After the coming-of-age ceremony, the Ye Family became busy. As the New Year approached, the palace needed repairs on many of its buildings in preparation for the upcoming royal selection. Ye Borong needed to discuss the quantity of materials to be transported into the palace with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue, thus he was often away from home.
Meanwhile, Ye Wangshi was preparing for Ye Xia's selection process next year, needing to establish connections. She couldn't allow her favorite daughter to encounter any mishaps; at best, she hoped she would be successfully selected so she wouldn't have to continue to curry favor with her sister-in-law, Ms. Chen.
And Ye Xia herself was also eager to forge relationships with the daughters of officials, with banquets almost daily. Ye Qiu even heard that she recently made contact with a Princess.
