There was a small torture room in the Shou’an Hall, and it was seldom used at ordinary times. Generally, the servants who made mistakes would come in to reflect, but all kinds of instruments of torture were inside.

A stick with salt water, a torture-rack and so on were included. More than ten kinds of instruments were used to torture Dong Shuang, and she was almost beaten half dead till Mo Shujun asked coldly, “Tell me. Where is the token granted by the ...