When she was fourteen years old, Jiang Huaijin, the daughter of the registrar of Fulu County, went to Chang'an alone to save her father who had been wrongly imprisoned and lodged a complaint in front of Dali Temple to complain. With her extraordinary talent in law, she got help from the seventh prince Xiao Jinlan and the mysterious scholar Xie Yunqi. Not only did she rescue her father, she also passed the imperial examination and entered the official career. After joining Honglu Temple and being transferred to Dali Temple, she repeatedly solved strange cases and gradually gained a foothold in the court.
However, there is an undercurrent behind her rapid rise - Xie Yunqi's approach to her is actually an old family grudge, Xiao Jinlan's feelings for her have gone beyond the boundaries of a monarch and a minister, and the censor Shen Qingwan has revealed a shocking secret: her grandfather is actually the former censor Shen Heting, who was executed by the entire family twenty years ago for impeaching the empress dowager. Jiang Huaijin holds ironclad evidence left behind by the Shen family, which is enough to shake the foundation of the Empress Dowager.
The prince's fight for the right to inherit the throne is becoming fiercer, Xiao Jinlan's ambition is directed towards the throne, and the murderous intention of the Queen Mother is quietly approaching. Jiang Huaijin must make a choice in the whirlpool of life experience, emotion and power. When the secret can no longer be hidden, how will she, as a woman, carve out a ray of light above the court?
