Shen Zishan sighed that Jing Changzai was ruthless enough. After all, she was his own father. Even if she had made a mistake, it didn't have to be like this.
Women don't know what it's like in prison; even without targeting him, he'd be skinned alive.
Especially in big cases like this, such as Ambiya, if we don't thoroughly plunder him, all the prison guards inside will have wasted so many years of their lives.
Madam Shen said, "I just want you to scare him a little, don't do anything serious, otherwise if something happens, it will be difficult for Meizhuang."
Shen Zishan said, "Don't worry, those jailers have done this kind of thing many times, they know what's what."
"It's almost time. I'll go take care of some business first and then talk to you when I get back."
*
Jeju Prison
Anbihuai's face was covered in bruises, and he was wearing tattered prison clothes, cowering timidly in a corner. He trembled with fear at the slightest sound.
When he was first imprisoned, he would grab the bars and cry out his innocence whenever someone passed by. But each time, he would be severely whipped by those fierce-looking jailers.
After a few times, he never dared to shout again. As for the injuries on his face, they were from when he lost the fight over food and was beaten by the other inmates.
The one who beat him the hardest was County Lieutenant Li Song. The two of them had never gotten along, but they always maintained a friendly facade.
Having met with this misfortune, these people are likely to face dire consequences, so they've simply given up on pretending.
Li Song looked at An Bihuai's pathetic appearance with disdain. An Bihuai usually dressed in a long gown, pretending to be cultured, and always considered himself a scholar, looking down on these warriors.
Now, aren't we just like those warriors, locked up in prison, crying out to heaven and earth in vain?
They were even worse than those brutes, only fit to hide by the chamber pot and eat their leftover rotten food.
Li Song rubbed his stomach. If it weren't for the jailer's interference, he wouldn't have wanted to share even that little bit of spoiled food.
Alas, a tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs, a dragon stranded in shallow waters is mocked by shrimp. In all his previous years, he had never suffered such hardship!
Li Song lamented his bad luck, saying that everything was fine until he was implicated by Jiang Wenqing, and he feared he would not be able to get out alive.
Looking up, he saw Anbi Huai's miserable state and found it increasingly irritating. At least he had killed two enemy soldiers, while Anbi Huai and his men had been hiding from the very beginning.
If they had stood up and fought alongside the enemy back then, they wouldn't be in this situation!
Li Song mocked, "Oh, what's wrong with the Grand Tutor? Staring straight at the chamber pot, are you hungry?"
"You always say you have a favored daughter in the palace, and now that you've gotten into trouble, you're asking your daughter to bail you out."
An Bihuai huddled in a corner, knowing that An Lingrong had only been in the palace for a short time before being granted the title of Changzai.
She was even allowed to bring her mother and younger brother to the capital, which suggests she was somewhat favored.
He often flaunted his connections in front of others to show that he had connections in the palace, so he exaggerated a bit.
When he was arrested, he immediately claimed that his daughter was a concubine in the palace. However, the palace was heavily guarded, and apart from the most favored concubines, not a single word was leaked out.
As a lowly servant, no one paid any attention to him.
At this moment, Li Song seized the opportunity to mock him, and he could only smile apologetically and say, "Lord Li, please don't joke. How could I possibly be worthy of such a title? Moreover, the title of Imperial Father-in-Law is completely unfounded, completely unfounded."
Li Song said, "Weren't you very proud of yourself when you were showing off in front of us? First you relied on your wife, then you relied on your daughter, and you still dared to put on airs in front of us."
"Pah, you spineless coward!"
Li Song spat on An Bihuai's face. An Bihuai was filled with hatred, but after being beaten several times, he had long lost the will to resist.
He could only curse inwardly, comforting himself that a wise man knows when to yield and not to stoop to the level of this boor.
A sudden commotion arose in the distance, followed by angry curses and cries of pain from the prisoners.
Li Song and An Bihai trembled, sensing the sound coming towards them. Over the past few days, people had been constantly being taken away for interrogation.
When they were brought back, they were basically covered in lacerations, like puddles of mud. Their prison uniforms were constantly soaked with blood.
With injuries like these, even if one survives, their body will likely be ruined, and it's uncertain how long they will live.
Anbihai shrank back into the corner, hoping the jailers wouldn't come to him.
If you really need to promote someone, you should promote Li Song and others instead, and ignore him!
Unfortunately, his hopes were destined to be dashed. Several fierce-looking jailers, their faces full of menacing features and large knives at their waists, walked up to their cell.
One of them took out a bunch of keys and opened the door. The leader shouted loudly,
Who is Anbihuai?
Li Song breathed a sigh of relief, looking at An Bihuai pointing at the corner with schadenfreude, "It's him, he's An Bihuai!"
Seeing this, An Bihai knew there was no way to avoid it, so he could only say tremblingly, "I...I am indeed the one. May I ask what orders you gentlemen have?"
"take away."
At the leader's command, two jailers came out from behind him, grabbed Anbi Huai like a chicken, and shoved him out.
Anbihai fell headfirst, and in her terror, she cried out, "My daughter is in the palace! My daughter is the Empress! She will save me!"
A jailer scoffed, "What empress?"
"Lord Shen's daughter entered the palace as a Noble Lady, but she is not yet worthy of the title of Empress. Your daughter is merely an unfavored Consort."
"There are more concubines in the palace than instruments of torture in the prison. The emperor might not even remember her."
Anbihai cried out, "I'm innocent! I want to see the officials! What Jiang Wenqing did has nothing to do with me!"
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