In the ninth year of the Zhenguan Period in the Tang Dynasty, Li Wan Xi, the eldest daughter of the former crown prince Li Jian Cheng, was found hanged at her wedding ceremony. Was it suicide or murder? This is unclear.
After the incident, Li Yuan Gui, the youngest son of the retired emperor Li Yuan, Wei Shu Yin, the daughter of the prime minister Wei Zheng, and two noble youngsters who called the emperor “uncle”, were entrusted by the imperial family to investigate this case together.
As the investigation progressed, the Empress Zhangsun, the crown prince Li Cheng Qian, and the retired emperor Li Yuan’s beloved consort were all suspected of being involved. This matter turned more and more delicate, and the investigation was repeatedly obstructed. All four of them had complicated and unfortunate life experiences. As close relatives of the emperor or prime minister, their marriages, careers, and destiny gradually became intertwined with this strange, unsolved case, and involved the bloody inside story of the “Xuanwu Gate Incident”…
(Translated by Vico SDL)
During the Lantern Festival, Princess Huai Si died mysteriously at a night banquet. Li Pei Yi, the chief guard of the inner court, and Xiao Huai Jin, the Lingtai Lang of the Taishi Bureau, were ordered to investigate, and it was finally found that the murderer was the princess herself. The princess who was betrayed not only punished the heartless man but also personally killed the daughter of the powerful who bullied her and finally jumped off the Penglai Terrace to get rid of the fate of marriage.
Afterwards, Li Pei Yi and Xiao Huai Jin joined hands to uncover a series of “palace secret history” and strange cases that occurred in the inner court of the Tang Dynasty. In the cases involving the fate of various women in the harem, explore the wonders of the Tang Dynasty and feel the wonders of the world. In the process of solving the case, Li Pei Yi gradually found out the truth behind the Xue family’s murder ten years ago and finally exposed the conspiracy of the right prime minister and the concubine.
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