On the Lantern Festival in the 23rd year of Chenghua, the death knell in Jingyang rang throughout Jinling.
A female corpse with a strange posture, a purple star map embroidered on the back, and Prince Ning's Shu brocade tied around her waist, kicked off the shadow of the empire.
Su Wan, the daughter of a political official, has a sharp eye and is proficient in the art of punishing people, and is forced to be involved in this shocking mystery that spans the government and the public. What she faced was not an ordinary murderer, but a series of bizarre cases rooted in folklore and palace secrets:
· Willow ghost changes skin: A young woman is skinned and her face is embroidered with medicinal thread on her back. The wound appears to be "healed", and willow puppets accompany her, as if a fierce ghost has taken over her body and been reborn.
· Bone china baby spirit: The porcelain made a baby cry in the middle of the night, but it was actually made from the ashes of a child who died in infancy. The blood brocade bag contained a vicious curse, pointing directly at the inheritance of the emperor's heir.
· Blood Peony: The evil peony takes root in the corpse, and a distorted human face appears in the heart of the flower. It uses the soul as fat to bloom with evil brilliance.
· Yin-Yang Sedan: A scarlet wedding sedan travels in the middle of the night. Everyone who sees it has the ultimate smile on their face and suddenly dies suddenly. The silent funeral procession is like a Yin soldier passing through.
· The funeral of a paper man: A life-size paper man follows him like a shadow, his face is the same as that of the deceased, causing the soul to burn with incense and the heart to be filled with fear as he dies.
The five major mysteries are intertwined, all pointing to lost magic and the evil of people's hearts.
On the way, she met Li Chengze, the elegant and profound prince of Prince Ning, who was responsible for the original sin of the family. The two went from testing each other to trusting each other in life and death, and moved forward hand in hand amidst the turmoil. Not only do they have to battle wits and courage with the "Zhulong" hidden behind the scenes, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but they also have to face the eternal evil formation he has set up in an attempt to reverse life and death and steal the country's destiny - the Five Yin Dragon Formation.
From Jinling and Qinhuai to the top of the Forbidden City, what the bright mirror reflects is not demons, but the endless nightmare deep in the human heart.
This is the ultimate battle between reason and superstition, light and darkness. See how Su Wan, as a woman, holds the blade of reason and the hand of a confidant, glimpses the historical truth in the mystery, and breaks out a clear sky in the darkness.
Purpose: In an era that did not allow women to have the right to speak, she used her wisdom and courage to let the corpse speak and silence history, and wrote her own history with her own hands.