Ji Shurong transmigrated into the position of a junior official in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. The moment she arrived, she was arrested and taken to the Dali Temple.
She had killed a grand secretary of the Hall of State Affairs, with witnesses and evidence against her. Only her skill at fortune-telling won her a slim chance of survival.
An edict assigned her to the Dali Temple and gave her three months to find the real culprit. Otherwise, she'd be executed.
“The Dali Temple doesn't keep idle people. If you can't solve this case, the Records Office could use another clerk.”
Qin Guanlin had assumed she was only at the Dali Temple to polish her credentials, but Ji Shurong really did identify the culprit.
As the investigation progressed, Ji Shurong discovered that they were already caught up in a deep whirlpool.
Ji Shurong once thought she and Qin Guanlin were on the same side, someone she could at least trust.
Until she saw a stranger standing on the execution ground, and Qin Guanlin silently covered her eyes with his hand.
“Let's go.”
“You knew all along, didn't you?” Ji Shurong asked.
Qin Guanlin said nothing, only looked at her.
Ji Shurong suddenly strode up to Qin Guanlin and grabbed him by the collar!
“Qin Guanlin, answer me! You knew all along, didn't you?!”
“Yes.” Qin Guanlin's expression remained calm. “So what are you going to do about it?”
Ji Shurong's mind went completely blank.
When she came to her senses, her hands were already around Qin Guanlin's throat.
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Theme: Everything in the name of justice
I don't like the heroine crying in front of strangers, and I can understand that her mentality is unstable just after time travel, but this cry has left me with the impression that she is weak and can be bullied, especially when the opposite person is a man, especially like in romance novels where the heroine cries and the hero immediately helps the heroine without any reason.