Su Qingyan practices medicine at the Jishitang clinic in the capital, treating patients including Shadow Pavilion assassins and stewards of powerful clans. While secretly investigating the injustice surrounding the Xinghuo Hall case from ten years ago, she obtains half of a jade pendant engraved with the character “Xing” and is framed by Minister Wang, who accuses her of being an incompetent physician. Shen Zhiwei intervenes in his capacity as a censor, and the two meet for the first time, each eyeing the other with suspicion.
