Yi-ryung, the daughter of the Emperor’s younger brother, Seventh Prince Sadok.... more>>

Engaged to her cousin, Crown Prince Rakwon, she was about to get married.

However, one day, a strange man snuck into her room and her body was defiled.

In order to hide the shame of her family, her father marries her off to Dochi, a lowly butcher who lives outside the city walls.

With a bushy beard that covers his entire face and coarse hair that never seemed to have been combed.

Dochi, a butcher who was born mute, could not speak and acted rudely.

Yi-ryung, who became his wife, laments her own fate.

But the door to her heart begins to open, little by little. <<less

White like the snow and rosy like a flower.
She was so lovely, but how could this have happened to her?... more>>

It doesn’t matter how lovely she looks on the outside.
When one has a glimpse of what is inside, they will see all the dirty, lustful thoughts.

EunSeo, the youngest daughter of Lord Yoon YeoPyung, has been abandoned by her husband and has returned. She has come to recuperate at the family’s country home. Within half a month, the elderly housekeeper has hurt her hip, causing her to leave.
And for the next ten days…
She must live in this secluded house with the robust young man, MuGyeom. Just the two of them. <<less

A woman’s pale shoulder and back appeared in the dark. Soon, a scalding iron brand approached her skin. The iron branded her skin with ‘娼’ to indicate her stigma as a prostitute. With this stamped on her body, she was now branded as a prostitute and could no longer escape this status for the rest of her life.... more>>

Amidst the pain burning into her flesh, she remembered. The man who had ruined her family. The man who had killed her family. The man she had once loved. She would have her revenge.

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EunSeo’s eyes widened in astonishment and fear.

After she had decided to accept her fate as a prostitute, she knew that she wouldn’t be able to reject anyone.

However, not this man. She would accept every other man in the world, but she could never give herself to this man.

“I…” He opened his mouth and spoke in a low, grave voice. “I bought you.” <<less