She is the daughter of the prime minister and a constable of the Six Gates. Determined to punish evil and uphold justice, she and her beloved Gu Chengping weather the shifting tides of officialdom, solve one strange case after another, and narrowly escape death time and again.
Yet after enduring every calamity, greed runs rampant and the people suffer. The blade of justice in her hand shatters. This constable, who has braved wind, frost, rain, and snow, finally dies in a desolate, reeking mire. When she returns, she is only the dazzling, resolute legitimate daughter, smiling coldly as she stains the world with ink.
