Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

For some reason, Zhao Lanxue said, "You have the status of Master Mo Ran. If you need money, you only need to paint a few paintings. Doing business really lowers your status."

"Miss Zhao, do you also think that people who do business are inferior?"

Meng Xiyue asked back.

Zhao Lanxue was startled, then said, "It's not what I think, but this is how the world is defined. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans have been like this for hundreds of years."

"Those are the rules from hundreds of years ago. I have only been in this world for a dozen years. Why should I be bound by them? They say merchants are lowly, but if there were no merchants, where would we go to buy things? How would this country function?"

Meng Xiyue said in a deep voice, "We all want to earn money to live. What's the difference between me buying calligraphy and painting and buying cosmetics, or anything else?"

"Everything is just a rhetoric used by some superiors to suppress businessmen. I don't care about reputation. I just do what I want to do."

Meng Xiyue's carefree words made Zhao Lanxue's heart skip a beat. Yes, the rules of the world are set by humans.

Whoever stands at the top of supreme power, his words are the imperial decree.

All the shackles are put on them by others, and also by themselves.

As she looked at Meng Xiyue, she gradually became envious. Who wouldn't want to live such a free and easy life?

"Princess Yong'an is a person of great wisdom."

"Miss Zhao is also a person with great ambitions. If you can get rid of the shackles in your heart, you will definitely achieve greater things."

Meng Xiyue said meaningfully.

She vaguely saw the shadow of Mei Ran in Zhao Lanxue, but she was wiser than Mei Ran.

It’s a pity that the rules she learned since elementary school were deeply imprinted in her and she found it difficult to get rid of them.

As expected, Zhao Lanxue just sighed.

"I am just a little girl, I just want to live a peaceful life, I don't want to do anything big."

"I'll take this and use it well."

She is willing to help with this.

"Thank you, Miss Zhao."

Too much is as bad as too little. Meng Xiyue didn't want to push her too hard. Now that she had no hostility towards her, it was already a great improvement.

The rest needs to be done step by step.

After seeing Zhao Lanxue off, Meng Xiyue went to the palace again and brought skin care products and a small cake she made for the Queen.

When the Queen knew she was coming to the shop, she unsurprisingly raised objections.

"Yue'er, if you are short of money, tell me where you can go to do business."

"Empress, have you ever heard the saying, 'Money makes the world go round?'"

Meng Xiyue smiled and said, "Don't look down on people who do business. As long as we have money, we can do a lot of things, and the prince can do a lot of things too."

"Yes, mother, my eldest brother has the support of a noble family, so he naturally has no shortage of money. But we are different. We need money to do anything."

Nan Rongzhi has now experienced the difficulty of having no money. He can hardly even support his own army.

The queen understood what they meant, but she looked embarrassed.

"But this will affect your reputation."

"Look at your uncle Wang. Because of his business, he has been criticized by others. He used to be the high and mighty Prince of Zhennan, but now he has become a selfish villain who is only interested in making money."

"He is not the crown prince, so he can do these things without any scruples, but you are different."

"Mother, although that is what you said, look at the common people and officials in the court, who doesn't respect the uncle?"

Those reputations were deliberately spread by the Prime Minister who was afraid that Nan Rongshen would surpass them, so he wanted to suppress his power.

"Can…"

"Don't worry, Queen, I am the one doing this business, the prince will not be involved."

Meng Xiyue explained, "As long as we don't get married, we will still be two separate people, and the reputation will only be mine."

"But as a girl, you can't not care about your reputation, right?"

The queen loved her child, but she couldn't bear to see Meng Xiyue, a little girl who had just come of age, show up in public, so she still made plans for her daughter.

"Empress, if you want to achieve great things, you must not be too particular about small matters."

"well said."

A bright yellow figure walked in from outside the hall.

The three people quickly stood up and saluted.

"emperor."

"Father."

"Get up and sit down."

The emperor looked at Meng Xiyue with eyes full of admiration, "I didn't expect that a woman like you would have such a broad mind."

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

No matter how amiable the emperor appeared to be, Meng Xiyue always treated him with caution. She kept in mind the truth that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger.

"Is this what you want to buy?"

The emperor asked as he looked at the skin care products and small cakes on the table.

"Yes."

"One is rouge and powder for my daughter's home, and the other is snacks. Would Your Majesty like to try some?"

"It looks exquisite. I'm a little hungry. Bring it to me and the queen to try."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the eunuch beside him immediately opened the cake, first tested it for poison with a silver needle, then cut off a small piece, tasted it, and made sure there was no problem before giving it to the emperor.

"Queen, how about trying it?"

"Yes."

The queen picked up the spoon, scooped a mouthful and put it into her mouth. The sweet and soft taste spread in her mouth instantly.

The queen's eyes lit up. She liked sweet food, and this cake was just what she liked.

She couldn't help but take another big bite, "Your Majesty, please try it too. I have never tasted such delicious desserts."

"is it?"

The emperor took a bite and nodded, "It's really good."

But he didn't like sweet things, so he put it down after taking a bite. "Is this a snack from Yuanqing Country?"

"No, my daughter learned it from a wild book. Yuan Qingguo doesn't sell it."

Meng Xiyue replied.

"This thing really makes many sweethearts look better than others. It is also unique in the capital. However, I can't last long relying on just this one thing."

No matter how good something is, you will get tired of it.

"This is just one of them. My daughter will have many more."

The emperor really underestimated the power of cake. Nowadays, there are many shops that make a lot of money just by selling cakes.

However, the shop she was going to open was quite large, and relying solely on cakes was not enough.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, if that's the case, then let's do it. It's time to put the money into circulation."

He is the emperor, so he naturally has a longer-term vision than others. If Nanrong Kingdom continues like this, the gap between the rich and the poor will become larger and larger, and the country will not be stable.

He also needs someone to break the current situation.

Although he didn't think this person would be Meng Xiyue, he supported everyone who wanted to do business.

What no one knew was that he also sent people to do business privately.

Whoever holds the money knows what is good about it.