The court is like an abyss, and the human heart is like a ghost. You don't need to hold a knife to hurt people. Rumors can kill people. This is insinuation.
Shen Yanci, a newly promoted censor, is proud and specializes in investigating corruption cases among officials. As soon as he entered the capital, he ran into an old case. Back then, a local corruption case was hastily concluded, seemingly settled, but there were traces of deliberate embellishment hidden between the lines of the file. The official responsible for the case resigned mysteriously, and relevant witnesses encountered inexplicable disasters one after another, and no one dared to speak frankly about the inside story. All attacks are never carried out openly, but spread rumors, weave stigma, sow discord among people in the dark, use invisible techniques to frame opponents, and kill people invisible, just like insinuations.
Su Wan, a seemingly carefree and carefree concubine from an aristocratic family, was born into an old noble family. She had seen through the strife in the court and the intrigues in the house since she was a child. She is well versed in people's calculations and can see through the traps of words and rumors at a glance. Her family is deeply involved in factional disputes and has been secretly slandered by political opponents for many years, making every step difficult.
A dusty old case tied the two people to the same dangerous chess game. Shen Yanci holds the power of supervision and faces the official game on the surface; Su Wan hides behind the scenes and dismantles the invisible rumors, perjury and slander.
They worked together to investigate and discovered that the corruption case was just the tip of the iceberg. The two forces in the DPRK and China have been fighting for many years. Anyone who hinders their interests will encounter endless backlash: fabricating scandals, sowing dissension, and framed accusations. They do not use swords, but only use slanderous rumors to ruin people's reputations, ruin their careers, and even destroy their families.
It is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.
Crisis struck again and again, rumors and malicious rumors were overwhelming, and stigmas followed. The two were repeatedly caught in the trap and separated by deliberately created misunderstandings. Suspicion and trust are repeatedly pulled back and forth, and the game of power is shocking at every step. They not only want to find out the real culprit in the old case and tear apart the vicious methods used by political opponents to harm people through rumors, but they also have to stick to their hearts and not fall into this quagmire of mutual conflict.
When all the lies and falsehoods were torn apart, the mastermind behind everything emerged. They will eventually understand that it is never ghosts who insinuate, but the people who are obsessed with power.
Purpose: ancient costume strategy