The Qing Gui Record: Dust Hidden in the Palace

Xiao Linyuan, the Prince of Zhenbei, holds immense power at court in the Great Jing dynasty. The world calls him cold-blooded and ruthless. He commands three hundred thousand border troops and is a thorn in the emperor’s side that cannot be pulled out. No one knows that Su Qingyao, a newly arrived Hanlin Academy registrar who appears frail and helpless, carries the secret of a decade-old massacre of her family. She has infiltrated the court to uncover the truth behind the tragedy.

She intends to feign allegiance to Xiao Linyuan and use his power to tear through layers of deception, but her careful schemes lead her to stumble upon his deeper plans instead. One conceals a blood feud, the other harbors ambitions to seize control. Each has their own agenda, and each uses the other as a pawn, yet amid repeated brushes with death, feelings neither can control begin to grow. Turmoil ripples through the court, imperial power struggles intensify, and the old case slowly begins to point toward the emperor himself. When revenge collides with the struggle for power, and love and hate leave them torn, will they turn against each other despite taking different paths, or join forces to topple this long-rotted palace?