Harem Daily Life

He Linzhang met Imperial Physician Liu again in Changle Palace.

"Didn't you just leave? Why are you back again?" He Linzhang held Yu Cheng in his arms. The little fat boy liked playing with the dragon pattern on his body. His small and short fingers kept picking at it, following the embroidery pattern of the dragon pattern, with concentration and seriousness.

Imperial Physician Liu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I met a man on my way home who is suffering from syphilis. He lives in the north of the city, where there are many illegal brothels, and the possibility of infection is the greatest. I feel this is a serious matter, so I am returning to the palace to report."

He Linzhang naturally knew about this disease. If one did not keep oneself clean and frequented places of entertainment, it would be easy to contract this dirty disease.

"The north of the city has always been a gathering place for all kinds of people in the capital. How about this? I'll have the Jingzhao Yin cooperate with you. You form a medical team to find out exactly how many people are sick. The Jingzhao Yin, on his part, will be responsible for eradicating the cancer at its source and ordering all brothels that shouldn't be allowed to remain closed."

Doctor Liu nodded in agreement and hurriedly took his leave to go about his business.

Yu Cheng scratched the dragon pattern and drooled: "Ah, ah, Huahua."

He Linzhang picked him up with amusement: "Want to see flowers? Then father will take you to see them."

After saying that, He Linzhang asked someone to bring a cloak. After putting it on, he held Xiao Yucheng in his arms and went to the yard.

In winter, the most dazzling flower is the wintersweet. The palace is filled with white, yellow, pink, and rose-red wintersweet flowers, with small stamens but a strong fragrance.

The father and son stood under the plum tree. Yu Cheng stretched out his little fleshy hand to reach for it gently. He Linzhang cooperated with him and quickly picked a flower, holding it in his hand along with the snow.

"Ah, ah, nah nah." Yu Cheng was very excited when he got Huahua. His short legs kicked excitedly and his little body swayed back and forth. He was so cute that it melted He Linzhang's heart.

Tao Yanyan was afraid of the cold, so she took Yunuo to play inside. She looked out the window at the figures of the father and son, raised an eyebrow and said, "Now I'm holding him like a treasure. Wait a few years, and talk back to him every day, and see if he still loves me."

After saying that, she turned to look at the soft and tender Yunuo, and her voice couldn't help but be coquettish: "Our Yunuo is still the softest and most adorable one. No matter how old she grows, she will always be the most beloved little princess in the palm of your father's hand."

Yunuo grinned, sticking out his tongue from time to time, and with his afro, he looked festive no matter how he looked at him.

Tao Yanyan touched her hair and said worriedly, "It would be great if you could give some of your hair to your brother. It's really dry and wet."

At this time, Jin'an, He Xuan and others came in noisily, took off their cloaks, washed their hands, and then surrounded Tao Yanyan.

"Mother, today in the snowball fight, my sister and I beat my brother." He Yue said with a victorious attitude.

"Hmph, I was letting you guys win. The teacher said a man should know how to be humble, so I lost a few balls on purpose." Xiao Jinan retorted calmly.

"Losing is losing, what's the point of talking about logic?" He Yue said proudly, "We agreed that the loser has to do five days of homework for the winner. Royal brother, just wait and do your homework!"

He Yue was very satisfied with the prize she won. She didn't have to do homework for five days and felt extremely happy.

"It's just five days' homework. I can finish it in half an hour every day. It's not difficult for me at all." Little Jinan is good at his studies and is very proud.

Listening to the children bickering, Tao Yanyan looked at Yu Nuo who was squeezed into a ball by He Xuan and He Yue, and touched her pregnant belly which had not yet shown its pregnancy. She thought that by this time next year, the twins would basically be able to speak, and the one in her belly would be born. She would be surrounded by six children, and only one more was needed to complete the Calabash Brothers!

The situation in the north of the city was much more serious than Doctor Liu had imagined.

Almost all the strangers who come to Beijing to make a living and the local natives with poorer family conditions live in this area. Some of them own old houses, some rent houses, and some don’t even have a place to live and are squeezed under a few bridge arches.

Dirt and disorder are the biggest characteristics of the northern part of the city. When he brought a medical team to provide free medical services, the situation he saw was much worse than he had imagined.

Some less prestigious brothels were doing quite well, with all kinds of men coming in and out. When the officials from Jingzhao Yinfu arrived and learned they were being ordered to close and rectify, the madams and managers all went to the officials to plead for mercy.

"Oh, sir, we have been doing business in this area for many years. Why are you closing down just like that? We have the documents from the government and are open for business as usual. You can't just cut off our business!" The madam cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to commit suicide, trying to stop the officials from sealing the shop.

"Don't worry, as long as the girls here have been checked and are free of venereal disease, you can continue to operate. We will come to check once a month from now on. If you are fine, the government will not make things difficult for you."

The madam's eyes darted around as she pulled the leading official aside and whispered, "Sir, a great nobleman has invested in our shop. You can't just check and close it down casually. Otherwise, if you offend the great nobleman, your official position will be in jeopardy!"

The madam acted concerned, as if to say, "I'm doing this for your own good." The official frowned, thinking that while the capital was filled with nobles, it was the emperor who had ordered the seizure. He said impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense. I don't care who invested in you. Anyway, this is the order from the palace. It has to be closed down, no matter what."

The madam offered him some silver, but he refused. "I really can't do it this time. Orders from above are hard to disobey. Please stop making things difficult for me. Besides, as long as the inspection shows no problems here, won't you be able to open for business in a couple of days? Just be patient and get the girls down to check it out."

Seeing that he refused to listen to her persuasion, the madam became extremely anxious. If there was really nothing wrong, why would he be afraid of the inspection?

Under the urging of the official, the madam had no choice but to send someone to ask the girls to get ready while anxiously waiting for Master Wang Er to arrive.

Ever since Wang Jiao was instigated by the Wang family to go to the palace to retrieve her property, not long after she returned home, her second brother Wang Xian took away 10,000 taels of silver, claiming to be doing business, but in fact he was investing in a brothel in the north of the city.

He transformed himself from a patron into one of the shareholders of the brothel. Not only did he no longer need to spend money to hang out there, he was also sought after by the madam and the girls, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

He did not return home all night last night, and at dawn he was worried about being scolded by his family, so he quietly returned home. Before he had slept for a few hours, he was woken up by a servant who said that the brothel's madam had something urgent for him to do.

Wang Xian didn't get enough sleep and was very resentful when he got up. It happened that his elder brother Wang Yin was going out to check on the shop, so he begged his elder brother to go with him.

Wang Yin thought that he could visit the shop any day, so he decided to go and have some fun, and went to the north of the city with his brother.