Golden Needles, Hot Winds, and the Unraveling Knot

On a snowy night, Liu Shuying, a doctor from among the common people, saves the cold-faced Prince Xiao Che, who has been struck by a strange poison. She discovers that the poison, Qianji, is spreading along the Conception and Governing Vessels. Taking The Washing Away of Wrongs as her guide, she skillfully applies golden needles and uses rare medicines to fight the poison, struggling to treat him amid the doubts of the Imperial Medical Academy. To find the hand behind the poisoning in the palace, the two join forces. She detects disguised illnesses through tongue and pulse diagnosis, and uses poison to counter poison as she devises a cure. He grants her authority and establishes a “poison specimen archive,” and together they compile The Palace Poison Manual. From clashing at every turn to trusting each other with their lives, they proceed cautiously, solve the mystery, and establish the “Medical Poison Investigation Bureau,” letting the light of traditional Chinese medicine and toxicology shine into the darkest corners of the palace. This is no story of coercive possession: it is a romance built on medical skill and wit, one that begins with a life-saving kindness and blossoms through shared ideals into a love that endures life and death.