The front is hidden in the suppression, and the undercurrent is under the still water. It focuses on the heroine Xie Xingyao's awakening journey from being an abandoned daughter by her family to being on the edge of power for the first time.
During the prosperous age of the Dasheng Dynasty, Xie Xingyao, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, was burdened with the unjust fate of being a "Guluan evil spirit". She was abandoned in the ancestral hall and gradually broke away from the family prison. As a woman, she stepped into the treacherous intrigues of the court. She investigates her mother's feud, breaks the conspiracy, and allies herself with the seventh prince Zhao Zenian and the poor censor Shen Ting. She plots to break the situation amidst the secret fights in the palace and the war at the border. With her wisdom and courage, she earns the position of the head of Zhaoyong County. She also opens a school for girls and controls the military, creating a gap for women to survive in the male-dominated world. Yan Yin raised grain, investigated the secrets of the imperial mausoleum, and suppressed the rebellion in Lutai. She used the smallness of a lone star to break through the darkness of Yaotai, and single-handedly promoted the sprouting of the New Deal, allowing poor families to have a career and women to learn. But the true identity of Tianshu in Xuanji Pavilion is still hidden in the mist, and the last link of the late emperor's old case has not yet been revealed.
Will the alliance between her and Zhao Zenian eventually fail to withstand the suspicion of imperial power?
What kind of ultimate murder will be brewing in the secret road that leads directly from the salt fields to the imperial city?
