After Becoming a Substitute Bride in Prince Su’s Household, I Rose to Power Through Forensic Medicine

On the night of the proxy wedding, a second bride was fished out of a well at Prince Su’s manor. Xie Zhaowei was an unloved concubine-born daughter of the Yong’an Earl’s household, forced to take her legitimate elder sister’s place in marriage. She had planned to endure it and stay alive, but as soon as she entered the prince’s manor, she became a murder suspect. Everyone was waiting for her to confess, but instead, she examined the corpse in front of them all. From the dead woman’s body, she uncovered an old case involving her mother from twelve years ago, as well as a vast criminal network that used weddings to transport corpses and erase the identities of the dead. From the inner quarters of the prince’s manor to the halls of power in the capital, she uses her title as Princess Consort of Su to protect herself, bones as evidence, and account books as blades. As she solves cases and reopens wrongful verdicts, she drags down one by one the people who trampled her into the mud. Prince Su initially treats her as a weapon, but eventually becomes willing to stand behind her and support her. But what Xie Zhaowei wants has never been affection. She wants every nameless corpse to have a name, and every truth that was altered to see the light of day again.