Qing Palace: Biography of Concubine Shu

Chapter 16 Farewell
Just after the ugly hour on July [-]th, Shu Yun was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, and Su Zhu bent over to help her rub her back, her eyes were closed tightly, showing no sign of waking up.Yinzhen stood behind her, pursing his lips and smiling.

Yesterday, Shu Yun was a little too excited and couldn't fall asleep. He had to push her on the bed and exercise for a while. They didn't sleep with their clothes on until she fainted.

When going on tour, they have to start at the second moment, and Shu Yun, as Gege, has to go to the main courtyard to pay respects to Fujin, which is a rule before leaving.

"Little boy, wake up quickly!" Yinzhen walked to Shu Yun's side, and lightly squeezed his right hand to make the little girl wake up quickly, "Su Peisheng, go pour the sour plum soup."

There is no herbal tea in Shu Yun's courtyard, and sour plum soup is used instead.

After eating the chilled sour plum soup, Shu Yun instantly became sober.

"Only this time, you can't use something so cold when you get up in the morning." Yinzhen reminded again and again.

Shu Yunmeng responded in a circle, and after serving Yinzhen for breakfast, he helped Sulan to walk to Fujin's courtyard.

Pomegranate waited at the door early, watching Shu Yun approaching from a distance, with a smile on his face, Shu Yun understood the rules, unlike Li Shi, before leaving, he said that he was late to wait for the fourth master, so he directly Get in the carriage and leave.

"Gege, Fujin just woke up, please wait a moment." Shiliu knew the time of departure, and called Fujin to get up early, and now she is grooming.

"Well, I'm really sorry for disturbing Fujin's clear dream so early due to the reason of leaving for a trip." Shu Yun said a little embarrassed.

Shu Yun said every word of humility, Fujin had something to say first, and was going to make Shiliu stare at Shu Yun more.

"Gege, please sit in the lobby first." Shiliu's attitude towards Shu Yun is still very good, after all, as long as Shu Yun respects Fujin, the slaves in Fujin's courtyard will basically give the same respect.

Shu Yun followed Shiliu into the hall, the servants in the courtyard were busy coming in and out, when Fujin got up early, the servants also got up early.

Later, Fujin wore a bright red wide-sleeved palace attire, with a pattern of phoenix embroidered on the chest and back. This was the palace attire of his elder brother Fujin. It was done in the palace. In the past few years, Si Fujin only wore old clothes in the courtyard.

"Fu Jin, I'm sorry to bother you!" After Shu Yun saluted Fujin, the corners of Si Fujin's mouth rose slightly. Shu Yun was very polite and came to say goodbye early in the morning.

"You, too, are too observant of the rules, so you don't need to come here to pay your respects, you should leave earlier." Fujin Fujin nodded in satisfaction.

Shi Liu and others were waiting at the door, Shu Yun glanced at the time from the corner of his eye, after a while, Shu Yun had to wait for the carriage to leave the palace early.

Si Fujin reminded some precautions for traveling, Shu Yun listened carefully, and kept nodding, hoping that he would keep Fujin's advice in mind, take good care of Yinzhen during the trip, and return safely.

"Hurry up, don't make me wait, Shu Yun, I will rely on you to take care of me outside." Di Fujin reminded him again.

"Yes!" Shu Yun left the main courtyard directly after performing the double greeting.

When stepping out of the courtyard, Shu Yun heaved a sigh of relief, Fujin is very talkative today, she made the right move.

"Su Lan, have all our things been delivered?" Shu Yun was so busy that she didn't even have breakfast, and when she got on the carriage, she was going to have a good meal.

Su Lan nodded and said: "The maid went to the dining room and took our breakfast, Ge Ge, when you are on the road, you can have some breakfast first, and then catch up on sleep."

Brothers wanted to ride horses and follow the imperial chariot, Yinzhen simply ate some breakfast food, Shu Yun still needed to prepare for lunch.

"Have you brought all the things I asked you to prepare?" Shu Yun specially prepared red bean barley flour, which can be turned into rice paste with hot water, which can be regarded as satisfying hunger.

Shu Yun specially asked for a small stove. In their carriage, when the master needed hot water, it would be delivered quickly.

The carriage was parked in the courtyard, Yinzhen stood beside the carriage, and Shu Yun walked over.

"Master, would you like some breakfast first?" Shu Yun didn't want Yinzhen to be hungry all the time.

"No, Master has already used it. You have breakfast and rest for a while, we may have lunch in the carriage." Yinzhen repeatedly explained.

He stretched out his hand to help Shu Yun get into the carriage, he lowered the curtain, Shu Yun saw a tri-fold screen placed in the middle of the carriage, separating the outer hall from the inner bedroom.

In front of the screen, there are two cushions, a kang table in the middle, on which is Shu Yun’s breakfast, and a porcelain pot, which is Shu Yun’s breakfast, and on the table are Shu Yun’s favorite dishes .

The imperial chef had prepared the noodles well in the early days, and specially used porcelain jars to keep the noodles warm, so that they would not be properly cooked, let alone cold.

After eating breakfast quickly, Shu Yun leaned on the cushion, staring at the scenery outside the car window with a stern face.

When Kangxi went on tour, the road was paved with loess, and the sides of the road were covered with bright yellow silk curtains. When the people on both sides of the road met the emperor traveling, they all knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

"Su Lan, have we left Beijing yet?" Shu Yun thought, it's time to leave Beijing.

"Master, I can't leave Beijing until after lunch." Su Lan has already confirmed that she needs to rest in Tianjin in the evening.

Shu Yun nodded and asked Su Lan to pack up the things.

She took her own sewing basket from the cabinet on the right, picked out available silk threads and fabrics, and prepared to sew another purse for Yinzhen.

Green onion color is used as the background, black bamboo is embroidered with iron-gray silk thread, the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, Yinzhen likes grinding tools very much, Shu Yun specially used some double-sided embroidery techniques.

In modern times, Shu Yun liked these female celebrities, and would often buy some simple embroidery such as handkerchiefs on a certain treasure. He never expected that those handicrafts would be very useful after time travel.

"Master, this carriage is a bit wobbly, don't hurt your eyes." Shu Yun had been embroidering all morning, Su Lan hurriedly tried to persuade her.

Yinzhen explained in advance that he must keep an eye on Shu Yun, and don't kill his eyes by killing time in the carriage.

"One more thing, Su Lan, you go and prepare some fruit." Shu Yun glanced at the clock on the low cabinet on the left, and Yinzhen was coming back soon. "Also, get the honeysuckle water ready, so I can freshen up when I come back."

In such a hot weather, Yin Zhen wore heavy clothes and rode outside, and he might get prickly heat on his body. To avoid prickly heat, Shu Yun specially brought a lot of honeysuckle, and prepared to boil water on the way for Yin Zhen to freshen up.

Su Lan hurriedly asked little Sula to pass orders from behind, while she stood beside Shu Yun, waiting for Shu Yun's orders at any time.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yinzhen finally came back, as soon as he came in, Shu Yun asked Su Lan to bring up the warm honeysuckle water, Yinzhen looked at Shu Yun's preparation, and felt warm in his heart.

He walked around the screen and walked into the inner bedroom. Su Peisheng wiped it with warm water.

(End of this chapter)