Yui i was relieved, so she climbed inside the carriage. Afterward, she asked the crown prince where they planned to go.
Were going to Jozhou.
Oh
Even if you say that, wheres Jozhou in the first place?
Actually, Yui i did not have an inkling about the geography of this place.
Well, itd be more appropriate to say that geography was not sothing a commoner would have any knowledge of.
As for the reason the military handled information such as geography directly, so it was not publicized.
She also knew that even Ancient Japan treated detailed maps as top secret information, and this point did not change no matter what world and what country she was in.
That being the case, commoners only knew the surrounding towns and villages from where they lived.
Further than that, they could only say so this country had that kind of place, thats the level of awareness they had.
Im sure you didnt know where that is, so heres a map.
The crown prince handed a simple map to Yui i, as if reading the question in her mind.
It was the kind of map even illiterate people could understand, with places drawn as explanation.
According to this map, this country was divided into nine provinces, naly: Kizhou, Enzhou, Seizhou, Jozhou, Youzhou, Keizhou, Yozhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou.
Yongzhou was directly under the emperors control so it was the central state, and the provinces were arranged clockwise around it, starting from Kizhou.
The border region surrounded with desert where Yui i ca from was located northwest, and the sea was located at the southeast part, where Jozhou was.
They were currently headed towards Kai, the city of Jozhou which was surrounded by the sea.
As for the reason
Were going to visit my sister.
According to the crown prince, the princesss na was Pan Yu, and she had been married off* to one of the sons of the Hong family which governed Jozhou.
Yu was eighteen, two years older than Yui i.
In other words, she was Yui is older sister.
The crown prince then explained the reason they were visiting Yu.
Yu caught a terrible cold at the end of winter. Her cold was cured, but her energy did not return, apparently.
Is that so.
Cold, huh.
Yui i recalled the influenza that plagued the Inner Palace before spring.
That influenza was a formidable enemy, but even normal colds would beco troubleso if aggravated.
Irritated nostrils and inflad throats even though fever subsided, various prognostic symptoms in short, guard shouldnt be lowered against this illness even if it was already cured.
I heard her appetite decreased and she lost weight, so I wanted to see her situation as well as bring her so get-well gifts. But if I went there ostentatiously, they would have to receive ostentatiously as well, right? Thats why were stealthily going there.
Oh, so thats how it is.
Yui i nodded in understanding after listening to the crown princes explanation.
If the crown prince took a lot of people to visit her as usual, Yu had no choice but to get up as well for the sake of hospitality.
That would be mistaking the insignificant for what was essential.
It would take a while to travel to Kai, Yus current ho, but since the roads here are maintained, it will take us a day to leave Yongzhou, and two more days before we reach Kai.
Yui i understood it based on the crown princes words, so she had to work hard as the court lady chosen to accompany the crown prince in this journey.
If they were in the Inner Palace, it would be Eunuch Libins role to take care of the crown prince.
However, for so unknown reason, this Imperial Guard guy Li Yong was the one here instead of Libin.
Moreover, this Li Yong might also require taking care of.
It was understandable that they could not mobilize people who did not know the subtleties in this area, but Yui i was the only court lady here, so why did the people she had to take care of increased?
There was a limit to that labor shortage reason, and Yui i was only a re housekeeper at the Inner Palace, so this burden was quite heavy for her.
Therefore, Yui i took advantage of the break when the carriage stopped to take a rest. She furtively drew closer to Li Yong.
Ahm, I had never experienced doing the work of an attendant.
Thats why Yui i wanted to plead with Li Yong so he could realize the things that were impossible for her.
She knew caregiving thanks to her previous worlds profession, but she had never tried serving nobility in both worlds.
Li Yong sighed at Yui is honest confession.
.. The crown prince is aware of that, so just do what you can. I can manage myself.
Roger!
She promptly answered, relieved that Li Yong was no longer under her care.
Yui i went on to gather so withered branches to boil water for tea, and fed them to the fire.
Afterward, she took the teapot and placed it on top to brew tea.
Hey wait, whats with that thod?
Li Yong had been watching Yui i from the side, so he interrupted her.
It seed that the way she made tea was odd.
Even if you say so
For Yui i, making tea ant just putting the tea leaves into the hot water and its done.
Indeed, the tea served at the crown princes palace was very elegantly brewed, but the tea brewed with the aforentioned thod was more than enough for her to drink.
In the first place, before coming to the Inner Palace, she could only drink plain hot water, and she had never experienced drinking tea in the borderland.
And in her previous world, there were convenient packets for making tea.
There were also those who tried their hand in making Chinese tea among her friends who were addicted to Chinese dramas, but she was satisfied being the drinker.
With a background like that, it would be totally impossible to make a perfectly delicious tea here.
Such thoughts ran across Yui is mind but since she could not voice them out, she opted to remain silent, scowling a bit.
Li Yong furrowed his brows.
Youll get embarrassed if you didnt even know how to brew tea, you know.
Sigh.
And so, it was decided that Li Yong would demonstrate it to her.
T/L Thoughts: Ancient China had these Nine Provinces, with the sa letters, but author-sama provided a different reading Torn between which one to use, but ended up using Japanese first letter sound coupled with the Chinese zhou instead of shuu to make it more fictional, except for Liangzhou and Yongzhou. ?
Heres the Japanese vs Chinese one:
()Kishuu vs Jizhou
()Enshuu vs Yanzhou
()Seishuu vs Qingzhou
()Joshuu vs Xuzhou
()Youshuu vs Youzhou (although they had the sa letter as Aunty Yang)
()Keishuu vs Jingzhou
()Yoshuu vs Yuzhou
() Ryoshuu vs Liangzhou (adapting Liangzhou as it sounded more Chinese)
() Youshuu vs Yongzhou (I think this is typo in the part of author-sama, or maybe theyre homographs since we already have Youshuu. Anyway, Yongzhou it is.
To know more about it, heres the link: /item/九州/6127
*Pan Yus marriage was that of an Imperial princess to a subject.
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