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Due to the continuous snowfall, the charcoal was consumed quickly, and despite diligent sweeping, the heavens insisted on showering down more snow. They say that auspicious snow foretells a bountiful year, but for the impoverished, lacking food and fuel, such snowy days spelled doom.

Yet within the palace, feasts and entertainment remained abundant, meals were enjoyed, and snow was appreciated. Among the palace beauties, some were remarkably talented and ingenious, such as Lady Cao of Supportive Wellness who composed a five-character quatrain titled "Spring Snow." Beauty Liang, known for her talent, also wrote a poem called "Cloud Viewing Pavilion Snow Chanting." It was said that the Imperial Music Bureau had even arranged a new song and dance called "Treading Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms."