The next day was the sixteenth.
It was the first day after the Lantern Festival that the Emperor attended court; it was inevitably busy.
So Zhao Junyao got up and left early in the morning.
According to the usual routine,
Xia Ruqing should have rested till mid-morning, then get up to have some breakfast.
Then she would take Yue Er for a stroll in the Imperial Garden, waiting for the Emperor to have lunch together at noon.
However, on this day,
Xia Ruqing was still sound asleep during the Chen Hour.
She heard Yue Er crying her heart out while running inside.
She woke up instantly.
Upon opening her eyes, she saw her daughter standing beside her bed, crying purple in the face.
Zi Yue and Zi Su were standing behind with expressions of sorrow and regret, not daring to speak much.
Xia Ruqing quickly jumped up from her bed.
"What happened?"
Seeing her daughter crying like this,
Her heart felt as though someone was pounding it with a heavy hammer.
