Set during the Tang Dynasty, the story follows the heroine, Zuo Zitong, who goes to great lengths to enter the imperial palace and investigate the truth behind the murder of her father, Zuo Yunfeng, Vice Minister of War. Along the way, she meets Xue Qijie, a young general of the Imperial Guards; Lu Lin, a personal guard of the emperor; Tong Zhuo, an expert from a sect; Uncle Fan, the proprietor of the Pavilion of a Thousand Treasures; Liao Huizhang, an official at the Court of Judicial Review; and Leng, number six on the martial world’s top assassin list. With their help, she finally discovers that her father was killed by the crown prince.
