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began here. As the orange rays of the sun hit the window, I woke
up lazily in the morning, analyzing my own mind that was dealing
with my sleepiness and I realized that this was the day I was going
to start the journey of my life. I hurriedly got dressed and gave my
luggage to the servants.

My father ‘Liu Dan’ and my mother ‘Liu Mei Li’ blessed me
before I left my darling home and my grandfather hugged me like
never before and said, “make me proud as the best granddaughter
of the great emperor Wu,” he laughed, “and be safe my little girl”.
I promised him to focus on the knowledge I would gain and not risk
myself, but I was not even sure that would I keep the second of my
promise or not. I and my nanny stepped on the palanquin, and then
the servants carried my palanquin leaving the great palace gate
with chinese architecture on it behind. I gave my last glance at the
palace, a place I had called ‘home’,as tears rolled down my cheeks
a little. I tried to be strong, but it was hard to hide the pain of leaving
my home and my family. Then, I entered the busy town of Chang’an