amaotonovel Chapter 971 Ignoring the Crying and Feigning
Chapter 971 Ignoring the Crying and Feigning
The silver needles were brought out, and several jailers stepped forward and opened all the food boxes together. They probed each plate of dishes inside, which emitted an enticing aroma, with the silver needles, but found nothing unusual.
For these prison guards, being faced with plates of delicious food but unable to eat them immediately was pure torture!
At this moment, all the jailers' eager little eyes were fixed on the prison chief, who was sitting calmly at the table.
Actually, the jailer was the same. Despite his seemingly businesslike demeanor, he was actually quite impatient!
The jailer glanced at the head maid, who was playing with a large bunch of keys in her hand, and said leisurely, "I wonder how many people this meal is for, Madam?"
There are quite a few people from the Vice Minister's residence imprisoned in our jail!
Besides the mistress and the two legitimate daughters... oh, that is, the great-aunt and the two cousins you mentioned, there are also quite a few concubines and illegitimate children!
Add to that the servants and maids... there are nearly a hundred of them. Is this food enough for them all?
The jailer's meaning was clear: he wanted the head housekeeper to explain how much of the food in these food boxes was a tribute to him, the jailer, and the prison guards.
How much food do you plan to send to the prisoners in the Vice Minister's residence?
This also reveals whether the Wang family is truly cooperative. And... should we continue to provide them with assistance?
The head maid, a woman of great wisdom and experience, quickly said with a smile, "Sir, as I just mentioned, our master specially booked the best banquet at Xiaofeng Restaurant to show our respect to you gentlemen, so naturally, you gentlemen should enjoy it first!"
After you've prepared enough food for yourselves, we'll then serve up the meals for our Wang family's aunt and two young ladies.
If there's any left over, then give it to them; it's a way for these gentlemen to show their kindness.
If not... hehe... our Wang family has no obligation to support the concubines and illegitimate children in the Second Assistant Minister's residence.
Sir, what do you say?
Yes or no?
Of course it is. What family member of a principal wife would welcome a concubine or illegitimate child who causes trouble for their aunt?
With this explanation, the jailer immediately gave the order, instructing his men to pick and choose as much food and wine as they could, leaving enough for the jailers. Only then did he signal the head maid to come forward and pack the food to be sent to Wang and her two daughters.
The rest were sent to the main prison by the jailer's men.
As for how the concubines, illegitimate children, and servants from the Second Minister's mansion would fight over the prison, or whether they would end up fighting like dogs... that was none of his concern!
At this moment, the head maid of the Wang family stepped forward and approached the jailer, handing him a purse. She offered to personally deliver the food to the jailer and to the Wang family mother and her two daughters.
The head maid's explanation was exactly the same as that of the person who delivered food to Zhang Jinyan in the prison—to meet him so that she could give her master an explanation when she returned.
If the money is right, there's nothing that can't be done.
The jailer directly assigned a jailer to lead the head jailer, carrying a food box, into the depths of the prison.
The female prisoners in the Shuntian Prefecture prison.
The Wang family, along with their two daughters, were imprisoned in a cage enclosed by thick bars.
Of the three, Zhang Miaotong suffered the most.
Zhang Miaotong received a real and substantial beating!
Now she can only lie on the ground covered with weeds, her clothes on her back and buttocks already soaked in blood. The blood has dried, and the blood-stained clothes cling to her body.
To get rid of this blood-stained garment... I'll probably have to shed a layer of skin too!
No one thought to apply medicine or bandages to her wounds, and no one brought her any medicine.
Zhang Miaotong had cried herself to sleep and was now lying on a pile of weeds. It was unclear whether she had fallen asleep or fainted, but she was motionless with her eyes closed.
Although Wang was not severely punished, only receiving a few strokes of the cane, those strokes were real and caused her injuries. It was impossible for her to lie down comfortably.
At this point, she no longer cared about her appearance. Wang swept a bunch of weeds under her and lay down weakly next to Zhang Miaotong.
Zhang Miaoying moved a distance away from the mother and daughter and sat quietly against the fence.
The royal gown she wore yesterday has been removed, and now she is wearing a prisoner's robe with the character "囚" (prisoner) on it.
The five-tailed phoenix hairpin that she wore yesterday is nowhere to be seen, and her beautiful hair is now disheveled.
Yesterday, I could still enter the palace and address the current emperor and empress as imperial uncle and imperial aunt;
Others have to bow to her and address her respectfully as Princess Yi!
But today... today I am locked up in the Shuntian Prefecture prison, a prisoner waiting to die.
From the moment she was imprisoned in the Shuntian Prefecture jail, stripped of her princess attire and clad in prison clothes, Zhang Miaoying was like a puppet devoid of any emotion, unaware of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. She simply sat by the wooden bars of her cell, maintaining the same posture for the rest of her life.
Mother Wang was crying and making a scene... Zhang Miaoying neither watched nor tried to comfort her.
When her younger sister Zhang Miaotong cried and made a fuss, Zhang Miaoying ignored her completely.
The cell finally quieted down after Wang cried and screamed until she was exhausted and Zhang Miaotong was frightened into silence by the jailer's whip.
Throughout the entire process, Zhang Miaoying never gave Wang and her daughter Zhang Miaotong a single concerned look!