In the fifth year of Yuanding's reign, Li Zhen burned all her poetry manuscripts and entered the imperial examination under the name "Li Zhen". A wooden hairpin engraved with "Zhen" is a secret footnote to her entire past. In the court hall, she amazed everyone with the name "Li Zhen", but little did they know that Cui Qingyuan, the Minister of Punishment, had already noticed the abnormality. He resolved the crisis for her at the Luming Banquet, worked side by side with her to treat problems in the cold winter wind, and kept her shocking secrets late at night in the palace. From the Hanlin Academy to the Sixth Ministry, he watched her display her astonishing political talents as a woman, and watched her stir up the atmosphere of the court with her lonely and courageous attitude. They are allies, confidants, and fellow travelers who share the only light in the darkness. He gave her a jade belt, and she reciprocated with blood; he suppressed all the undercurrents of tracing her life experience, and she cleared the court of traitors for him. They thought their ideals could cross the chasm, until she became a minister, and an old secret leaked made everything shake...
Concept: Female independence, limitations of the times, love between men and women