The Zhenfusi Case Files

[A reserved, honest heir to a prominent family × a free-spirited, highly skilled heroine, one-on-one romance, detective work and revenge, reunion after years apart] Chu Zhi, a beggar from Ghost City, is the closed-door disciple of the Marquis of Anqing, Chu Qingxuan. The ninth in her generation, she is a peerless martial artist and unmatched in beauty. Bright and gifted, Chu Zhi solves a cold case at fifteen and makes a name for herself in the capital. The Emperor grants her a marriage, and she is the talk of the town. But everything changes when she is seventeen. At a family banquet in the Chu residence, County Princess Jiang catches Chu Zhi in an illicit relationship with her master. The whole city erupts in an uproar, and gossip spreads everywhere. The Xie family angrily calls off the engagement. In an instant, Chu Zhi becomes a public enemy. People on the street curse her as shameless and immoral; the great families spit that she is ungrateful and promiscuous. Three days later, everyone in the Chu household is poisoned to death. Chu Zhi is the only one left alive. The Emperor is furious, and the Court of Judicial Review rushes to close the case. Before the real culprit can confess and face justice, Chu Zhi dies in a sudden fire at the Imperial Prison. Three years later, the Imperial Prison, long reduced to ruins, is rebuilt. A female constable arrives at the Zhenfu Bureau beside it. Worldly and slippery, she excels at flattery and rises step by step, becoming a rare female commander of the bureau. But Li Shangyi doesn't solve bizarre cases and hunt down criminals for power or empty titles. She wants justice for the wrongfully accused, and a life for every life taken!