Zhong Ling is the most outrageous woman in the kingdom.
She drinks, writes poetry, rides horses and curses people. She spends most of every year in jail. Her godfather, Zhang Qiming, cleans up her messes, while Old Zhao, the prison guard, keeps the secrets of the prison hidden for her. Huai Xi, a seven-year-old prison runner, is the first "student" she ever took in.
Then a stranger named Luo Yihan appears before her.
He looks at her differently from everyone else. Others call her crazy, but he sees clarity in her eyes. Others avoid her like the plague, but he takes one step after another toward her, helping her uncover the truth about the war that took place all those years ago.
It turns out the whole kingdom has been covering up the identity of the person who killed her parents.
A madwoman, a scholar, a secretary, an old soldier, and a child.
What can five people do?
They can topple a court where the whole world has gone mad.
