short series

The Top Scholar’s Quest to Clear His Mother’s Name

share time: 2025-12-22 00:34:56

Lin Zhao, the newly crowned top scholar, has hidden a decade-long grudge—his mother died wrongfully accused of treason. His pursuit of justice leads him to Su Wantang, the "daughter of a witness" who holds a bloodstained confession from his mother… yet secretly slips him letters implicating the prime minister. As a baby’s silk handkerchief from the royal archives and a poison list from the prime minister’s mansion emerge, Lin Zhao uncovers a bombshell: his mother’s death is tied to the emperor’s hidden lineage—those who killed her were covering up the emperor’s "non-royal" birth. And Su Wantang’s identity? A trap set by the prime minister—she’s an orphan kidnapped to spy on the scholar. When Lin Zhao’s sword presses against the prime minister’s throat, and Su Wantang hands him life-ending evidence through tears, he hesitates: does he want revenge for his mother, or to keep the girl who dared to risk her life with him even in the trap?

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