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Shangguan Yue is cruelly persecuted by her ex-husband Lin Mu'an and the prefect's daughter Chen Aoshuang, accused of adultery. The county magistrate Li Deming sentences her to be drowned. At the execution, her loyal servant Chen Ze (Ah Gong) desperately defends her, claiming she is a legitimate daughter of the imperial family. Li Deming brutally whips Chen Ze. Lin Mu'an threatens Shangguan Yue with divorce and confession to save Ah Gong. Forced to save Ah Gong, Shangguan Yue confesses to the fabricated charges. In a critical moment, Chen Ze self-harms by removing his trousers to prove his innocence, revealing his identity as a eunuch, a "rootless person." He thus proves that Shangguan Yue could never have had an affair with him, shocking the entire crowd.