The jailer pushed open a small door to the side, saying, “You should hurry and hide in here. You can't make any sound no matter what happens, or else all of us are done for!”2

The Imperial Prison’s criminals normally weren’t allowed visitors. If one really wanted to visit the people inside, they would have to go through many complicated formalities in the court, which were practically impossible to succeed in. Even so, the great clans had all sorts of resources and connections, so they could always find a workaround somehow. If they bribed the people in the Imperial Prison, the jailers became extremely happy with the extra income, and they didn’t want to offend these capital’s bigwigs either. That was why they sometimes brought people inside in private. It was to the extent that, as long as one gave them enough and one's background was sufficient, every meal inside could be restaurant-quality, and they could even send in some women to provide service day and night.1

Of course, that was assuming everyone was done in secret, something everyone tacitly agreed to not make a big deal out of. They just couldn't brag about it on the surface. If higher authority figures came for an investigation and found out what was happening, things could quickly be blown out of proportion, and there would be a lot of trouble. The jailers would definitely...1