The county magistrate finished tapping and realized this is not the courtroom of the County Yamen, and there is no Judicial Bench Hammer. That fierce slap made his hand hurt, and in the eyes of the public, regardless of the pain, he couldn't show any grimace for fear of damaging his High Official image.
Moreover, there are two nobles from the Capital sitting next to him; he couldn't afford to lose face in front of them.
He placed his hand under the table to hide it, allowing it to tremble freely.
Two Government Officials escorted Mo Hengjian and Cui Hua, who had been waiting on the side, up to the front.
"Kneel."
The two Government Officials roughly kicked them in the knees.
The two of them had weak knees and fell to the ground with a thud.
Madam Ruan, watching from the sidelines, felt a heart-wrenching pain.
