Knife Edict

In the 23rd year of the Jiajing reign, Shen Yan, a member of the Jinyiwei family, was ordered to investigate the "suicide" case of Zhou Jin, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Industry, but unexpectedly uncovered the mystery of the disappearance of 500,000 taels of silver transported by water from the south of the Yangtze River. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case not only involves the power struggle between the second prince and the civil service group, but is also consistent with the old case of his father's mysterious "died of illness" ten years ago - both generations were silenced because of their exposure to the shady story of water transport. The emperor gave him a "secret agent's token", tacitly allowing him to check and balance all parties; the prince gave him a "gold medal for immunity", hoping to use it for his own use; but in the dark, the eunuchs and the vassal king's forces were also ready to move. Shen Yan uses the Xiuchun Dao as the blade and the prison as the prison, and he is at every step between loyalty and revenge, truth and survival. When imperial power becomes the highest conspiracy, and when "Edict" and "Knife" become shackles to each other, he will eventually understand: The so-called "Edict" is both the sharp blade assigned by the emperor and the shackles that cut off the return journey.