The Dark Room was a place in Nuanxiang Pavilion specifically for punishing the girls. When Wei Chan first arrived, she had been sent there several times for being disobedient.
At the mere thought of the torture she had endured in that place, she couldn't help but shudder violently. "Madam, please, don't send me to the Dark Room," she sobbed, pleading. "I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I only hated Qi Xiuyu, that's why I wanted to embarrass him in front of Yunniang."
She denied trying to cause any real harm, but the procuress was far too shrewd. With a contemptuous sneer, she slapped Wei Chan across the face. "Your ambitions soar higher than the heavens, yet your life is as thin as paper. You dare to smash my stage? If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never know your own weight. Take her away!"
Chapter 271