Kill My Sins Episode 1 Recap
> Kill My Sins Recap
In the first year of the Kangzhou era, the Empress ascended the throne and implemented a strategy to suppress the aristocratic families, which triggered a dispute over the rites and propriety. At that time, ruthless officials held power. The right chancellor was exposed by one of these officials, after dreaming of the rebel Prince Yu Wang Like ascending the Empress's court in the Zhanlu Hall. This incident caused an uproar in both the court and the common folk.
From then on, people feared speaking of dreams, but the medical woman Ye Ping'an took a different approach. Dressed in a plain white robe and holding a cloud-patterned red umbrella, she appeared under the rain, the umbrella’s handle adorned with a string of hollow copper bells. Others avoided her like a venomous snake, and some women even warned children that the bells could steal one’s soul. On the streets, a man from Mangou, Hu Sheng, suddenly fell into a trance.
The palace’s imperial censor, Li Jun, believed he was a traitor from Prince Yu Wang Like's faction and was about to arrest him. However, Ye Ping'an intervened, analyzing that Hu Sheng was a former soldier who had fought under General Wu in battles with Shuo Dan. Despite this, Li Jun killed Hu Sheng in the street.
Many common people blamed Ye Ping'an for Hu Sheng’s sudden trance, surrounding her medical clinic and demanding she leave the capital, threatening to burn her clinic down. Ye Ping'an remained calm and, using a few tricks and threats, scared the crowd away. Yuan Shaocheng, the Minister of Justice, had heard of the sorceress in the capital and had witnessed this scene. He sneered at Ye Ping'an, who was using witchcraft to exploit the common people’s hard-earned money.
The Longmen Competition was held at the Dragon Gate arena, where mostly low-born people from Mangou fought to please the nobles. The victors could free themselves from their low status and claim land. At the time, there were twin brothers fighting in the ring. The Eastern Censor, Zheng Yuan, and the Servant Official, Zeng Xuan, were watching from the stands.
They had bet on the white team to win, but in the end, the red team emerged victorious, making Zheng Yuan feel irritated and unlucky. Xu Qing, in charge of the Ministry of Revenue’s military fund collection, reported to Du Liang, the Deputy Minister of Revenue, that 85,000 taels had been collected and would arrive at the capital in four days, but he would report only 80,000 taels.
Zheng Yuan suffered from a strange illness that kept him awake at night, so he sent his maid, Xin’er, to invite Ye Ping'an to his residence as a guest. When it was late, Ye Ping'an demanded a full bag of payment before agreeing to visit. Ye Ping'an treated illnesses without taking the pulse or asking for symptoms, claiming she could only read dreams.
She used the bell in her hand to make Zheng Yuan briefly fall asleep and, upon reading his dream, discovered his murderous intent. She pretended not to see the face of the woman in the dream and didn’t acknowledge what was written in the letter. Zheng Yuan’s killing intent faded, and Ye Ping'an told him that the illness required long-term treatment and that he should come back later.
Yuan Shaocheng, the Minister of Justice, wanted to strike a deal with Du Liang, but Du Liang looked down on him because of his low status, speaking to him with disdain. Ye Ping'an was being chased and barely escaped with her life. She overheard two assassins mention a “lord” and realized they were sent by Zheng Yuan, so she sneaked into Zheng Yuan’s residence that night, only to find him dead.
The housekeeper entered and, upon seeing Ye Ping'an and the dead Zheng Yuan, screamed in panic. Yuan Shaocheng took charge of the case. Despite the many suspicious points, he didn’t investigate in detail and casually declared that it didn’t matter whether she signed the confession or not, as in his eyes, Ye Ping'an was already a dead person. The news of Zheng Yuan’s death spread quickly through the capital, and rumors reached the Empress’s ears.
The Empress instructed Wu Xianer, a court official, to send word to the Ministry of Justice and bring Ye Ping'an to the Zhanlu Hall. Ye Ping'an defended herself, using Yuan Shaocheng as a reference for her medical skills, but she didn’t reveal that what Yuan Shaocheng truly hated was power. Instead, she made up an excuse to deceive the Empress. The Empress gave her one day to find the true murderer and prove her innocence.
They found Zheng Yuan’s dead servant, Xiao Quan, but Xin’er was missing. Unknown to them, Xin’er’s real name was Lu Danxin. She had secretly collaborated with Ye Ping'an to plot against Du Liang, framing Ye Ping'an as the scapegoat for Zheng Yuan’s murder. Zheng Yuan had already written a letter exposing Du Liang’s embezzlement of 5,000 taels of military funds.
He entrusted the letter to Zeng Xuan, instructing him to give it to a trustworthy person if he were to die. Zeng Xuan shook off the people sent by Ye Ping'an and Lu Danxin and handed the letter to Yuan Shaocheng. Just a moment before, Yuan Shaocheng had promised to bring him to the palace the next day, but in the next second, Yuan Shaocheng killed Zeng Xuan.
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