Chapter 1580

"Maritime trade!"

Consort Jing was shocked, it was actually maritime trade.

"Can I buy shares?" She couldn't believe it.

The profits of maritime trade are known to everyone; this business has long been eaten and monopolized by major noble families.

Chen Guanlou shook his head, "You naturally don't have the qualification to buy shares. However, if I come forward, you have the qualification."

"You mean, you buy shares on my behalf."

"Exactly."

Consort Jing suddenly realized.

Yes, she has no qualification to buy shares.

Her status is destined not to be accepted by any major noble family. Even if she wasn't from the Jiaofang Division, just the Emperor's hatred would make everyone keep their distance from their mother and son.

"Thank you, Young Master Chen. I want to buy shares!"

She thanked him solemnly.

Now is not the time to be reserved or pretentious; she urgently needs to find a way out for the mansion and find a backer for the child to rely on.

Chen Guanlou seems to have a low status, but the energy behind him is unimaginably large. Just a Hou Fu is enough to make their mother and son stand firm in the capital and save their lives.

Moreover, behind him, there is also a Prince Lu's mansion.

"Such a big favor, how should I repay you?"

She stood up and slowly walked toward him.

Chen Guanlou said calmly: "I promised the late Emperor to protect your mother and son's safety. I think helping you solve the difficulties in life can avoid many dangers for your mother and son."

"You are right! However, you don't need to do this at all; as long as our mother and son don't die, it counts as completing the late Emperor's entrustment. You don't need to help me to this extent at all. This favor is very heavy, I cannot ignore it."

Consort Jing approached him, looked up at him, and the two's breathing intertwined.

"Niangniang doesn't need to do this!" Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled, taking the opportunity to pull away the distance between the two sides, "You don't need to do this at all."

Consort Jing bit her lip, "You are right! Nothing is appropriate right now."

The timing is wrong, the place is wrong... nothing is right.

Wait a bit longer!

Consort Jing had never wanted someone so strongly.

Neither of them were good men or women, used to eating meat, and the meaning in their eyes was understood by each other.

Neither of them were infatuated men or resentful women, they were all lustful people, but Consort Jing thought more. Besides being lustful, she also wanted an arm, a backer.

She retreated to a safe distance, sat down again, her eyes flowing, and teased: "The young master sits in the lap without chaos, truly admirable."

"Let's discuss how much silver you can take out to buy shares." Chen Guanlou also found a chair and sat down.

Consort Jing took a sip of the cold leftover tea and took the opportunity to calm down.

She coughed lightly, "Scrape it together, about thirty thousand taels, is it enough?"

The maritime trade stall is so big, she is worried the other party won't look down on this bit of money.

"A bit less. But it doesn't matter, I can make up the difference." Chen Guanlou was a bit surprised by Consort Jing's financial resources; a doted-on consort who never fades, could only take out thirty thousand taels. The cash flow is very tight.

Consort Jing took back her messy thoughts and took back the gaze that fell on Chen Guanlou's face. It was too good-looking, which was a torture for a lustful person.

She must take back her gaze and focus her attention on the business.

She must be calm and maintain restraint!

"Can I ask presumptuously, is it the Hou Fu's path, or the Prince's mansion's path, or a certain commercial firm's path?"

"The Hou Fu's path!" Chen Guanlou informed her generously, without any concealment.

Being a person, the most important thing is sincerity!

Consort Jing suddenly realized.

Yes, the Hou Fu is good!

With the Hou Fu's face, any major noble family must give three points of face. No need to worry about anyone making things difficult, and no need to worry about pirates on the sea.

Nowadays, the Grand Admiral of the Great Ming Navy is Marquis Pingjiang.

Although Marquis Pingjiang is in the Northwest and has never been to the seaside.

She could imagine that on the maritime trade ship, just hanging the Hou Fu's flag, pirates would retreat three houses. Otherwise, they would receive a fatal blow from the Great Ming Navy.

This silver is invested, she doesn't need to worry about human accidents, only needs to worry about natural accidents. Recouping costs is promising, making money is promising!

"Thirty thousand taels of silver is not a small number, I need some time to scrape it together."

"No problem! It's fine to scrape it together within half a month. Settle it once at the end of the year, any objections?"

"No." Consort Jing shook her head.

She then asked: "You help me so unsparingly, aren't you worried about being made difficult? You should know, whether our mother and son's situation is good or bad, most of the time depends on the attitude in the palace. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager, treating our mother and son, not to mention hatred to the bone, at least are also hoping we die early. If not for the edict left by the late Emperor, our mother and son have already..."

Chen Guanlou smiled lightly, "I don't need to care about the attitude in the palace. I do things, all based on my heart."

"I understand! I will keep it a secret!"

"It must be kept secret. Especially your brother, he seems a bit loose-lipped."

"He is just too anxious." Consort Jing laughed at herself.

"He is not as good as you." Chen Guanlou said a fair word.

Eunuch Shen, as a eunuch, his cultivation, his character, his concentration, and his brain, are not as good as Consort Jing. The Shen family relies on this woman, Consort Jing, to support it.

"He suffered too much bitterness since childhood, he is too afraid of losing." Consort Jing tried to save face for her brother.

"Aren't you afraid of losing?" Chen Guanlou asked curiously.

Consort Jing nodded and shook her head, "I am afraid! Walking to today, every step has been very arduous. I am also afraid of losing. However, if I am destined to lose everything, I can also accept it calmly. It's nothing more than being beaten back to the original shape. I have tasted those bitterness, I have experienced those humiliations, and if I experience them again, I will do better."

Truly a woman with an incomparably strong heart.

If she were a man...

Forget it!

It's better to be a woman. If she were a man, she would have become a eunuch now, without even a child. Now, at least there is a child.

As long as Prince Rui can grow up safely and can successfully reach adulthood and be capped, the Shen family can stand up step by step, re-enter the academy, and enter the officialdom! One generation, two generations, three generations... eventually one day they will wash away the humiliation on their bodies.

Chen Guanlou suddenly remembered someone, "Do you know a person named Shen Buzhi?"

"Shen Buzhi?"

Consort Jing frowned.

"I haven't heard of it. Is it the same Shen as me? When our family had an accident, I didn't remember things yet. I was born and raised in the Jiaofang Division."

Consort Jing talked about her life experience, exceptionally calmly.

"When the family had an accident, my mother had just become pregnant with me. In such a situation, it couldn't be aborted, my life is truly hard! Not long after arriving at the Jiaofang Division, my mother gave birth to me. Since childhood, she said, I am the one with the hardest life in the family. Several months of prison couldn't fold me. Later it proved, I am indeed the one with the hardest life in our family."

After speaking, Consort Jing laughed at herself, her eyes red. It seemed she remembered some painful experiences.

Chen Guanlou said: "You can understand 'hard life' as strong, resilient, and courageous! You are one of the very few tenacious and unyielding women I have ever seen."