June 25th, weather: clear.
A swift line of carriages and crowds on the avenue outside the city formed a long dragon, slowly moving towards the nearby hill.
Ms. Kang in the carriage marveled, "I didn't expect so many people to come, this is quite exaggerated."
Madam Hou, who was in the same carriage, laughed, "With the imperial plaque from the emperor, two great scholars presiding, the top scorer who recently caused a stir among the scholars, and Mr. Shanju's two landscape paintings. So many sensational and attractive events, how could there not be a lot of people? Only the timing is tight, places a bit further away don't know yet, if the time were longer, I fear more people would come."
Ms. Kang nodded, "True, my husband came particularly for the two teachers, didn't he?"
"Scholar Yao didn't come back yesterday?"
