On the eighth day of December (lunar calendar), it was the fortieth birthday of Lady Bai, the Second Lady of Duke Li Guo's Mansion. On this day, Juhua unusually didn't linger in bed and got up early to accompany her parents for breakfast.
Lady Cui, seeing her daughter up so early, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is the sun rising from the west today? How come you've become industrious, little girl?"
Juhua coughed and said, "I've arranged to go with Sister Ning to buy rouge today, so I got up a bit earlier to avoid keeping Sister Ning waiting."
Lady Cui didn't suspect anything else and instructed, "When you go out later, wear more layers, don't forget the hand warmer. It's said the chill of December bites the chin off. Although the capital is warmer than our northern region, the season has arrived, so don't be careless."
