The next morning, Xinhua reports that the trial of Lin's father will take place on the following day. The court will be presided over by zhengdong, the former imperial commissioner who served as a witness in the Lin family's case against lin. Xinhua notes that the gold bars, jewels, and treasures seized from the family are the property of lai and himself, and that Lin asked for bribes, but the claim remains unsubstantiated. Worried about his father's safety, jin tells the court that the letters prove that the case against Lin was fabricated and that his father has been framed. Furious, lin sends the court's witness, Lin ruzhen, to confront the emperor.