On the night of her wedding, Su Yan, daughter of the Imperial Medical Bureau's director, sees her entire family massacred. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself a widow, with a little toddler trailing after her and calling, "Mama..."
To uncover the truth behind the massacre of the Su family, Su Yan sets out for Chang'an. In order to enter the Dali Temple, she disguises herself as a man and works patiently as a coroner. But she gets caught up in a string of brutal murders targeting celebrated courtesans, and the truth behind her family's destruction begins to emerge. Chang'an is full of treacherous intrigue, and darkness is closing in. Is it the work of wicked hearts, or the workings of karma? A cursed village, a vanished killer...
Each clue leads Su Yan closer to the truth. The cases are baffling, and the human heart is difficult to fathom. With a night banquet approaching, what monsters and demons are lurking behind the scenes? Watch as Su Yan, Chang'an's coroner, joins forces with her hot-tempered superior to clear away the fog and unravel one mystery after another.
