Ji Mingxuan took Cheng Jinxing and Mingzhu back to the yamen.
The three of them rode in Ji Mingxuan's carriage. He had followers driving the carriage, so the three of them were sitting in the carriage.
"Master Ji, why doesn't Master Li sell tickets to you?"
The case was fully explained. Cheng Jinxing was very curious about the matter and asked.
"My family has never bought Master Li's ticket. What she meant was that we in the Jibei Marquisate are all swordsmen and guns, so we don't understand. As for Hanyu,..."
Ji Mingxuan paused for a moment, a faint smile on his lips.
"Is it because of Prime Minister Xue?"
Mingzhu guessed from the side.
"Perhaps! I heard that when Master Li plays in the capital, she usually performs in the suburbs. Moreover, she doesn't give face to anyone, and only listens to her own preferences. So far, no one has heard her play based on connections, and no one has ever disrupted her performance. She is truly a remarkable person!"
Ji Mingxuan glanced at Mingzhu and said with a smile.
"So what questions does she ask? What are her requirements for ticket buyers?"
Cheng Jinxing asked curiously.
"What? You want to go? Do you understand?"
Mingzhu joked.
"What do you care about me? Can't I just ask?"
Cheng Jinxing glared at Mingzhu, trying to hide his guilty conscience.
"Tsk, who cares about you?"
Mingzhu gave Cheng Jinxing a blank look.
Ji Mingxuan looked at the two of them and shook his head helplessly.
"There's no specific formula. She asks different questions to every ticket buyer. If there's one consistent thing, it's that she asks everyone where they're from."
Ji Mingxuan said.
To be honest, he was a little confused about Master Li's behavior.
Does your ancestral origin have anything to do with this?
“Are all the people who go there rich?”
Cheng Jinxing asked again.
"Not necessarily. Some who understand this, even if they're not well off, will save up money just to listen for an hour and a half. I've heard that the venues for these performances are usually very carefully decorated. I haven't seen them, but I imagine they're very good. There are three price points: the closer ones are the most expensive, at three hundred taels, the slightly further ones are two hundred taels, and the farthest ones are a hundred taels. Regardless, no one who's been there regrets it. In the past, Master Li would spend two months straight in Jiangnan almost every year. But this year, I heard he only stayed for a month."
Ji Mingxuan said.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk! Even if only fifty people pass, and if all the tickets sold are priced at three or two hundred, she can make tens of thousands of taels per performance! Ten thousand taels a month, wouldn't that be over a hundred thousand taels a year? Even more money than Aunt Ayue!"
Mingzhu sighed.
"All the money Master Li earned was used in the Charity Bureau, for the helpless elderly and orphaned children. I went to Taizhou once, and there were basically no beggars there."
Ji Mingxuan said with great admiration.
After they finished talking, the carriage had already entered the city. The bustling sounds of the city streets could be heard, so the three of them did not continue the topic.
At this moment in the Cheng family, Cheng Yue coaxed Cheng Minhong to go to the village to find Cheng Shun, and followed Xue Hanyu to her room.
After entering the room, Cheng Yue closed the door and sat down at the round table. He put his hands on the table, supported his chin with both hands, and looked at Xue Hanyu with a very gossipy look.
"Ayue, why are you looking at me like that? I'm not used to it!"
Xue Hanyu knew what Cheng Yue meant, but she felt embarrassed.
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