These princes and princesses who came to the Swamp Prefecture for the Dragon Boat Festival and trade conference have been to the capital city before and listened to plays there. But the plays from the capital are not like the ones from Lingnan. Perhaps it is because they can't understand the Lingnan plays that they find them to have a unique flavor.
Zhao Yao accompanied these distinguished foreign guests for a while to watch the play, then left to meet the merchants from other regions and countries at the Ministry of Rites.
By noon, Zhao Yao hosted the foreign dignitaries at the Han Prince Mansion for lunch. The inland and foreign merchants had lunch at the Ministry of Rites.
During lunch, there naturally had to be song and dance performances. The performers used to be girls on the flower boats. These girls, having no family and unwilling to return home, stayed at the Swamp Prefecture.
