Web novel writer Lin Wanqing dies suddenly of overwork and transmigrates into her own written novel, becoming the cannon fodder Minister of Punishments Shen Zhao, who is a woman disguised as a man. The young Son of Heaven Zhao Heng and Regent Xiao Yan can hear her inner voice. Navigating the imperial court, breaking through heavy conspiracies, they jointly investigate a corrupt old case and confront the Empress Dowager's power-grabbing scheme. Shen Zhao breaks free from the predetermined tragic destiny, promotes legal reform, fights for the rights of underprivileged women, guards fairness and justice with her own strength, and interprets the grand cause of the era with her family and country in her heart, pleading for the people.