After lunch, Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen returned to their rooms to rest. Tonight, a celebration banquet was to be held for Prince Dai, and a dinner was also scheduled in the harem. They needed a good rest in the afternoon to have the energy to deal with the intrigue of the evening banquet.
Zhao Yao didn't go to Wende Hall to study chess. This afternoon's course was chess. In addition to reading books, the princes usually learned horseback riding, archery, and cultivated their skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Since there was a celebration banquet for Prince Dai in the evening, the afternoon chess lesson was canceled.
"The horses Zhao Yao and the others were riding in the dream had stirrups." In the dream, Zhao Yao and the others would sometimes go on missions on horseback, and there were stirrups on the horses.
Liang Zhaoyi guessed it was so, "Though small, a stirrup is very significant; it's a good invention."
