01x10 - Episode 10

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= Dominion and Devotion =

= Episode 10 =

Auntie.

Come and take a look.

I prepared a birthday gift for you.

Does it look good?

Auntie, my birthday is not until next month.

Isn't it too early now?

It's not too early.

This garment is not yet embroidered.

Worried it won't finish in time.

Turn around and let me see.

Come on.

Auntie,

you should leave the palace.

As I said,

no matter what happens,

I will always be by your side.

Okay.

Have you lost weight recently?

Rest assured.

Master Huo got everything ready.

She will leave the palace safely.

Thank you.

[I'm sorry, Auntie.]

[I can't let you take risks with me.]

Tomorrow's court trial,

are you ready?

Rest assured.

I have confidence in restoring justice
for Junlai Village.

Master Huo,

I know the clues you have found

involve both Zhuo Minghua
and the Imperial Advisor.

Yes.

What's your plan?

He is amassing wealth
and exploiting the people.

Now's the time to bring him down.

I...

Enough.

Now is not the time to move against him.

The matter ends with Zhuo Minghua.

Do you understand?

Your Majesty, Master Zhuo is a national scourge.

He deserves to die even more!

Nothing would atone for his sins!

I understand.

But now is not the time.

Are you afraid?

Huo Zheng,

how dare you!

I

will obey.

Step down.

Cousin!

Cousin!

Cousin!

Huo Zheng didn't dare to t*rture me.

Don't worry.

He didn't get a word out of me.

Don't worry?

I told you not to act so outrageously.

Now you've left such a big loophole.

Do you really think I'm the emperor?

Just a bunch of rogues.

How can you scold me like this for them?

Cousin,

get me out of here.

Idiot.

Have you been living too happily

that your brain has stopped working?

That was more than 30 lives!

Now it's escalated to a court hearing.

You could be demoted to exile at best.

At worst,

your life might be at risk!

You're the Imperial Advisor!
You can save me!

Cousin,

you're not giving up on me, are you?

For so many years, I've done so
many dirty deeds for the Zhuo family.

I contributed a lot!

Now you're scared?

Let's first figure out
how to keep you alive.

Don't be foolish in court.

The less you say, the fewer mistakes.

Got it?

Thank you.

Alright.

Tell me what happened

in detail.

[Censorate]

Oh, no!

There's a fire!

[Censorate Morgue]
Put out the fire!

Hurry!

Coming!

Master Huo, the fire happened suddenly.

The bodies inside are all charred!

The hearing is tomorrow.

What should we do?

They burned the evidence.

Zhuo Minghua, Jinghua Magistrate,

to conceal Luo Fuhai's r*pe
and m*rder of Zhao Rulan,

wantonly k*lled 36 people
from Junlai Village.

Are you guilty?

Pure fabrication!

The unruly villagers were dissatisfied
with Luo Fuhai's not guilty verdict,

and attacked the county office with weapons.

That was evil.

We ex*cuted them

based on the Laws of Great Ning!

Summon the suspect, Luo Fuhai,
and Coroner of Jinghua County, Li Siqi.

Luo Fuhai,

did you r*pe and m*rder Zhao Rulan?

Master,

Zhao Rulan

was notorious for her promiscuity.

Sun Daqiang introduced her to me.

And I

slept with her.

But then I gave her a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, she was extremely greedy.

She wanted to blackmail me but couldn't.

So she grew irritable

and hit my head with a stone!

Everyone,

please look.

Look.

I fled from Junlai Village,

and reported it immediately

to Master Zhuo.

Master Zhuo was kind-hearted,

and did not convict her of injury.

As a result, she was ungrateful.

With a ruined reputation,

she hanged herself.

Li Siqi, the Coroner,

how did Zhao Rulan die?

Master Huo,

based on my examination,

Zhao Rulan indeed hanged herself.

The proof is clear.

What else is there to investigate?

Summon the Coroner from the Court, Zhou Fangzheng.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Coroner Zhou,

please state the
autopsy results of Zhao Rulan.

According to my re-examination,

there are clear finger marks alongside
the rope marks on Zhao Rulan's neck.

She should have died from asphyxia caused
by hand strangulation,

not by hanging herself.

Oh?

