usatvline Chapter 397 Help them give birth to a child
Chapter 397 Help them give birth to a child
It would be inconvenient to hold a public trial in front of a crowd of people, and it was also cold outside in the snow and ice. These grievances could not be explained in just a few words.
Gu Jianchu looked around and noticed that the place where they stopped was relatively close to Zuixianju.
Gu Jianchu waved his hand, and Yun He stepped forward. "Go to Zuixianju and let them know. Ask them to find a way to free up a private room."
Zuixianju is a very popular business in Beijing and is always fully booked. The private rooms upstairs are impossible to get without advance reservation, so asking the boss to prepare a private room is indeed a bit difficult for them. However, Zuixianju is the only suitable restaurant nearby. After all, there is no other restaurant near Zuixianju.
Those restaurant owners opened restaurants to make money, not to seek trouble. No one dared to open a restaurant near Zuixianju. It’s not that there is no harm without comparison, but that there is simply no business.
Yunhe ran to Zuixianju to negotiate with the owner of Zuixianju.
The visit of the Emperor and Empress is a dream come true for the owner of Zuixianju. Not to mention letting them lose a business deal, they would be willing to close the shop today and only receive the Emperor and Empress.
After all, the gimmick of the emperor and empress's visit will bring countless benefits to their future development. Common people will rush to come. After all, wherever the emperor and empress have been, those common people will also want to come and get a taste of their charm.
As for those officials, they will also give him more face.
Even freeing up a private room is not a difficult task. After all, who would dare to compete with the emperor and empress for it?
The boss quickly asked the waiter to prepare the best private room, and also instructed the kitchen to prepare all the fresh dishes.
Since they were close, they could also eat the melons outside. Although the emperor and empress were mainly there to try cases, if they were hungry after the trial, they could serve the food directly and let the emperor and empress taste the dishes of Zuixianju.
While Yunhe was away negotiating, Gu Jianchu continued to eat the follow-up melons.
Zhang Ran was completely disappointed with her parents, and she also understood the woman's difficulties.
Before leaving the palace, she had thought her parents would accept her, or that she would find another husband to marry. She hadn't expected this outcome: her parents blamed her and wanted to use her to support her brother. She regretted leaving the palace. With such an outcome, she would rather go to a temporary palace. Although she would live out her life in solitude, it was better than facing such a situation. Such parents wouldn't be sad because they couldn't see her. Although there was no one in the temporary palace, it guaranteed her a basic living standard, and she had palace servants to serve her. No one dared to go there and yell at her.
But it was too late. She chose to leave the palace and trust her parents. Even if this road was dark, she could only bear it herself.
Seeing her parents confined to her room all day, she sensed something was amiss. One day, she overheard two maids guarding outside say that her parents were looking for a wealthy family to sell her as a concubine in exchange for a generous dowry. Although she knew her parents had ill intentions, knowing it in her heart was different from hearing it with her own ears. Zhang Ran was heartbroken for the entire day. She immediately realized that she had to find a way to escape, otherwise her parents would really keep their promise.
Zhang Ran was truly unlucky. She finally managed to escape from her boudoir that night, but before she even made it out of the courtyard, her younger brother caught her. He yelled at her, waking everyone in the mansion. Lord Zhang and Madam Zhang were enraged by their daughter's attempt to escape, and without mercy, they tied her up and took her back to the room. They realized they had to sell her off quickly; she was no longer under their control and was ready to flee.
The couple searched around but couldn't find any wealthy families looking to take a concubine. They did find a wealthy family looking to have a child. While the family wasn't incredibly wealthy, they had accumulated some savings over the years. However, after being married for several years, his wife still hadn't gotten pregnant.
[But they also wanted a child to inherit the family business. The man married into his wife's family, and his wife didn't want him to take a concubine, which he naturally didn't dare do. However, they also didn't want to adopt a child from a side branch. So the couple decided to find a woman to help them bear a child. They would then pay them a large sum of money, and when the child was born, they would have the mother disappear. That way, they could raise the child from birth, so they wouldn't be alienated from the child. Although the child wasn't their biological child, it would be no different from theirs.]
[And the price they offered was very generous: 100,000 taels of silver for a son, 50,000 taels for a daughter, and 200,000 taels for twins. If a daughter was born first, they could consider having a second child.]
After hearing this news, the couple thought it was a great deal. Even if they sold Zhang Ran to a wealthy family as a concubine, the maximum they would get would be 50,000 taels of silver. Besides, Zhang Ran had been married before. Even though the Emperor didn't favor her, she was still married. She had wasted her best years in the palace. When someone saw her, they might even try to bargain for her. So, after much deliberation, they decided this deal was the best. They could have Zhang Ran give birth to two children, earning them at least 150,000 taels of silver. After the children were born, they could find a wealthy family to make her a concubine. Even if they paid 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver, it would be worth it.
I've seen many Hades, but this is the first time I've seen a living one. This one is even scarier than those kidnappers. They're going to squeeze every bit of value out of Zhang Ran before abandoning her. I guess they can't even count on abacus beads.
How do parents like this survive in this world?
[Other parents always help their children plan things, but this couple is really exploiting their children in every way. If you say they don't spoil their children, they love their son and eldest daughter very much.]
If it was her stepmother who treated Zhang Ran this way, it would make sense, and I wouldn't be so shocked.
[Is Zhang Ran the biological child of Madam Zhang and Master Zhang?]
Gu Jianchu had deep doubts, after all, he had never seen parents like this before.
Not to mention Gu Jianchu, Xie Ci'an is also the same.
His mother passed away early, leaving him without anyone to take care of him. But if his mother were still alive, she would never allow others to treat him like this.
With such doubts, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but check it out.
[They truly are my biological parents, the closest they could be.]
However, a minor incident occurred during the birth of Zhang Ran. When Zhang Ran was born, Mrs. Zhang suffered a difficult labor and nearly lost her life. Meanwhile, Mr. Zhang had offended a colleague and was framed by them, leading to his misdeeds and demotion. The couple therefore believed that Zhang Ran was a bad omen, that her birth was the cause of their misfortune, and that she was seeking revenge against them. Therefore, they became particularly dislikeful of their daughter, even rejecting her in every way.