It had been the end of March after rites for passing the imperial exam. The rites included results release, celebration feast, court dress granted, thank you note and ancestors’ worship, etc.

Qiu Yelan had been studying for ten more days. She realized that Madam Shao was undoubtedly a good teacher being competent for teaching princesses. She, despite unborn in a royal family, was skilled at so many techniques such as qin (a Chinese instrument), chess, calligraphy, painting and ...