The Case Files of Shen Yu and Su Wanqing

During the Zhenguan era, a bizarre case involving the destruction of an imperial gift, an ancient painting, brings together Shen Yu, an assistant official at the Court of Judicial Review who champions absolute rationality, and Su Wanqing, a female official in the Ministry of Works with the power of "microscopic insight." One believes in laws and regulations, the other trusts the "language" of objects. Though their principles clash, they are forced to join hands and unravel the mystery. They face not only elaborate crimes, but also the tangled undercurrents of court politics and a shocking past deliberately buried in oblivion.