The Brocade-Clad Coroner

Cases within cases, plots within plots, conspiracies and traps, where good and evil are hard to tell apart...

The capital's treason case, the dismembered corpse case, the Pingyin Rose case, the heart-stealing case, the poison case, the disappearance case, the antiques shop case, the painted-face case... Each link leads to the next, with clues woven subtly throughout and threads reaching far into the past. The chivalrous spirit of the martial world, the treacherous currents of the court, the righteous and the wicked, the good and the evil: they can be hateful, yet pitiable.

The Imperial Brocade Guards are a mystery hidden behind countless bloody cases, inspiring terror among the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty. Will they bring shock and horror, or truth and disaster?

Zhao Suyi was framed and killed on the day Emperor Zhengde died. Sixteen years later, she comes back to life and is thrown into the imperial prison. When she meets her old acquaintances again, she finds they are all illusions. Even so, she still has a kind heart. Inspired by her master's ideal of the "greatest chivalry," she becomes a gold-badge coroner among the Thirteen Guardians of the Imperial Brocade Guards. She enters the court, determined to be someone who can "communicate" with the dead and clear their names.

The ruler's skillful use of political schemes and the officials' pursuit of fame and fortune ultimately come to nothing. All that remains is a blank expanse, left for posterity to judge...