The celebration for the housewarming feast did not last very long, as Cheng Juxiu and his three fellow Academic Palace Disciples were swamped with a myriad of matters and had their own affairs to handle. Yang Yu, Yong Hongzhong, Ji Linlang, and the others also needed to prepare for their future life at the Academic Palace.
The Yang family held a six-day-long open banquet where anyone who came and exclaimed, "Yang Qilang's talent towers high," "Yang Qilang is brimming with scholarly wisdom," or "Yang Qilang is eager and studious," could eat and drink for free. Even so, the Yang family felt that their banquet scene was more subdued compared to a few other households in Chang'an City that also had children who passed the examinations for the Academic Palace.
Yong Hongzhong and Ji Linlang needed to write back home to inform their parents of the good news, so their families would not worry.
