The Crimson Robe Casebook

Shen Zhiwei, a gifted young woman born into a family of forensic examiners, loses her entire family after her father is implicated in a secret palace case. She escapes only because she is away examining a corpse. Burdened by a blood feud and the stigma attached to her family, she disguises herself as a man and becomes “Mr. Shen,” wielding peerless forensic skills and keen insight as she travels between local courts and prisons. From baffling local cases to political infighting at court, from serial murders to old injustices, she follows every clue and cracks one mystery after another, gradually closing in on the truth behind her family’s destruction. In her pursuit of justice, she meets kindred spirits and a lover who understands her, and together they confront the mastermind behind it all. In the end, she not only clears her father’s name but also helps reform the law, becoming a beacon of justice in the darkness.