mtl008 Chapter 478: The Songstress Sold by Her Own Father (2)
Chapter 478: The Songstress Sold by Her Own Father (2)
Her father, Qu Dashan, smiled flatteringly and said, "Qin Qing, this is the money I give to Hao'er to go to Beijing for the imperial examination. You must accept it! When we get married, we will be a family, and my things will also be your things."
The Haoer he was referring to was Mrs. Xie’s eldest son, sixteen-year-old Xie Hao.
Seeing this, Qu Yanran rushed forward and snatched it away, "Dad, this is the dowry that Mom left for me! Mom is still alive, and you are doing this?"
Unexpectedly, Qu Dashan slapped her in the face, knocking her to the ground and making her faint!
When she woke up, Qu Yanran found herself tied up and locked in the woodshed.
The door opened and a matchmaker appeared.
"Hey, this girl is so pretty! Are you planning to sell her to a rich family as a maid?"
The matchmaker held the handkerchief in her hand and asked, "If she is a maid, she is only worth five taels of silver. If you are willing to enter a brothel, I can double it..."
"Then sell it to a brothel, but ten taels is not enough, you have to give me two more taels."
Qu Dashan said in a muffled voice, "Her mother, A'ran, was once a famous singer in Jiangnan. She is also beautiful, so she is worth the price!"
"Dad, why? Why?" This one sentence determined Qu Yanran's fate, which made her ask with clenched teeth.
Unfortunately, Qu Dashan glanced at her lightly and turned his head away.
The matchmaker came forward and examined her strictly, including her teeth, chest, etc., and finally reluctantly took out twelve taels of silver and gave it to him.
Qu Yanran, who was taken away by the matchmaker's men, looked back and found that her mother was still lying on the ground coldly and no one cared about her.
When he was walking next door, he happened to see him giving all the money he got from selling himself to Mrs. Jie.
Mrs. Xie covered her chest with her hands in astonishment, and took the silver. "This, this is not good, right? Ah Ran..."
Qu Dashan consoled her, "What's wrong with that? She's just a prostitute and her cheap child. It's her blessing to be able to sell her to raise money for Hao'er's journey! Qin Qing, don't think too much. Their lives are cheap to begin with. Hao'er's future is the most important thing!"
Mrs. Xie looked weak and said, "Okay, from now on you will be the biological father of Hao'er and Jiaojiao. When they grow up, I will take care of you until the end of your life!"
Xie Jiaojiao, who is one year older than Qu Yanran, hugged Qu Dashan's arm with an innocent look on her face, "That's great! Big brother can go to take the exam, and sister Yan'er can enjoy her life too. It's really great."
In a trance, Qu Yanran felt that Jie Jiaojiao's smile was so weird.
Afterwards, she was sold to a brothel in the capital, and was beaten to a state worse than death in her attempt to escape.
In order to tame her, the madam used various training methods and finally smoothed out her edges.
Seeing that she was good-looking, the madam hired a master for her to teach her the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and how to serve people, in the hope that she would be sold for a good price when she reached the age of 15!
Three years later, on the day of her coming of age, she was indeed bought by a prince at a huge expense!
She thought that her hardship had paid off.
But what she never expected was.
The Prince Rong's Mansion that she stepped into was her grave.
On the second day after entering the palace, Prince Rong invited a group of guests for some unknown reason.
But she was dragged to take a bath and wash herself.
Afterwards, they carried her, who had been given a muscle-softening powder, into a steamer.
Just before ignition.
She actually saw Xie Jiaojiao dressed as a man, the same Xie Jiaojiao who had been her neighbor for several years.
Only then did Qu Yanran realize that the reason she was bought by Prince Rong was all thanks to Jie Jiaojiao.
It turned out that after Xie Hao got the money, he arranged a wedding for Mrs. Xie and Qu Dashan.
Xie Hao and Xie Jiaojiao also changed their surnames to Qu.
It was because the Xie family had been demoted and fell into misfortune before. If Xie Hao used the surname Xie, he would have to be a village man all his life and would not be able to achieve fame and fortune.
After changing his surname, Xie Hao finally had the opportunity to pass the imperial examination and the money to take it, and he won the first place.
Afterwards, he brought Jie's mother and Qu Dashan to the capital and took refuge with Prince Rong.
"Only if you die, your luck will be mine, and I can become the imperial concubine second only to one man and above ten thousand men."
Xie Jiaojiao had a strange look on her face. "I have been looking for you for three years and finally found you! From now on, everything you have will be mine!"
She took out a knife, cut Qu Yanran's wrist, and put a bug in it.
She didn't understand what Jie Jiaojiao meant. She was so weak that she could only watch the ugly bug enter her body little by little.
Then, the lid of the steamer was closed, and Qu Yanran died in despair in the steamer...
After her death, her soul was trapped in the kitchen, unable to leave, and she had no idea what happened afterwards.
She is filled with hatred!
She hated her heartless and ungrateful father, and hated the Jie family for having harmed her and her mother so badly.
I hate why her and her mother’s fate is so tragic!
After absorbing all of Qu Yanran's memories, Su Li opened his eyes and sighed softly, "I know everything about you."
"You, can you protect my mother? She has suffered so much. I hope she can live freely for the rest of her life." Qu Yanran asked tentatively.
"Okay, you just stay here and watch me avenge you! I will not let go of anyone who hurts you and your mother." Su Li nodded, then turned into a white light and disappeared into the system's original space.
"Madam Qu, your husband owes us five taels of silver from the Fuman Restaurant. If you don't pay it back today, don't blame us for being rude!" Before Su Li opened her eyes, she heard a man's vicious voice.
"What? Five taels of silver? How is that possible?"
Qu Yanran's mother Ah Ran's voice sounded, asking cautiously, "Didn't Dashan sell his hunting to your restaurant? Why does he owe you money?"
"How is it impossible? All the prey hunted by your man was exchanged for the table. And there are still five taels of silver, but you haven't returned it to us yet! Hurry and hand it over." Another man said ferociously.
Su Li opened his eyes and a sharp light flashed.
She pushed away A'ran who had been protecting her and stood in front of the men with sticks.
"Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. You clearly knew that the people Qu Dashan brought to the banquet were not us mother and daughter, so why did you come to my house to make trouble?" Su Li looked at them coldly.
"Little girl, you are quite brave! The whole Lingyun County knows that Qu Dashan is your mother's man. Who else can you find if not your mother?" Zhang Fu looked at Su Li and A'ran behind her with lustful eyes.
He licked his lips subconsciously. "I didn't expect that idiot Qu Dashan was so blessed to have such a beautiful wife and daughter."
Snapped!
Su Li walked right up to him and gave him a big fight, shattering his reverie.