Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ke was lying on the boat, playing with a white and tender foot in his hand. Today was a day of leisure outside the palace. He was naturally here at Helian Liuli at the moment.
"Your Highness, I have something to tell you." Helian Liuli suddenly said.
"Huh?" Li Ke asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
"There is a man who has taken a liking to Miss An Ying, and An Ying also has a crush on him, but An Ying has always rejected him," Helian Liuli said.
"Ah? Why?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment and asked a little strangely.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten Miss An Ying's origin?" Helian Liuli sighed and said helplessly.
"Oh." Li Ke realized it. If we talk about Yang Anning, Helian Liuli and others who are prostitutes but not prostitutes, they might still be able to get married and find a good family to become a concubine or find an ordinary family to become a wife.
In the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was almost impossible for that Goulan woman to get in, and it was impossible to become a concubine. Those who had concubines had some status, and ordinary families couldn't afford concubines.
It's good to be an outsider. Most people in their thirties and forties are like Liu Hong. They stand out and find something to do by themselves, and they don't even have many opportunities to do things.
A lonely life is the portrayal of most Goulan women's lives.
This can be seen from the poems written by my brother Yong and brother Qi, and most of the poems written by brother Yong are about brothel girls. Goulan women are even more miserable.
Although An Ying was beautiful and participated in dramas, she was born a prostitute. On this point, she had countless worries in her heart.
"Hey, Your Highness, it's not that An Ying doesn't want to agree. It's not easy to meet a good man. It's just that I am born in this industry and have seen too many sisters miserable for the rest of their lives. After they got married, they lived extremely miserable lives. In the end, they were not as good as themselves. It would be better to stay in the Goulan brothel and live with this broken body."
"At least in Goulan Brothel, it's not a big deal if I can comfort myself even though I'm lonely." Helian Liuli sighed.
"What is self-soothing?" Li Ke asked subconsciously.
"Your Highness, do you still need me to teach you in this regard?" Helian Liuli's beautiful eyes looked at Li Ke with a smile.
"Oh, let's play with Happy Beans." Li Ke chuckled.
"Ah? What are Happy Beans?" This time it was Helian Liuli's turn to be confused.
Li Ke instantly reached out and touched her between the valleys. A blush flashed across Helian Liuli's face, "Your Highness, you are so bad."
"Hey hey hey, yes, yes, coming back to this matter, what do you want me to help you with?" Li Ke laughed twice and then said.
"That is, can we resume building more nunneries or nun temples in Chang'an?" Helian Liuli hesitated and said.
"Huh?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment, "Is there any connection between the two?"
"My Highness, where do you think the increasing number of nunneries in Chang'an City came from? Where did the nuns who accompanied the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha come from? They can't all be harem concubines." Helian Liuli sighed. .
Li Ke paused for a moment, and then understood.
He remembered that in later generations he had seen some layout and architectural drawings of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. He was a little strange about the densely packed temples and nunneries in Chang'an City, but now he suddenly understood it.
The temple doesn't know, but why the nuns in the nunnery and so many brothel girls in history ended up in Qingdeng Ancient Buddha are completely unknown to this society.
After all, this era is not an era where poverty is laughed at but not prostitution.
"I don't think this is the way to solve the problem." Li Ke was silent for a moment, and then said.
"I know, Your Highness, don't you not allow people in the Tang Dynasty to act as prostitutes? You also don't allow more unregistered households, but this is the last batch." Helian Liuli said helplessly.
"Actually, sometimes, these things can't be stopped." Li Ke sighed, food and sex, this thing couldn't be solved after more than a thousand years, and it can't be solved now.
It is true that the Tang Dynasty has not yet laughed at the poor but not at prostitution, but as time goes by, that day will definitely come sooner or later. Li Ke can't say whether it is good or bad, although he can't control the future.
"But what you said can't be said to be unreasonable." Li Ke sighed. Some issues left over from history always have to be resolved.
What's more, Li Ke is also a person, and people have close relatives far and wide. Although An Ying is not very familiar with Li Ke, she is also a person in Li Ke's name, so she must take care of her own people.
"Do you know the man?" Li Ke looked at her and asked.
"He is a member of the security force. He was a captain who retired from the army. In his early years, there was a disaster in his family, and he was the only one left. He is thirty-seven years old this year." Helian Liuli said.
"Has he fallen in love with An Ying? Do you know An Ying's identity?" Li Ke asked curiously.
"Yes, he said he didn't care." Helian Liuli shook his head.
"In this way, I will check first. If there is no problem with the character, I will find a solution. Although many people can't solve it, it can be solved by one person." Li Ke agreed simply. As a It is not easy for a Goulan woman to find someone she truly likes.
If there were many women in later generations who willingly fell into prostitution, in this era, there were almost none, except for the Silla people.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Your Highness." Helian Liuli said with a smile, "Your Highness, do you need to help you find another girl? I heard that there is a new oiran from the Tanchun Building next door. She just came this year. She is over fifteen years old, and she is very beautiful, much prettier than me."
"Fifteen, it's a no-brainer." Li Ke shook his head.
Helian Liuli was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a while, but when she saw Li Ke's eyes on her mountain peak, she instantly understood what His Highness meant. At that moment, Helian Liuli was a little bit dumbfounded. Just what His Highness said, Sometimes it really makes people speechless.
I really don’t know what’s going on in His Highness’s head. Just these idioms, words, etc., the average person’s mind really can’t think of this.
"Your Highness, you are so." Helian Liuli was a little dumbfounded, then moved forward and placed his deep ravine in front of Li Ke, "You like this."
"Men all like to challenge hardships and obstacles, climb mountains and cross rivers, ride horses, and have a warm heart. This is not normal." Li Ke shrugged.
Helian Liuli: "..." I have already misunderstood these words.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You said before that there are many women in each brothel, right?" Li Ke thought for a while and said.
"Yes, some people are old and have a miserable life in their later years." Helian Liuli nodded.
