In the first year of Dazu, undercurrents surged in Luoyang Palace City. Princess Yongtai died suddenly late at night in the eighth month of her pregnancy. The palace hastily set the tone for "sudden illness" and strictly ordered the news to be blocked. All relevant records were deliberately sealed.
Su Ye, a female medicine officer at the bottom of Shang Yao Bureau who was on duty that night, just wanted to work safely, but she found undisturbed medicine residue outside the Imperial Medical Office. After careful comparison, it turned out that a powerful blood-breaking medicine that moved the fetus was found - completely contrary to the symptoms of the princess's violent death. A hidden murder case came to light.
Su Ye didn't dare to say anything, so he teamed up with his senior sister Bai Su (the chief pharmacist of Shang Yao Bureau) and Jiang Xin, the food doctor of Shang Food Bureau, to check the pulse and dietary records in a low-key manner. But as soon as each key clue was found, it was broken one after another: the ledger was tampered with, the palace staff was transferred, the female official in charge of the food fell into the well and died. Eleven insiders all died in "accidents", and a nine-month chain of silence gradually became clear.
In a desperate situation, Ai Nian, a former member of the cold palace, handed over a letter that had been hidden for many years, revealing the core secret: the prince-in-law eavesdropped on the prince's secret discussion on abolishing the throne. In order to protect the overall situation, the superior decided to purge all insiders, and Princess Yongtai was innocently implicated and killed.
Su Ye gathered the ironclad medical evidence and manuscripts, and when he was getting closer to the truth, he was targeted by the Queen's attendant Zheng Min. Wu Zetian weighed the pros and cons and did not want another turmoil to shake people's hearts, so she made a covenant with Su Ye: she would pardon the three of them for all their transgressions and allow them to work safely, but they must keep the truth sealed for life and never leak it.
Su Ye vowed to keep his companions safe. After the storm subsided, Ai Nian died quietly. She transcribed the entire case and sealed it in the mezzanine of the medicine cabinet of Shang Yao Bureau. Thousands of years later, archeology at the Luoyang Palace City ruins revealed the dust-covered manuscripts, and the long-standing case of Princess Yongtai finally came to light.
Purpose: The integrity of the doctors who guard the country under the shadow of the imperial power will redress the injustice for thousands of years.