After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather became increasingly hot.
In Shengjing, the sun scorched the earth with its searing rays, and the stalls selling ice treats in the streets and alleys once again bustled with life. The wealthy households could not endure the summer heat, and one after another, they took their families to their villas in the mountains to escape the heat. The cool shade of the trees on the mountain became a favored destination for the sons and daughters of the nobility.
"Xia Miao" then came on the second tenday after the Dragon Boat Festival.
On the night before the royal hunting expedition, Chang Jin received the list of medical officers participating in this summer's expedition to the mountains from Cui Min's hands.
The suburban hunt was also considered a major annual event for the noble youth of Shengjing. In the days when the former emperor and the Crown Prince were alive, they would personally take part in the hunt as a component of "military rites."
