Accidentally Married A Fox God - The Sovereign Lord Spoils His Wife

Li Meirong quickly regained focus as she felt her body being manhandled by the madam about to sell her off. When the woman ripped the veil from her face, a collection of startled gasps emanated from the crowd.

What they saw was a delicate girl with alabaster skin, plump red lips, and big doe eyes slanting slightly upwards with a pitiable, frightened expression on her face. She was so young, yet already filling out in all the right places. Her hair appeared to be as soft as silk and as dark as the midnight sky. She was the true definition of a delicate beauty, one who would grow up to have men chasing after the moon for her…

At least, that would have been the case, if not for the angry red scars covering her cheeks. There were some other areas which looked like craters on her face, damaging her otherwise flawless appearance. This instantly deeming her as ugly in a society that considers a woman's beauty to be her first and foremost ȧsset.

"What a pity..." commented a man in the crowd.

"Such a beauty, to be ruined like that? tsk tsk." snarked another man.

One of the younger lads laughed heartily and clanked his cup against his friend's cup. "Good! Good! Very good! How could we have the opportunity to get this kind of girl here, otherwise?" His exclamation made the other men nearby chuckle and nod in agreement.

Li Meirong hesitantly reached up to conceal her face. Whatever they saw, it was clear to her that she was being mocked.

However, her hand had bȧrėly made its way to her cheek when the lady running the event quickly grabbed her wrist and held her firmly in place.

Li Meirong winced in pain, but didn't pull away. All she could think of at that moment was how she had to find a way to escape!

"As you can see here, we have ourselves a special case! This maid belonged to a royal concubine. As you know, such ladies are bred from a very young age for their exquisite appearance and behaviour. They are schooled in both arts and music with excellent training, however," the lady paused her explanation to heighten the suspense.

Everyone grew quiet, anticipating her next words.

"They say one of the young princes took a fancy to this maid, and so the concubine immediately cast her out. The burn on her face is from acid, punishment for seducing the prince. Luckily, only her face is damaged. The rest of the body is polished, beautiful, and still untouched, I ȧssure you!" The lady finished with a winning smile and a light tone. The girl was a little damaged, but could still be sold off nicely with the right advertisement.

Li Meirong, who came from modern times, was never considered to be a great beauty. But she had never been humiliated like this either! People here were heartless! Nevertheless, that wasn't even the most important point.

The most important point was that she was being auctioned off in a brothel!

"Let go of me!" Li Meirong exclaimed and tried to push away the woman holding her wrist, discovering to her dismay that she was so much weaker than her supposed owner.

That feeble attempt of a push just sent the crowd into another fit of laughter. The lady glared at her and squeezed her wrist tighter. Her long, sharp nails piercing Li Meirong's skin, drawing blood which trickled down to the floor in small droplets.

Tears of frustration welled up in Li Meirong's eyes, but nobody seemed to care. She kept quiet after that.

"She's a bit feisty, as you can see! If you feel the need to enact punishment, please don't hesitate to do so. We won't mind!" The red madam addressed the crowd with a smile, once she'd subdued Li Meirong.

Shortly after, she signalled for the bidding to begin.

"Ten taels!" A young man in the back raised his hand and shouted.

"Fifteen taels." A middle-aged military man in the front grunted.

One of the simple garbed gentlemen huffed.

"Her face is so ugly that even fifteen taels would be a hefty sum, despite her being a courtesan. Truly making an ugly duckling seem like a swan with your descriptions," the gentleman commented with a tone of haughty disdain.

Li Meirong's face blanched. Not only was she being sold in a brothel, apparently she was so ugly now that she wasn't even worth much? Great. Her shoulders began to tremble from the thought of what was yet to come.

Maybe once she was sold, she could manage to knock out the bidder and make a run for it? She was so grateful now for having learned a few self defense moves before she had died, because that could be just the thing to get her out of the terrible predicament she seemed to have reincarnated into.

"Please good sirs, if not for the scars on her cheeks, she would be sold at ten times the current price value. Only her face is ugly, the rest is just fine!" The red-clad madam chuckled nervously as she spoke.

The bidders were considering whether or not to bid higher. The military man with the final bid seemed rather cheerful, expecting a good purchase for his offered price.

"Fifty silver taels." A deep, rough voice echoed from the crowd with his bid.