The Record of the Hairpin

[A brand-new bonus chapter has been added!] During the reign of Emperor Yizong of Tang, Huang Zixia was a renowned female detective. In a single night, she went from a brilliant crime solver to the woman accused of poisoning her entire family, becoming a wanted fugitive hunted across the land. Li Shubai was a prince, yet he was cursed with the afflictions of widowhood, infirmity, orphanhood, loneliness, and disability, and could not escape his fate. When the emperor arranged his marriage, his prospective princess consort behaved suspiciously, and the curse of widowhood seemed about to come true. Huang Zixia fled alone to the capital to plead her case. By a twist of fate, she met Prince Kui, Li Shubai, along the way. After seeing through her disguise, Li Shubai agreed to reinvestigate the bloody case involving her family. In return, she would investigate the mysteries surrounding him while posing as a young eunuch in his household. The spring lanterns dim as the wind rises; the years leave their sorrow after the rain. Following a trail of scattered clues, Li Shubai and Huang Zixia travel across the nine provinces and beyond. From Jiangnan to the northern frontier, from palaces to desolate villages, the truth behind each baffling case is enough to topple the entire Tang Dynasty.