The Bizarre Case: The Magistrate's Wife Is Always Trying to Run Away

Also known as Scheming: Imperial Splendor.

The Wenzhou Continent is divided among four powers: Yin Shang, Xia, Great Zhou, and Northern Luo, all locked in fierce rivalry and covert competition. The assassin organization Wangyue City looms over the four kingdoms like a dense cloud veiling the moon, its very existence threatening to devour the moonlight.

When Wangyue once again reaches out toward Yin Shang, Yin Shang seeks a way to deal with it, casting out bait to lure the fish.

The meeting between Yun Feng and Qing Ting is both ordained by fate and an inevitable consequence of the struggle between Yin Shang and Wangyue. The two are both at odds and complementary, supporting one another. When their investigation into a series of cases uncovers the conflict between Wangyue and the Yin Shang imperial house, the paths before them begin to diverge.

Sometimes Yun Feng thinks Qing Ting must be the greatest nemesis on his life's path; at other times, he feels she is Heaven's gift to him.

Qing Ting thinks Yun Feng is a jinx, and that danger always follows wherever she goes with him. Yet his good manners and understanding of her make her unable to resist her feelings, and she cannot help wanting to draw closer.

Dangerous things have always held a fatal appeal. Reason tells Qing Ting to flee whenever danger approaches, but Yun Feng always manages to pull her back.

As their struggle with Wangyue unfolds, what will become of their fates? And as Qing Ting tries to stay alive, which way should she turn...