In the thirtieth year of Guangqi, the new Tang empress is gravely ill, and undercurrents churn through the capital.
Yan Chuyi receives an assassination contract worth ten thousand taels. Her target is in the capital. Curiosity gets the better of her, and on her first night in the city, she sneaks into the imperial palace.
But her target dies before she can kill them. Yan Chuyi laments that even in this new dynasty, earning money is still so hard. Life is tough.
She follows the young coroner to find out who stole her job. Thus begins the bloodiest purge since the founding of the thriving new Tang.
Mystery and deduction + crime-solving + political intrigue + sweet romance
Emotionally detached, brilliant assassin Yan Chuyi VS down-to-earth young coroner Zhu Yu, content with a simple life
Theme: Don't fret over a thousand-mile journey. The wind will come to carry you there!
