Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

The ticket price for Cuifeng Building is per person, which is a necessary expense for watching the singing and dancing. Food and beverage after entering are also charged separately. Ye Xi felt that the ticket price was too expensive. The first floor was full, so Pei Zhu took Ye Xi to the railing of the second floor and found a seat with a good view. After they sat down, she didn't want to order food, but Taoist Master Pei Zhu's singing and dancing only started at a fixed time, and there were only some small singing and dancing to warm up the audience at other times. It was very embarrassing to sit there and do nothing, so Ye Xi ordered some food. So Ye Xi ordered some cheap food, and the singing and dancing were the focus of what she wanted to see.

After ordering food, Ye Xi looked around. This building was designed for watching singing and dancing. There was a screen at the entrance of the first floor. People had to go to both sides of the screen to enter. There were several tables behind the screen facing the stage, with a great view. There were also some tables neatly arranged on both sides of the stage. There were stairs on the left and right sides of the stage.

Cuifeng Building has five floors in total. The five floors directly above the stage are all connected, and the visual space is extremely wide. The second to fifth floors facing the stage are basically side rooms. Only the side facing the stage is empty, but there are two layers of curtains. The first layer is very thin, and you can see the stage from the inside, and you can also see the people inside from the outside, but their appearance is not very clear. The second layer of curtains is very thick, and you can basically see nothing after it is drawn. Outside the side rooms on the second and third floors, there are tables near the railings. These tables can basically see the stage on the first floor. The fourth and fifth floors are basically side rooms.

In theory, the tables behind the screen on the first floor are the best places to watch the dance, but many dignitaries dislike the lack of privacy and people always coming in and out, so most of them go to the rooms on the second to fifth floors. Among these floors, the rooms in the center of the second floor have the best location, so the price is the most expensive. The higher the floor, the worse the viewing effect, but this also facilitates some shameful transactions, so the higher the floor, the more filth and dirt are hidden.

Ye Xi didn't understand these things, and thought that at most some nobleman had taken a fancy to a dancer and took her away. She saw that most of the rooms on the fourth and fifth floors had thick curtains drawn, and there were people sitting in some of the rooms without curtains drawn, so she thought that the rooms with thick curtains were empty.

Little did they know that this was all intentional by the owner of the building. The requirement for the rooms on the fourth and fifth floors was that the curtains must be drawn when there were no guests. After the guests entered, if they wanted to watch singing and dancing, they would open the curtains, and if they wanted to watch other things, they would leave the curtains untouched. Because the curtains and wooden walls were not soundproof, sometimes the guests inside could hear the noises from the next door to add to the fun. Therefore, although there were not many guests on the fourth and fifth floors, the income they brought was very high, and they were often much higher than the floors below with more guests. However, ordinary people generally could not go up, not only because the stairs on the fourth and fifth floors were set up secretly, but also because they needed to pass special verification to enter.

Ye Xi and the other person sat on the same side of the table, and the food was soon served. Pei Zhu saw that there were only side dishes to go with the wine and almost no proper meal. He guessed that Ye Xi probably wanted to save him money. Every time he came here, he never treated the guests so harshly, let alone his own wife. So he called the waiter, added a few more main dishes, and served a pot of fruit wine that Ye Xi liked to drink.

Ye Xi didn't dare to drink outside, but she thought it was okay with Pei Zhu around. The main course didn't come so soon, so she tried the side dishes, which tasted quite good. She must have put a lot of effort into the food and wine here. She ate very enthusiastically, and Pei Zhu, who was sitting next to her, looked at Ye Xi lovingly.

"Mr. Pei?" Suddenly a greeting voice came into Pei Zhu's ears.