As soon as the female jailer left, Song Ziyu hugged her legs and huddled in the corner of the bed.
"New here, what did you do to get caught?"
A female prisoner in the next cell looked at Song Ziyu and asked.
Song Ziyu hugged her legs and ignored the female prisoner.
Seeing that she didn't speak, the female prisoner rolled her eyes and continued: "Looking at you, you look like a young lady from a wealthy family. Why are you locked up in this prison?"
The female prisoners in this prison are basically those who steal, hurt others, or are the family members of criminals.
Moreover, most of them come from poor families or have relatively low social status.
It is rare that a lady from a wealthy family like Song Ziyu is imprisoned.
"Could it be that your parents committed a crime and you were imprisoned as well?"
asked another female prisoner.
Song Ziyu replied emotionally: "My parents didn't commit any crime."
It was she who committed the crime, not her parents.
"If your parents didn't commit any crime, then you did! If a young lady like you commits a crime, wouldn't you want to find someone to take the blame or settle it with money?
Why are you still imprisoned?"
This kind of thing happens all the time. When young ladies and gentlemen from wealthy families commit crimes, in order to preserve the family's reputation, they either find a servant to take the blame, or they settle the matter with money. Very few of them are imprisoned.
After all, this girl's family can't commit any serious crimes. There are several girls in this prison who can help convict people.
Only people like them, who have no money and no power, will be locked up in this prison for several years just for committing some minor offenses.
Song Ziyu lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip. Look, she said she could find someone to take the blame, but her father wouldn't let her.
Zhang San took a big bundle and followed the female jailer into the women's prison. The female prisoners saw the jailer leaving and returning, followed by a tall and powerful man. They all stared at Zhang San curiously.
"Why are there men in our women's prison?"
"Yes! He looks quite handsome."
There was that wild and bold female prisoner who even reached out to pull Zhang San.
"Where did you come from, little brother?
You are so handsome, come in and sister will take good care of you."
"Pah..." The female jailer whipped it over and angrily yelled, "Wang Jiaoniang, why are you so arrogant? You think this is Baihua Tower!"
Wang Jiaoniang, who was scolded, took back her hand, rolled her eyes, and said to the female jailer: "Why is it so fierce?"
She hasn't seen a man in two years, so what if she shows off when she sees him today?
Zhang San glanced at the female prisoner who was wearing prison uniform, her hair was neatly combed, and her face was clean.
He said how could this female prisoner be so shameless? She turned out to be a girl from Baihualou! Baihualou was a flower house in the imperial city, where men went to have fun.
This Wang Jiaoniang was also a poor person. She was not in good health in her early years and was sold to Baihualou by her father.
The year before last, when she was picking up a businessman from out of town, because the businessman wanted to play some other tricks with her, she refused and was beaten violently by the businessman. In order to protect herself, she stabbed the businessman with a hairpin.
The businessman reported it to the police, and she was sentenced to five years for assault.
What's funny is that her injuries were obviously more serious than that of the businessman, but the world only saw the businessman's injuries and not hers.
Zhang San followed the female jailer to the cell where Song Ziyu was. Looking at the eldest lady huddled in the corner of the bed, Zhang San couldn't tell what he was feeling.
"Ms. Song, someone is coming to your home."
The female jailer called softly.
Is there someone at home?
Song Ziyu was startled, raised his head, and ran off the bed.
Did her mother think of a way to send someone to take her back?