Princess and the pea, also translated as The Princess on the Pea, is a famous one in Andersen's fairy tale series. Its classic story is deeply rooted in people's hearts, while princess and the pea tells a simple and well-known story about a prince looking for a real princess. In addition, there are related movies and animations adapted from this story.

This short story is a great irony, which is similar to the emperor's new clothes. In addition, some people say that Andersen used this to satirize the fragility and vulnerability of feudal nobles.

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Princess and the pea tells the story of a lonely girl who claims to be a princess who goes to the prince's house. In order to verify whether she is a real princess, the prince's mother spread twenty mattresses and twenty duvets on the bed, and put a small pea under it.

The next day, the queen asked her how she slept last night. The girl said that she didn't sleep a wink all night, and there was always something bothering her, which made her bruised all over. So the queen immediately arranged a wedding for the prince to marry the girl, because only a real princess can have such delicate skin and feel a small pea under twenty mattresses and twenty duvets.