Before Tang Yang could ask King Qi, King Sun came to Yuan Qing Ling in a panic that day.
He finally confessed truthfully, saying that he might be suffering from that disease and asked Yuan Qingling to prescribe medicine for him.
After Yuan Qingling heard this, she really couldn't complain. Didn't the second sister-in-law say that he was not that good? Why didn't he control it?
There was anger in my heart, but I couldn't ignore it. I asked coldly: "Then what symptoms do you have now?"
"No, it's nothing!" King Sun drooped his head, accepting Yuan Qingling's contempt and anger.
Yuan Qingling stared at him, "Then why did you say you were sick? Did you also touch the woman that Shaoqing touched? How could you... Hey, you are not passing on one person to a prostitute, why?
Do two people have to use one person?"
King Sun raised his head, "I have nothing to do with them. It's just that I once took a bath with Wu Shaoqing. I asked the imperial doctor about this disease, and he said that if we take a bath together, we will also get the disease!"
Hearing this, Yuan Qingling felt relieved, "You didn't have sex with them? You just took a bath with Wu Shaoqing?"
"The day I came to you, it was Wu Shaoqing who told me that he had this disease. Only then did I remember that I had gone to the bathhouse with him several times. This disease is contagious, so I came to you immediately, thinking
You can tell if I am sick by checking my pulse. Now that Wu Shaoqing is dead, this disease... Well, I have felt a little uncomfortable these past two days, but if there are any symptoms, I haven't found any, but I have to take precautions."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Yuan Qingling again, "You must never tell your second sister-in-law about this, she will cry to death!"
Yuan Qing Ling said: "If I don't tell you, then you don't have any symptoms now, and you can't be sure whether you have it, and you just took a bath together without sharing a bath towel... is there any?"
King Sun's face turned pale, "Yes."
Yuan Qing was furious, "Why don't you pay attention to it? Can these towels be shared?"
"With this heat and mist, how can you tell which one belongs to me and which one belongs to him? How do you know that he will get this disease? I am really going to be killed by him. If you eat wine, you will eat wine. Why do you have to
Calling those women here? I'm most disgusted." Sun Wang said bitterly.
Seeing that his face was pale and panicked, Yuan Qingling comforted him and said, "Don't be too anxious. Sharing towels may not necessarily lead to infection. Do you Honglu Temple officials always drink together? They call you Jiaofang every time.
The woman is here?"
"Whenever you are socializing, you have to bark. If we are drinking in private, I will not allow you to bark." King Sun said.
Yuan Qingling thought for a while and asked, "Do other officials also call Jiaofang women?"
Sun Wang said: "Most likely, it's not expensive anyway, and you can accompany them to drink, sing and play the piano, and have private gatherings. Many officials will find them. But after drinking, I don't know if they sleep with you."
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After hearing this, Yuan Qingling asked him to go back first, gave instructions on what to pay attention to, and then asked Tang Yang to understand the situation.
What worried her was that more than one official had the disease, but not everyone who got the disease would be like Wu Shaoqing, who knew the shame and hanged himself.
They may treat it secretly, or they may continue to fool around when there are no obvious symptoms.
If this kind of disease really broke out among officials, Beitang would be... It's hard to describe, and Lao Wu would probably be furious.
In fact, the officials also need to be rectified. During the period when the chief minister retired, there were internal and external troubles and neglected to evaluate the officials. But now that the victory has been won, the country is peaceful, and the extravagant style has gradually shown its signs. Once it prevails, it will be rectified later, which will affect the court.
Then there will be the pain of cutting out the flesh.
Tang Yang said to her: "Official prostitutes are mostly good-looking family members who have been convicted of crimes. After they enter the jiafang, they are considered public. Once they become prostitutes, they cannot redeem themselves unless the emperor pardons them. There are laws in the Northern Tang Dynasty that officials are not allowed to enter private establishments.
In Qinlou, you can only go to the qifang of the public teaching studio, and the profits from the qifang are returned to the state treasury, so the court does not have too much control over this."
"Then the imperial court doesn't have an institution to check their health regularly?"
"This usually doesn't happen. There is a special person in the teaching department to check their health. If they are found to be sick, they will be sent back to do hard labor and no longer serve the guests."
"By the time I found out I was sick, I guess the infection had already spread." Yuan Qingling frowned.
Tang Yang said: "There is nothing we can do about it. The sick person should be a girl from the jiafang. The left jiafang is for singing, and the right jiafang is for dancing. Only this jiafang is for serving guests. Of course, in fact,
It’s not so strict. As long as the adults take a fancy to it, it’s okay to influence the jiafang’s wishes. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a jiafang, so this disease doesn’t necessarily have to be found in jiafangs.”
Yuan Qingling was speechless about this, but could not change it for a while, so she said: "You arrange for a medical woman to check their health. Those who are sick should be treated and recuperated first. I will also tell the old lady about this matter, so that
The official who recently asked the Jifang woman to go to the Huimin Department for a physical check-up."
Tang Yang shook his head, "I'm afraid that no official will be willing to go for an inspection. Although the matter of finding the girl from the Jifang is not a secret, there is a saying that is right. It is better for people to know than to be seen. If you really go for an inspection, wouldn't it be a public announcement to the world?
, they have such evil behavior? Who doesn’t want to lose face? "
Yuan Qing Ling said coldly: "If you want to save face, don't do these things. Not all the women in the Jiaofang Division are for their entertainment. If you really want to have a drink and chat, why don't you just send the girls from the left and right Jiaofang over to sing and play the piano?"
Is that okay? Why does it have to be like that?"
Tang Yang felt embarrassed when he told Yuan Qingling this, and sighed: "This monastery needs to be strictly controlled."
Yuan Qing Ling said: "That's all, it's not appropriate for me to take care of these things. Is the Jiaofang under the control of the Ministry of Rites now?"
"No, it's under the control of the Palace Music Department. In the past, the Jiaofang was only responsible for vocal music and work dance. Later, it gradually merged with the Jifang. The Music Department also turned a blind eye. After all, there are a large number of people every year.
The money has been paid into the account and we have communicated with the emperor. Who wants to investigate further? After all, no one wants to offend those officials."
Yuan Qingling was so confused after hearing this that she didn't want to get involved in the matter, so she asked Tang Yang to discuss with the officials of the small court in the East Palace to see what to do.
Tang Yang went directly to report to Li Jingyan. After Liang Yanyan heard this, he was a little bit dumbfounded. The main reason was that he rarely interfered with this aspect of the matter in the past, and the imperial court's management of Jiaofang was also very loose.
But who would have thought that this disease would break this extravagant situation?
He ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation to find out which officials Wu Shaoqing drank and had fun with in the past. This investigation was incredible. They were pulled out like a bunch of grapes. Nowadays, officials of all sizes in the capital are keen to find girls from the craftsmen to come over to entertain them. Instead,
Few people call the singers and dancers in the dance studio, and the music department and the studio secretary don't care much about it. Anyway, as long as there is money, it will be fine.
This means that more than one person can contract this disease.