The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 259: Inner Teaching House

The 9th day of the first month in the second year of the Holy Dynasty, at 8 o'clock after dinner

Jia Rong is in the toilet.

There are many toilets in Baicao Palace.

The toilet in Emperor Jia Rong's bedroom was not big, only three or four meters away from the dragon bed, making it convenient to get up and go to the toilet at night.

It would be troublesome if it was too far. Of course, the simpler it is to go to the toilet at night, the better, and you don't even need a maid.

But when you get up in the morning to go to the toilet, or after dinner at night, you can do it in a more formal way.

The toilet is very large and is where Jia Rong goes to the toilet. It is only four or five meters away from the office and the large bathroom.

Jia Rong was sitting on the toilet with a footstool made of tiger skin under his feet.

The toilet was very hot, and the entire accommodation and office area of Baicao Palace was very hot. The heating system, which was run at all costs, made it feel like summer when Jia Rong returned home.

Shorts, short sleeves, and reading a newspaper.

In Jia Rong's luxurious toilet, there were not only the five reserved people, but also a female court musician with outstanding talent and beauty, a cold face, wearing white ancient costume, and holding a jade flute and playing music.

Each song lasts about five minutes. Generally, it is time to wipe your butt after two songs. It is best to lift your butt before the end of the third song.

Although there were many beautiful wet nurses at home, Jia Rong didn't like being pressed down when he went to the toilet.

Massage is massage, but 24-hour massage is torture.

Keeping more than a dozen young and beautiful wet nurses just for a drink of milk occasionally, this is the luxury of the emperor's family.

Qingwen was standing quietly aside at this time, holding incense in her hand.

Xiren and Sheyue also held towels.

Bihen was holding the toilet paper that she would use later.

Generally, you should wipe your butt first and then wash it with water.

Wanyu was responsible for cleaning the toilet after Jia Rong got up, to prevent stains that could not be flushed away from remaining on it. She just needed to wipe the toilet clean with a special brush, a job that could be completed in less than ten seconds.

Jia Rong was reading a newspaper. In addition to the five-member group and the female musicians, there were four palace maids and a female official in the toilet.

The female official knelt two meters away from Jia Rong to report on her work.

Two palace maids were responsible for guarding the door, one was responsible for watching the window, and another palace maid who had practiced martial arts stood behind the female official with her hands behind her back, waiting for the emperor's orders.

"Your Majesty, the news of Concubine Yun's pregnancy has been reported to the head of the Imperial Clan, and someone has been ordered to inform the Shi family members."

"Your Majesty, which lady should be summoned to sleep with you tonight?"

While reading the newspaper, Jia Rong casually said, "Let Jia Yuanchun and Jia Yingchun come to sleep with me."

The female official of the Internal Teaching House responded, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Jia Rong asked, "How is the training of the new dancer going?"

The female official of the Internal Teaching House replied, "They have been trained and their identities have been screened. It's just that it's hard to check the foreign women. We're afraid that if something happens to them, we dare not use them."

The palace has its own ways to purchase or collect various beauties for training.

Of course, prostitutes from the Music Bureau could not be used to perform singing and dancing for the emperor. This was especially true after the late emperor had his genitals bitten off by the daughter of a criminal from the Music Bureau.

Even if Jia Rong did not have such considerations, the others would learn from history and would not dare to risk their lives.

A clean background is one thing, and another is a gentle personality.

For example, an unruly dancer like that, no matter how good-looking or how good her dancing skills were, he would not dare to let her perform for Jia Rong.

While going to the toilet, Jia Rong asked a serious question to the palace maid two meters in front of him.

"How do you find dancers and musicians nowadays?"

The female official of Neijiaofang replied: "They are all found among the musicians and prostitutes." Musicians are those who sing and play music, including both men and women, and usually they are mainly engaged in musical performance.

In ancient times, a "changhu" was an artist who performed singing, dancing and opera, including both men and women, and they usually mainly sang opera.

The "chang" in "advocate" is not the same as the "chang" in "prostitution".

But the social status is not much different.

At least in front of Jia Rong, no one would sell their art without selling their body. If asked to take off their clothes, they would definitely do so, otherwise it would be a capital crime.

Both of these professions are lowly and have been passed down from generation to generation.

Status is hereditary and children must inherit their parents' occupations.

Moreover, they were regarded as untouchables for generations, and were not allowed to take part in the imperial examinations or marry ordinary people.

The status of court musicians and court prostitutes was better, mainly in terms of treatment rather than status.

You have to be careful in doing things, and because you eat better, there is no shortage of beautiful women who are beautiful disciples and have been carefully trained since childhood.

Jia Rong doesn't need to go out to find prostitutes, as there are basically enough of them in the palace.

Other emperors had some constraints, but Jia Rong did not have such considerations.

The royal relatives of the imperial clan dared to advise the former emperor to keep himself clean, but they did not dare to advise Jia Rong, an outsider.

This is actually quite understandable.

Your self-perception will definitely be different in a company run by your relatives and in a company run by an outsider.

The converts are fanatical. Now the royal relatives, especially those in the capital, are much more useful than those useless relatives of the Jia family, and they are all willing to work hard.

If all the relatives of the Jia family were willing to work harder, the Jia family would not have declined.

Jia Rong put away the newspaper and frowned as he said, "I suddenly remembered that when the emperor was alive, he stuffed a lot of people into the lowly households."

After the property was confiscated, the men were killed and the women were put into slavery. This was the routine practice of the retired emperor in those days.

The female official of the Jiaofang replied: "That is true. Many of the famous prostitutes and actresses in the Nei Jiaofang and Wai Jiaofang are descendants of those people."

Jia Rong sighed, "It was the fault of the Emperor. Although I was only in charge of the Imperial Hospital, I heard a lot about some of the things that happened, and many of them were innocent people."

"Now that the court is stable, I am no longer afraid of violating the original emperor's will and being disloyal and unfilial. It is time to vindicate those people."

"Go and tell those poor women that if they have nowhere to go, they can continue to work in the Music Bureau. In the future, any of their children who have talent can continue to perform for me in the palace."

"Those who are not good-looking, have a bad figure, and are not good at singing or dancing can go out to serve the people, and then join the army or take the science and engineering examinations normally in the future."

"I only watch a few performances every month. Since these people have most of their time free, they can also take some time out from rehearsals and performances to sort out their vocal techniques and write books on the production of some musical instruments and singing and dancing to teach the younger generation."

"If you write a book, you can get some extra silver. If you can choreograph dances and music that satisfy me, I will naturally reward you generously."

"Although they are all girls, if they can show their abilities, I will help them look through the files to see if they were wrongly accused back then."

The female official of the Imperial Academy kowtowed to Jia Rong, "I obey your order! Your Majesty is wise and mighty, long live your Majesty!"

The three songs had just ended when Jia Rong raised his hand and a nearby palace maid came over to help wipe his butt.

There is no need to abolish the Jiaofangsi. Jia Rong wants to be a saint, but he is not a real saint.

Since it is legal and reasonable to turn beautiful and educated girls from corrupt officials' families into slaves and maids, why should it be abolished?

Now it’s just about giving some people a way out so that the singing and dancing girls can work harder.

In any case, Jia Rong didn't believe that all the officials in the court were honest, and he didn't believe that the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Music Bureau would be short of people.

Of course, for the sake of his own reputation, and also because he couldn't stand seeing others enjoying themselves, Jia Rong was willing to cancel the Outer Teaching House and keep the Inner Teaching House for his own enjoyment.

(End of this chapter)