After the Lantern Festival, it remained bitterly cold for a while. It wasn't until mid-February that the weather gradually improved, the north wind no longer howled daily, and the heavy snow stopped falling. On this day, the sun finally came out, and Shang Ruyi particularly brought Little Yuanzi out of Qianqiu Palace to take a walk to Jinyu Garden.
Due to the incident at Hot Spring Palace, everyone in the palace knew the Emperor was in a bad mood. Chu Ruoyan, already burdened with Jiang Chong'en's affair, dared not appear before the Emperor. During the entire New Year period, she hadn't stepped out of Jinyu Garden, fearing she might inadvertently upset the Emperor and implicate her mother and brothers at Yanchun Palace.
Therefore, seeing Shang Ruyi bringing Little Yuanzi over that day made her especially happy.
