Gu Fei and the second young lady walked among the crowd with their heads down. The second young lady held Gu Fei’s hand tightly along the way.

She didn’t know what happened just now, but she was certain that it must be Feicui’s credit that they could escape.

One by one, the female family members were taken into the cold and damp women’s prison of the Ministry of Punishment like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The total number of female maids in Pingyang Houfu was close to a hundred. The women’s prison was overcrowded, with more than ten people crammed into each cell.

Gu Fei was in the same room with the second young lady. From the beginning to the end, the second young lady held her tightly and wouldn’t let go.

After entering the cell, Gu Fei pulled away her hand holding the hem of her clothes.

She lowered her head and saw that the muslin middle coat had a tear to her waist. It would be impossible to wear it unless it was repaired.

The second young lady also saw it. She blinked her eyes, lifted her arm, pulled out a pink floral silk scarf from her waist, and handed it to Gu Fei: “Take this to block it.”

Gu Fei smiled bitterly. If the people in the Yamen saw this kind of thing, it would be taken away immediately.

She thought for a while, then tore the peach-red sweat towel into two pieces, and handed one half to the second lady: “Tie it up, don’t let your pants fall off.”

The second lady blushed and tied up half of it to herself. Then she saw Gu Fei also take out a white cotton sweat towel from her waist and wrap it around her chest.

The second young lady hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Gu Fei wrap it up.

Gu Fei tied half of the pink sweat scarf around her trousers. Although the sweat scarf didn’t look good, at least her flesh was not exposed.

Only then did Gu Fei have the time to look at the cell.

The cell was only about ten square meters, with some straw piled randomly on the ground and a few shabby quilts with no visible color. Two or three meters above the ground, there was a small window with two arms-thick wooden pieces nailed to it as a fence.

There was a toilet in the corner of the cell, and many suspicious stains were visible to the naked eye on the outer wall of the toilet.

Gu Fei only took one look and didn’t dare to look again.

In this cell, in addition to a few maidservants from the second young lady’s courtyard, there were also a few rough ladies from the kitchen.

Gu Fei pulled the second young lady and said, “Let’s sit over there.”

The air will be better near the door.

The second young lady was originally a sister to Gu Fei, and now she only follows Gu Fei’s orders.

As soon as the two of them sat down next to the fence at the door, a woman’s sharp cry came from the cell diagonally opposite: “How am I going to live? There’s not even a place to sit!”

Gu Fei looked over and saw that it was the duke’s third concubine.

This woman was bought from the red-light district. She usually relies on the duke’s favor to eat and drink the best. How can she stand in such a dirty place?

Before the people of the Yamen could come over, Madam Hou from the opposite shouted: “If you don’t want to live, just die. No one will stop you!”

The only sound left over there was the whimpering and crying of the third concubine.

The second young lady pressed closer to Gu Fei, and she whispered: “Feicui, are we all going to stay in the prison from now on?”

Gu Fei shook her head, she didn’t know what fate was waiting for them.

It was dusk when they came in that day, maybe it was past the time for food delivery, and the prison didn’t even give them a bowl of gruel.

It was already dark, and the oil lamp was giving off a dim yellow light.

Gu Fei’s stomach growled. The second young lady looked at her and touched her belly: “I’m so hungry too.”

Gu Fei whispered: “Go to sleep, you won’t be hungry when you sleep.”

She struggled to get up and get the quilt.

There were several tattered quilts with no visible color, but who knows when they disappeared from their original places?