as you love your people, and one day they may be able to help you, and you will be supported by your toy soldiers, and you see that your dancing girl has never been destroyed, and she must love you very much! ”

Dr. Andersen pointed to the dancing girl toy on top of the toy castle, which was so vividly made that it looked rough compared to the well-made toy soldiers that were originally intended for the prince's amusement.

"The Red Army and the Blues are fighting for the princess, how can the princess be in danger of war? It belongs only to the victors, to the Red Army led by me, Dr. Hans Christian Andersen, and this is not a dancing girl, but a princess. ”

Prince William puffed out his cheeks and said angrily, pointing to the beautifully made toy dancer, repeatedly emphasizing that it was not a dancer, but a princess.

"Well, the reason why you emphasize that this is a princess, the reason for everything, is because you haven't seen a real princess!"

With a mysterious smile on his face, Andersen took out a matchbox from his pocket and said, "As soon as this match slips, you will be able to see the real princess in the firelight." ”

"A real princess!" William was stunned for a moment, and looked at the matchbox handed over by Mr. Andersen, "Is this magic?" ”

"Yes." Mr. Andersen gave an affirmative answer.

"Grab it, my army, grab the princess for me!" Prince William shouted excitedly, and Prince Edward almost fell to the ground when he heard this.

What did William do with the princess, did he think it was a trophy from a war game?