Crisis public relations director Shen Jibai crosses paths with a woman waiting to die in the cold palace of the Dasheng Dynasty, just on the eve of the retrial of the "Queen's Immoral Case".
She was originally a scapegoat, but by mistake she was assigned to the Testimony Department, which specializes in old edicts, abandoned memorials and case files. What's even weirder is that she found that she could "hear" the author's emotions from the ink marks—forged confessions would break, panic memorials would tremble, and hateful suicide notes would float in the middle of the night.
The retrial is coming, and she must reverse the case within three days to save herself. She does not rely on the magic of medical poisoning or the golden finger of the group's favorite. Instead, she relies on the public opinion judgment, information game and narrative manipulation skills developed in modern crisis public relations to survive step by step in the most dangerous battle for the right to speak in the palace.
She first used perjury to counterattack, overturned the old files, and forced the first perpetrator out of the water; then she used the opportunity to spread the news, so that all those who were afraid of her continuing to investigate would reveal their flaws. The case was successfully overturned in three days, and she went from being a female historian to being the actual controller of the Testimony Department.
And the young emperor Xiao Chengxi, who was ostracized by the Queen Mother, relatives and the military government, also saw another possibility in her - she could investigate old cases that he couldn't personally investigate; she could force out people he couldn't touch openly.
He wants to regain the imperial power, and she wants to wash away her old sins.
Starting from testing and using each other, the two teamed up to uncover old cases, clear up perjury, investigate military pay, and pursue the appointment of a crown prince, and finally uncovered the truth about the major case of setting up a crown prince that had been tampered with twenty years ago. She controls the testimony, and he controls the edict. What they want to rewrite in this game is not an unjust case, but the entire Dasheng Dynasty's definition of "truth."
Purpose: In a world controlled by power and rewritten by narrative, there are still people who are willing to pursue the truth, fight for justice, and rewrite their own destiny with sobriety and courage.