Jiang Mingyu, a modern college student, somehow transmigrated to the ancient world and became a fresh top scholar. The clueless but stubborn guy, armed with the reckless courage of a calf that doesn’t fear a tiger, stepped into officialdom. Fresh out of the academy and clueless about worldly affairs, he was nevertheless appointed by tradition as the Crown Prince’s reading companion, studying side‑by‑side with the heir.

But just as his bureaucratic career was getting off the ground, the emperor suddenly died under mysterious circumstances! The crown prince instantly ascended the throne, and Jiang Mingyu’s standing shot up like a boat in rising water. What awaited them, however, was not the pinnacle of life but a twisted, ever‑shifting arena of palace intrigue and factional scheming.

To investigate the former emperor’s death, the new ruler granted Jiang Mingyu a fifth‑rank imperial envoy commission, an imperial golden hammer, and full authority to conduct the inquiry.