Half a day later, Xue Ya was released and returned.
She was pale, and as soon as she entered the room, she fell into Yun Jiao's arms, tears streaming down.
"What happened?"
Yun Jiao patted her back, much like she previously comforted herself when she couldn't stop vomiting.
After wiping her tears with a handkerchief, she finally recounted the events of the past half-day in a scattered manner. The Imprisonment Department was very efficient with high brutality. They first controlled the palace maids and eunuchs who had contact with Fang Meng, the messenger eunuch, herding them together, and whipped the corpses with leather whips until they were flesh and blood blurred. During the execution, the Imprisonment Department people watched closely, observing their reactions.
"How did you react?" Yun Jiao asked.
