Before joining the imperial court a young Di Renjie was a minor judge in Bianzhou. When his mentor Yan Liben was welcoming Empress Wu back to the imperial court from the Ganye Temple, he encountered a strange ghostly incident called "Qingji". Master Yan was wrongly accused of being the murderer who intended to kill Empress and was jailed. To unravel the mystery, Dee comes to Chang'an alone, and with the help of his lover Gongsun Yu and his friend Yang Lu, a small-time gangster in Chang'an, he solves the "Qing Ji" murder case
Shen Wan, the daughter of the minister of Dali Temple, relied on her superb medical and forensic skills to join hands with Prince Yan Chi to solve unsolved cases and find the real culprit in order to vindicate her father.
Luo Man, a struggling screenwriter, reunites with her wealthy former classmate, Chen Kaixi. As their lives have taken different paths, Luo Man seeks to improve her life through marriage, while Chen Kaixi battles her own marital challenges. The rivalry between them intensifies with the arrival of the young and beautiful Zhong Qingcheng, who becomes a key figure in their evolving dynamic.
