In the Dayi era, treacherous ministers control the court, while the foolish ruler seeks immortality and the state of Yi teeters on the brink of ruin. On the day Crown Prince Liu Qian ascends the throne, his head falls without a sound, shocking the realm! The chancellor seizes control of the government, and the Grand Tutor, Zhao An, is identified as the murderer. The entire Zhao household is branded guilty of regicide and condemned to extermination across nine generations. To clear his adoptive father's name and turn the tide, Zhao Fengheng painstakingly follows the clues to find the real killer and carefully unravels the conspiracy. Unexpectedly, he discovers that he has already become entangled in an even greater web of intrigue.
