Mo Lingwei sat on a lounge chair, clad in vermilion robes that made the Golden Dragon Crown holding up his hair appear all the more brilliant.
That's why Shen Ningning spotted him at a glance.
He was surrounded by guards.
Across from him, two eunuchs were viciously forcing a man's head underwater.
They would pause for a moment before pulling him out, repeating the process over and over.
Judging by his attire, the man being forced under the water appeared to be an official.
"Crown Prince... I beg for mercy! I beg for mercy!" the official sputtered, shouting wretchedly in the brief moment he was pulled from the water.
Mo Lingwei, however, merely looked down, his eyes cold and unmoved. "I don't think you're awake enough yet. Keep holding him down. Fill him up."
The eunuchs mercilessly forced the official back under the water.
This time, they held him under for a long while. He struggled desperately, his hands flailing.
