In the court of the Donglan Dynasty, which was full of intrigues and frequent murders, Lu Dishuang, a plain-looking but extremely intelligent daughter of a widower, was forced to marry into the East Palace because of her grandfather's saving grace. She became an "eyesore" ugly concubine in the eyes of the prince Ouyang Jingqian. On their wedding night, he walked away, treating her as a shame; but she looked at him coldly, only willing to live with the autopsy knife and the case file. However, when bizarre murders occurred one after another in the harem, poisonings, secret rooms, and curses followed one after another, and when everyone was helpless, she was the only one who dissected the corpse to solve the case, peeled off the cocoons, and repeatedly solved the mystery. The prince went from contempt to shock, from use to affection, and gradually realized that although her features were ordinary, her soul was as burning as a fire. The two went from tit-for-tat to investigating the case side by side. He handed her a knife to sharpen during the autopsy, and she testified for him in court. When the imperial power struggles and old cases surface, they must join hands to fight against the mastermind behind the scenes, and dance with their emotions on the edge of the knife. A new palace legend of marriage first, love later, and sapiosexuality begins.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
