[Strong Female Lead] [Court Intrigue] [Redemption] [Imperial Court] [Serious Drama]
[The heroine is career-minded and stays sharp throughout; the hero is genuinely frail, with no secret identity or golden finger power-up. The romance is a slow burn, and the early story focuses purely on solving cases.]
Shen Qingyan is the only female official in the Great Zhao Dynasty, and the sharpest blade in the imperial court.
A land survey case completely derails the Cui family's plan to marry into her marquis household and take over its inheritance. It also uncovers another horrific bloodbath, deliberately buried in hell.
Once the most celebrated prodigy in the capital, he vanished without a trace six years ago. When he reappears, he is a dying
