Introduction to the novel "Hairpin Flowers Scattered"
The Ruan family in Jiangnan once made a name for itself in Beijing with an elegant hairpin banquet, but it collapsed one night after the Shangyuan Festival. Ruan Shuchong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was accused of "collaborating with the enemy and treason", and his entire family was executed. However, Ruan Yujun, the legitimate daughter, was rescued by a loyal servant, and buried her deep hatred for the chief judge Shen Yanci in the blood feud.
Three years later, Ruan Yujun, who went by the pseudonym "Hua Wu Nian", sneaked into the library of Jingzhao Mansion just to find out the truth about the family's injustice, but accidentally ran into a series of murders in the capital. The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Commander of the Forbidden Army, the Historian of the Former Dynasty... Seven deceased persons with very different identities died one after another. Some hairpins were left behind, some withered flowers were hidden at the scene, and the strange poison pointed at the same pair of black hands.
She teamed up with the upright young minister of Dali Temple, Gu Jingchi, to investigate the case, and got acquainted with Su Xin, a medical woman from the Taiyuan Hospital with superb medical skills, and Xie Sheng, a widower with astonishing insight. However, she repeatedly encountered her "enemy" at the crime scene - the censor Zhongcheng Shen Yanci. He was as cold as ice, but he always paved the way for her in the dark; she hated him deeply, but fell into confusion under his probing eyes.
As clues intertwined, the deceased were secretly related to the old case of the Ruan family, and a secret society called "Hairpin Flower" gradually emerged. When the seventh murder case pointed to the blood letter written by the former chief inquisitor, and when the old belongings of the Ruan family and the murder toxin were suddenly discovered in Shen Yanci's study, the truth was like a sharp knife piercing the disguise: he was the "executioner" who framed her family and destroyed her family, and he was also a lone brave man who endured humiliation and avenged the Ruan family.
Are the seven murders a chess game of revenge or a bigger conspiracy? The shadow of the hairpin shrouded the court, and Ruan Yujun was caught between blood feud and complicated emotions, and was forced to join forces with Shen Yanci and his partners. When the final showdown comes and the injustice is vindicated, is it the price of letting go of hatred or a complete farewell to the one you love? The hairpins in Jiangnan bloom every year, and the past soaked in blood and tears will eventually settle after the wind and rain.
Purpose: Explore the good and evil in people's hearts, family injustice cases, and heart-crushing cases