You mean Li Siqi's autopsy was wrong?

What evidence do you have?

Luo Fuhai is so rich.

He can have any woman he wants.

Would he really need
to r*pe and k*ll a common woman?

Sure.

Bring it up.

The evidence is Zhao Rulan's corpse.

It was almost destroyed
in a mysterious fire last night.

Fortunately, it was moved in advance.

Did you see that?

Aren't the bodies all burned?

Shut up!

What else do you have to say?

I-I accidentally misjudged!

Accidentally?

You, by accident, let
an innocent woman unjustly die!

Are you pretending to be foolish,

or did someone instruct you to do this?

Master Huo,

without any evidence,

please speak cautiously.

Master Huo, are you implying
that I instructed this?

Enough!

Zhuo Minghua,

what is your current status?

Did I permit you to interrupt?

Master Huo,

even if she was strangled to death,

it wasn't me who k*lled her.

What does it have to do with me?

How is it irrelevant?

Summon the villager, Song Zhaodi.

Isn't she mad?

Can her testimony be trusted?

Zhaodi,

repeat what you told me a few days ago

to seek justice for your sister.

Song Zhaodi,

on the night Zhao Rulan died,

what did you see?

Zhaodi,

do not be afraid.

His Majesty is here.

Do not be afraid.

They don't dare to hurt you.

How dare you bring a crazy woman here?

It is really an eyesore.

Your Majesty,

if there is no new evidence,

then let's adjourn the court.

Rulan.

She was an ordinary woman
who liked medical skills.

She was gentle.

She was by no means a fickle woman.

Her heart was very pure.

Some people have dirty hearts,

so they see everything as dirty.

I know,

even if she was r*ped,

she would not hang herself.

She had already died once.

Moreover,

she promised Guifen

to be together with her and the others

for the rest of their lives.

She wouldn't leave just like that.

She wouldn't bear to.

Zhaodi,

look up.

Who am I?

Wu?

I know

you are doing this for Tudou,

our little village chief.

I also know

you don't dare to trust anyone.

But please trust me this once.

Even if I risk my life,

I will stand up for all the ladies
in Junlai Village.

Luo Fuhai

is the m*rder*r!

That night,

I was at home feeding the chickens.

Tudou ran over and brought the bad news.

It was him!

He k*lled Rulan!

Tudou said

he saw Rulan being strangled to death

then hung on the beam.

I immediately ran over,

and happened to see Luo Fuhai fleeing.

His jade pendant fell in the yard.

This is the jade pendant he dropped.

Your Majesty, please give Rulan justice!

Luo Fuhai,

witnesses saw you k*ll Zhao Rulan.

You left this jade pendant at the scene.

Still want to argue?

Zhaodi,

go on.

Later,

Guifen took us

to county office for justice.

Zhaodi,

you better not go.

You'll take care of Tudou.

We will get justice for Rulan.

Yes.

This is very important.

Keep it safe.

Unless you're sure,

don't take it out.

Let's go.

- For justice! - For justice!

- A life for a life! - A life for a life!

- For justice! - For justice!

- A life for a life! - A life for a life!

But later I found out,

they were sentenced to immediate execution!

I...

I was too scared.

I pretended to be driven mad.

I am guilty

for hiding the truth!
I accept the punishment!

But Your Majesty, for Junlai Village,

please bring justice!

Your Majesty,

according to the law,
please sentence Luo Fuhai

to immediate execution!

As for Magistrate Zhuo,

he must have been deceived.

Master Huo spoke out righteously.

I am truly grateful.

Master, what about me?

Please plead for me too!

The country has its laws.

What does your sentence have to do with me?

You...

You...

Corrupt official!

When you took my bribe,
you didn't have this attitude!

Who took your bribe?

You did!

How dare you slander a court official!

Any evidence?

Well said.

Wretch!

Any evidence?

You should look at yourself in mirror!

Look at your greedy and lustful face.

Do I need to slander?

I will k*ll you!

Zhuo Minghua!

Faithless and ungrateful!

You coward, bah!

Without me, you'd have died long ago!

How did I rely on you?

You r*ped that woman.

I cleaned the mess!

Shut up!

Who did he r*pe?

The woman from Junlai Village, Zhao Rulan!

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