Hidden in the ink on the case file are the rouge he accidentally contaminated, and his undeclared heartbeat. . . . . .
Xie Linyan, the new top scholar, came from a poor family, but shocked the government and the public with his article "Policies for the Administration of Officials", and was granted an unusual appointment as editor of the Hanlin Academy. In fact, he was secretly investigating an old case in which his father (former imperial censor Zhongcheng) was wronged ten years ago due to the impeachment of his maternal relatives. Shen Jinghong, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is the youngest official fifth-grade administrator since the founding of the People's Republic of China. His father is the chief assistant of the cabinet, but he has secured his position by virtue of his ability. He often wears a jade pendant with the word "" engraved on his waist. . . .
After Qiong Lin's banquet, the two met for the first time because of an imperial examination fraud case. Xie Linyan found traces of tampering in the paper. Shen Jinghong was taking the autopsy to examine the cause of death of the deceased man involved in the case. He accidentally knocked over his autopsy box while squatting down. Silver needles scattered among the places. Shen Jinghong's fingertips accurately pressed his hand that was trying to hold the box: "Master Xie, the lotus powder under the fingernails of the deceased is more important than your greetings." However, he glimpsed clues related to his father's old case from the files that slipped from Shen Jinghong's sleeves.
