A practice work
Lin Wei was the daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy’s vice director, but as a concubine-born daughter, she was fated to endure hardship. Amid the family’s tangled schemes and the perilous intrigues of the martial world, she was forced into a shocking case that threatened the safety of the realm.
The Liu family pursued private gain by conspiring with court officials and secretly making the deadly poison Qianji Yin. They even used living people as ingredients, committing unspeakable crimes. Lin Wei’s father endured humiliation to protect the antidote formula, only to be framed by the Liu family and die with his name in disgrace. The half of a lotus jade pendant left behind by her mother, along with a mysterious herbal compendium, became the key clues in Lin Wei’s search for the truth.
By a twist of fate, Lin Wei entered the Duke of Anguo’s household and met the heir, Xiao Ce. Xiao Ce’s mother had likewise been persecuted by the Liu family and was living under an assumed name in Jiangnan. United in purpose, the two set out together to uncover the truth. Along the way, they met Wang Er, a former escort who upheld justice despite having a broken leg; the Hu Lian sisters, persecuted by the Liu family yet still devoted to what was right; and innocent, hopeful children. Through bloodshed and danger, they supported one another and overcame countless hardships.
From investigating a hidden compartment in the Capital’s Bing Storage Depot, to fighting assassins for their lives in a ruined temple, to stealthily navigating the Forbidden City’s secret passages, they gradually exposed the Liu family’s crimes. At last, before the emperor’s court, Lin Wei and the others successfully presented the account books, exposing the Liu family’s misdeeds and restoring justice to the realm.
Amid this heart-pounding adventure, Lin Wei and Xiao Ce’s feelings quietly took root as they faced danger side by side. Once the truth came to light, everyone returned to Jiangnan, where the mysteries of the past were solved one by one. The truths buried deep in the passage of time, and the light won at the cost of lives, blossomed in the morning glow of Jiangnan into something both bittersweet and deeply sweet.
