The days quickly turned into June, and the weather in the capital grew hotter. Everywhere on the streets, common folk switched to cooler summer clothes. Some noble ladies, with their summer attire flowing gracefully, wearing veiled hats and carrying round fans, became a beautiful sight on the streets.
In June, aside from the twenty-year celebration of Scholar Cui wedding the Princess, the annual conscription was a significant topic in the capital. Moreover, the palace released a batch of palace maidens who had come of age, making many noble families in the capital eager to invite them into their homes for service.
Those older were sought after as instructresses or steward nannies for the noble daughters in homes, while the younger ones caught the interest of elder ladies who shamelessly wanted them as concubines for their sons and grandsons, or even as official wives.
