Zhao Yao suddenly remembered that he forgot to have the gloves made. After the longevity festival ends, he would ask someone to make the gloves.
The Eighth Prince saw Zhao Yao hold up his hands and blow warm air on them, making his eyes slightly wet.
Zhao Yao then rubbed the Eighth Prince's hands with his own small hands until they were warm before stopping.
He advised the Eighth Prince that if it gets cold during the upcoming worship, he should rub his hands together.
Zhao Yao followed the Eighth Prince to Zhonghua Palace, where the other princes had already arrived, but the Third Prince had not yet shown up. After a while, just as the ceremony was about to start, the Third Prince finally arrived, tardy.
The Third Prince looked somewhat haggard, and his complexion wasn't good either. He claimed that he was too excited to sleep well last night, but the ministers didn't believe a word of it.
Experienced ministers could easily tell what the Third Prince did last night.
