Three years ago, Shen Huaijin, the minister of Dali Temple, was implicated in a rebellion case and imprisoned, and the entire Shen family was exiled. Shen Qingci was forced into the palace as a maid, and she endured it for three years, secretly collecting evidence and waiting for the day when the case would be overturned.
In the third year after entering the palace, a bizarre murder occurred in the palace - the Queen Mother's favorite Princess Qingyang died suddenly on her wedding night, suspected of poisoning. The emperor was furious and the whole palace was in panic. Shen Qingci relied on his extraordinary autopsy skills to step forward and reveal the truth in public.
Overnight, "The Handmaid Shen Qingci" became a legend in the palace. The sixth prince Xiao Yan favored her and asked the emperor for her help in investigating pending cases in the palace.
Since then, a series of seemingly unrelated murders have occurred one after another - the eunuch in the imperial kitchen burned himself bizarrely, the abandoned concubine in the cold palace was murdered in the secret room, and the new top scholar died on the night of his wedding... Behind each case, there is a faint hint of the truth about the conspiracy three years ago.
The two went from testing and using each other to gradually trusting each other and moving forward hand in hand. In the end, Shen Qingci exposed the truth to the court with ironclad evidence, and Xiao Yan used the power of the photo studio to control the imperial army in the palace. The unjust case of Shen's father was brought to light. The emperor was grateful for Shen Qingci's contribution and made an exception.
But at the ceremony of Shen Qingci's enthronement, she made a request - "I don't want to just be the master of the harem. Please allow me to continue investigating the case and ending the prison, so as to clear up the injustice for the world."
The emperor laughed and played the song accurately. From then on, the Zhou Dynasty had a queen who could do autopsies, solve crimes, and go to court.
