Asui, an ordinary fisherman girl on the shores of the Bohai Sea, embarks on her journey to Jincheng alone with her longing for the unknown and her obsession with finding her relatives. By chance, she and the down-and-out scholar Shen Qingci stayed in the same remote inn. Unexpectedly, the innkeeper accidentally intercepted a secret letter, which pointed out that the assassin of the recent murder was hiding in the inn. By mistake, the unknown A Sui and the cold-tempered Shen Qingci were mistaken by their boss as an accomplice of the assassin. In order to protect themselves and claim credit, the boss secretly sent someone to tie them up and escort them directly to the palace to meet the emperor. A sudden and unexpected disaster pushes two strangers to the edge of life and death. Can they prove their innocence in the Golden Palace? What kind of court secrets are hidden behind this misplaced crisis?
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
