"Brother, don't worry, my request is very simple. I just want to ask you to inquire whether my father, Wei Zheng, the Water Conservancy Commissioner, is currently imprisoned in this Dali Temple jail?" Wei Shuwan looked at the jailer with hopeful eyes.

Upon hearing this, the jailer readily agreed, saying, "Wait a moment, I'll try to find out for you!"

"Thank you, brother!"

Wei Shuwan watched the jailer leave, still reluctant to look away. But behind her came Wei Shuyao's contemptuous laugh: "Heh, you're quite generous, giving away a blood jade bracelet for such a trivial matter! Do you know how long we'll be locked up here? There will be so many things to take care of later, like catching a cold, getting sick, or not adapting to the local environment."

Wei Shuwan ignored her and silently found a clean corner to sit down. The question she asked wasn't some trivial matter.

She remembered that the imperial edict mentioned that her father had been impeached by the censor, and that the emperor had also said that the case would be jointly tried by the Ministry of Justice, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Censorate. They were imprisoned in the Court of Judicial Review prison because they were just family members, but her father might not be imprisoned there as well. It would be better if it were the Ministry of Justice prison, but she was most afraid of the Censorate prison.

The Imperial Prison, also known as the Imperial Edict Prison, was not yet the hellish place it had been under Gu Zhuang's control in his previous life, but it was still far more terrifying than an ordinary prison.

It is said that everyone who went in, whether guilty or unjustly accused, had to undergo eighty-one forms of torture. Some confessed under duress during this process, while others died before the torture was over. Occasionally, someone would walk out of the prison alive, but none of them were left unscathed.

As Wei Shuwan was lost in thought, she heard footsteps; the jailer had returned.

She hurried to the iron bars.

The jailer looked at him with a hint of sympathy. "Your father has been sent to the Grand Prison."