Why did Princess Yuan in A Dream of Red Mansions visit her mother in the middle of the night?

The day of mothering in Yuan Fei is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. On the surface, I think this is also a royal matter. Therefore, the date should be carefully chosen, and it is a good day. The Lantern Festival is just a full moon night and a lucky day.

In fact, this is the day chosen by the emperor himself. Of course, the emperor also knows that on the Lantern Festival, the royal family will hold a major event, and all members of the royal family, including Princess Yuan, will participate.

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The emperor specially set the date of Yuan Fei's mothering on the same day as the royal activities, that is, he told Jia Fu that your family affairs should make way for imperial power, and you should be self-aware.

Therefore, Yuan Fei had to wait until evening to go home to visit relatives. Visiting relatives at night was extremely rare and abnormal in ancient times.

The Jia people, including Jia Jia and Wang Xifeng, the heads of the family, didn't know the emperor's intentions, so they got up early and caught the evening show. It was not until the eunuch came to inform me that Jia Jia understood.