Yong'an seventeenth year.
Undercurrents surged in Dayong's court, involving the Men Shen family and becoming a victim of this struggle for power. A case of collaborating with the enemy caused the entire Shen family to be wiped out, and no one in the capital dared to mention it.
Shen Zhi, the concubine of the Shen family, survived by chance. She lived an ignoble life just to rectify the case for the Shen family, and to clear up the injustice of the whole Shen family who died unjustly. She plans everything and endures the world. Under the pseudonym Shen Zhiqing, he hid in an unknown paper bureau. Outsiders only think of her as an ordinary woman who sells paper and copies books, but they don't know that she has already been secretly collecting information and anonymously printing the tabloid "Beijing Secrets", which specializes in exposing the shady and scandalous things in the capital. Shen Zhiqing uses pen and ink as a blade, and her real purpose is to find flaws in the Shen family's old case, uncover the mastermind behind it, restore the truth that was maliciously and deliberately tampered with three years ago, and restore her Shen family's innocence.
Xie Jingxing, a teacher at the academy, has a gentle temperament. He seemed to be in peace with the world, but when the Shen family's collusion case broke out three years ago, he lurked quietly and laid out secret plans for many years. Just waiting for an opportunity, he would personally tear apart the layers of hidden conspiracy deep in the court.
Pei Heng, the imperial censor, is upright, self-restrained, impartial and cold-blooded. Due to the anonymous tabloid circulating in Beijing, which repeatedly violated the taboos of the court, he was ordered by the emperor to track down the person behind the scenes, but he was involved in a bigger turmoil.
Liu Yunruo, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, has a valiant heart and values righteousness over body. Relying on his family's power, he constantly secretly delivers information and raises money for Shen Zhiqing, and is Shen Zhiqing's most reliable backing.
An old case, many people are involved. Just to find the hidden truth.
