'Is that so? If your daughter's such a beauty why are you selling her to us? Just marry her to a wealthy man and receive some dowry. Also, are you mocking our Lavender Palace? There are plenty of beautiful flowers here. If not, we'd have shut down long ago because no man wishing to satiate his lust would visit a place with ugly women!'
Minister Shen's expression dropped a bit. Indeed no one would desire a non-attractive women. Naturally, brothel houses are all filled with beauties! He was so anxious to sell his daughter off at a high price that he forgot, even if she's seen as a beauty by all, in a sea of beauty, it's hard to say if she'd even stand out! As for marrying her off...
"W-well, Manager Sung, if she was slightly more talented, I would naturally not worry about marrying her off. However, nowadays, even women are expected to cultivate. The stronger and more beautiful, the more desirable. Even if someone is not a beauty, as long as they are strong, men would still want them. However, if a woman merely has beauty and no cultivation, at best, she can only end up as a concubine! That's no different than treating her like a woman at a brothel! And no matter what, our Shen family can only offer her so much support. With no strength, she's sure to get bullied by her husband's other wives and concubines. Manager Sung, you should know how vicious women can be, she might even die at their hands!" At this, Minister Shen sat straight and stated with a proud and righteous look on his face, "Therefore, in order to not let her end up like that, I'm selling her!"
His actions almost made Manager Sung cough blood. 'Shameless! You claim that selling your daughter would prevent her from getting bullied to death? You think I'm an idiot! How many young noblemen take home brothel women and just keep them there as lower than a concubine! Not to mention, prostitution is a profession that's looked down upon despite so many "respectable men" participating in it. Even if she wasn't whisked away by some young noble, she'd still be scorned and bullied! You m*****f***** are questioning my intelligence! Shameless! Really too shameless!' Manager Sung kept cursing the man in front of him as shameless in his heart, while he maintained his business smile.
"Even if you claim that, it is questionable whether your daughter can attract any customers. Why should I spend so much money on her? In addition, you said so yourself, even women are expected to cultivate. Our brothel women all cultivate, your talentless daughter wouldn't be worth much compared to them either! 2,000!"
Minister Shen's expression fell and he grabbed the girl's face without resistance. The girl was still shocked and hasn't recovered. Even when her chin was grabbed, she still hasn't woken. "Look at her! She's so beautiful, she could become the Number One beauty in the capital in the future! She's sure to stand out! Manager Sung, you shouldn't miss out on this big investment!" Minister Shen released the girl, disgust quickly flashing across his eyes. The disgust passed quickly but was still caught by Manager Sung, who sneered in his heart. 'If she's so beautiful, why are you so disgusted ah?'
Minister Shen's eyes darted around as he tried to come up with more reasons to hike up the price. "Also, your Lavender Palace is not the only brothel in the capital! I only came here first because I heard your brothel house treated your workers well! If you don't wish to take her, I can always sell her to another brothel!"
Manager Sung's eyes narrowed as he said in a chilling tone "You dare to threaten our Lavender Palace?"
Minister Shen realized he's made a big mistake and quickly apologized , while sweating. "N-no, of course not! I didn't mean that at all! I was merely praising your Lavender Palace's integrity..."