Twelve years ago, the Jingchuan Pass Massacre broke out. The famous general Gu Chengyue was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. The Gu family was destroyed, and the only son Gu Zhaoting escaped death. Twelve years later, he returned to Beijing under the name "Shen Yan". Taking advantage of the Chunwei fraud case, he gradually dragged the Ministry of Rites, Zhongshu Province, disciples of the descendants and the prince into the game. Shen Yan appears to be weak and tolerant, but in fact he has a deep mind and is good at taking advantage of situations, recognizing people, and setting up situations. Starting from an anonymous examination paper, a missing scholar and a late-night murder, he tears apart the old traces that the court has covered for many years. At the same time, the seventh prince Xiao Yuanxu, who was originally the least optimistic, was also seen for the first time in this turbulent case. On the one hand, he entered the situation through Shen Yan's plan, and on the other hand, he grew up in the cracks between powerful ministers, descendants and imperial power. The two of them worked together, openly and secretly, to push a Chunwei case into a big picture that could shake up the throne and bring out the truth of the old case.
