After these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other with complicated expressions on their faces.
The princess actually wants to do business? This is totally unheard of!
Although the gentry also have family businesses, they have always despised merchants, believing that doing business is a low-level thing, and they would never show up in public to do business. It is inconceivable that Xiao Zhiruo wants to do business even though she has enough food and drink.
They originally thought that the test would test poetry and songs, but they didn't expect that the first question would be beyond their expectations.
Someone stood up and said, "Princess, business is lowly. You are a noble person, how can you lower yourself to do such lowly things? If you marry me, my Guangdu Chen family will definitely not let you worry about money, and you don't have to do business to make money."
Xiao Zhiruo said calmly, "Mr. Chen, please take a seat."
Although the tone was gentle, everyone knew that Mr. Chen had been eliminated.
Other young men from aristocratic families stood up to answer, but none of them could satisfy Xiao Zhiruo. These people's answers basically belittled the merchants, and they did not hide the arrogance of the aristocratic families in their bones at all.
Several captains also stood up and answered. They were not good at reciting poems or composing couplets, but they still had some opinions of their own when it came to merchants. Of course, none of them could satisfy Xiao Zhiruo.
After listening for a while, Xie Chen felt that he had found the trick.
The princess raised this question, obviously wanting them to agree with her. You keep saying that merchants are inferior, which will of course make the princess unhappy. You still have to look up to me.
He stood up and bowed, saying, "My Lord, I think that although the business of merchants is of the lowest order, it also has its merits. The flow of goods and the exchange of goods are indeed beneficial to the people."
"However, the princess is of noble status. If she conducts business in person, it may attract criticism. She can have the housekeeper run the business on her behalf. The princess only needs to give instructions behind the scenes. This way, she can avoid showing up in public and realize her wish. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
These words made sense, and Xiao Cheng nodded after hearing them.
A smile appeared on Xiao Zhiruo's face, and Xie Chen was delighted. So many people answered, but the princess didn't smile. But now that he finished answering, the princess smiled, which showed that he had a chance.
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