The Emperor's Son-in-Law

Duan Chun could see clearly every luxurious carriage.

The places where the nameplates once hung are now empty.

These wealthy families and the ministers of the current dynasty would not reveal their identities easily when they went out to play.

The carriage moved forward and finally came to the gate of a flower building.

Two carriages belonging to Wu Xian and Fang Anyu were already parked there.

The following guards had already seen Zhang Wu's figure.

He quickly informed his young master in the carriage of the situation.

Wait until Duan Chun's carriage stops side by side with one of the carriages.

The car window opened, and Duan Chun saw Qu Heng and Fang Anyu sitting inside, clasping their fists and saluting.

"Ah Heng, why did you come out too?"

Duan Chunxiao asked.

"If I hadn't asked them both, they still wouldn't tell me."

"When we go out to play with my eldest brother, how can we be without Zhicheng and me?"

"Brother, are we going to the Golden Platform tonight?"

Qu Heng asked excitedly.

"Zhicheng is here too."

"Okay, let's go directly to the Golden Platform in a moment."

Duan Chun was speechless.

"Thank you, brother."

Qu Heng was extremely pleasantly surprised. If he hadn't told his mother-in-law that he would accompany Duan Chun on an outing tonight.

Grandma will never let them go out.

Moreover, Qu Heng had only heard of Golden Terrace before and had never been to it.

Duan Chun also understood that Wu Xian and Wu Zhicheng were sitting in the carriage in front.

All five children are present.

"Let's go to Jiaofang Si Dongyuan to have a look."

Duan Chun issued the order.

The coachman immediately drove the carriage and headed to another side street.

Jiaofangsi has three courtyards, including the inner courtyard, the east courtyard and the west courtyard.

The Inner Courtyard is directly under the jurisdiction of the Inner Court Division and is an institution dedicated to cultivating top musicians and musicians for the imperial palace.

However, it is also responsible for selecting musicians, so the families of prisoners and children from all over the country are sold into music workshops.

They will all enter the Inner Courtyard directly for training until they reach a certain age.

Then decide whether these musicians can continue to stay in the Inner Courtyard?

If you can stay in the Inner Courtyard, you will become a professional musician specializing in serving the Inner Courtyard.

It is equivalent to the existence of the national song and dance troupe and orchestra.

Those who were not qualified to stay in the inner court were sent to the outer courtyard of Jiaofang, which was the Jiaofang Division managed by Taichang Temple.

The east courtyard is called Shaohua Palace, which is a high-level seminary for receiving officials and foreign missions.

The west courtyard is called Liyue Pavilion, which is a place for receiving low-level officials and ordinary people.

Dakang’s Jiaofang Secretary is a state agency and has two main responsibilities.

One is the training and inheritance of singing and dancing instrument skills, as well as various performances.

The second is to manage the families of criminal officials in the Jiaofang Division and let them contribute to the national finance.

Jiaofangsi was a formal Yuefu place before the Ming Dynasty in my country.

There are even many female family members of officials working in the Jiaofang Division, which is a pure art palace.

But in the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory appeared.

So the Jiaofangsi changed his character and became the female dependents of prison officials, forcing them to become official prostitutes.

By the Qing Dynasty, it had become something like that...

Now Dakang’s Jiaofang Division is also a formal state institution.

But now it seems that some top dandy boys, even princes, are still secretly playing tricks in the church.

The dark side is also unknown.

The carriage moved forward and came to a relatively quiet street.

Duan Chun curiously looked forward from the car window and saw the end of the street.

A large group of towering palaces appeared in front of us.

Countless lights and elegant sounds of silk and bamboo continued to come from the entrance of a tall palace in front.

This is Shaohua Palace.

Duan Chun has already inquired about the situation in the east courtyard, the Shaohua Palace in the east courtyard of the Jiaofang Si.

It was a national-level place for receiving distinguished guests.

Even the musicians from the Inner Courtyard would come to Shaohua Palace to perform dances and make some money after their usual training.

This is a national-level theater.

In ancient times, there were no televisions, no mobile phones, and mahjong had not yet appeared.

Ordinary people can only go to bed very early.

And what should officials and lords do if they can't sleep at night?

Therefore, at night, almost all the wealthy families and important ministers in the Dakang Emperor's capital came together.

They all gathered in restaurants and courtyards in Chongzuofang.

After spending a difficult night, Duan Chun was surprised.

Not only the old men go out to play in the evening, but also the ladies and ladies come here in carriages to listen to music and enjoy the music.

For example, at the palace gate ahead, the carriage stopped, and the maids helped their mistress and ladies out of the carriage.

Entering Shaohua Palace one by one.

Duan Chun's three carriages also stopped outside the main entrance of Shaohua Palace.

Two father-in-laws in chamberlain robes had already stepped forward to salute.

Zhang Wu stepped forward and showed Duan Chun's waist card, but only glanced at it to the two eunuchs.

The two of them saluted and bowed in unison to get out of the way.

"Young Master, I can't get in here."

"You have to be very careful."

Zhang Wu said softly.

"I know, you'll just be miserable outside."

Duan Chun nodded, stretched out his hand and gave each of the two eunuchs a silver ingot.

Then he took the four children into Shaohua Palace.

Entering Shaohua Palace, there is a wide square.

There is a main hall on both sides of the square and in front of it.

"Brother, the three palaces can go to the three inner courtyards of Shaohua Palace."

"Those who want to listen to music can just go in from the main hall."

"I have an appointment with friends to meet up. Enter from the hall on the left."

"The hall on the right... is the entrance to the Golden Terrace."

"But we usually don't accept guests, unless they are familiar with us or willing to pay a high price."

"Take out the gold and you can get a mask."

"You can do whatever you want after entering, as long as you have enough silver."

Wu Xian whispered in Duan Chun's ear.

"Okay, then you lead the way."

"Tonight, let's see the luxury of the Golden Terrace."

Duan Chun took out a brocade bag from his arms, which contained five taels of gold and handed it to Wu Xian.

Some people may say, wow, you can enter the Golden Terrace with only one or two taels of gold...

You know, this is just the price of the ticket, and the cost of entering is another.

Besides, it's not that anyone can easily enter with just one or two taels of gold.

It's nonsense to say that you have money but no status.

Duan Chun has guessed why the King of Wei opened a Golden Terrace here.

The existence of the Golden Terrace is not only for the King of Wei to make a lot of personal gains.

It is to win over more dignitaries of the dynasty.

As long as one has a high enough status and can enter the Golden Terrace, the King of Wei's people can secretly win him over.

Then the King of Wei's private faction will continue to expand.

And the Golden Terrace will also become a place where the King of Wei's faction secretly exchanges intelligence and colludes with each other.

"Thank you, brother."

Wu Xian took the money bag and excitedly led the four people to the right hall.

Walking up to the door of the right hall, the sound of music came from the hall.

There were countless tables and desks in the whole hall, and a group of musicians were dancing gracefully in the middle.

The musicians sat on the floor couch on one side of the hall, concentrating on playing their instruments.

At this time, there were not many people in the hall, and they were all drinking and enjoying the dance.