New Beauty Case

"New Guillotine Case" tells the story of Chen Shimei (played by Ding Zhicheng) and Qin Xianglian (played by Hao Lei) from Hejian during the Song Dynasty. They were childhood sweethearts and promised each other life and death. However, the Qin family disliked Shimei's humble background and did not want to marry their daughter off, so they married themselves secretly. In desperation, Shimei Xianglian made an appointment to elope. Unexpectedly, that night, a bloody massacre occurred in Jinyun Embroidery Workshop where they met - their friends Xiaoxia and her family were killed for no reason... It turns out that all this was done by Guo Huai (played by Fu Biao), the head of the dynasty. Many years ago, in order to compete with Concubine Li for favor, Concubine Liu in the palace, together with Guo Huai and Taishi Pang, planned to steal Concubine Li's flesh and blood, and burned Concubine Li to death in the cold palace. Concubine Liu became the current Holy Queen. Now, an embroidered handkerchief scattered from Jinyun Embroidery Fang convinces Guo Huai that Concubine Li is still alive... The murder case at Jinyun Embroidery Fang revealed clues about Chen Shimei's life experience. From his master, Elder Jingtong, he learned that he was the orphan of Zhongliang Chen Zhongfei, who shed blood in the wilderness to protect Concubine Li. At the request of Elder Jingtong, Qin's father consummated Shimei Xianglian's marriage. Unexpectedly, when Shimei went to Beijing to take the exam, Guo Zheng and others falsely conveyed the imperial edict and bloodbathed Qin Xianglian's family... Shimei heard the bad news and vowed revenge. After passing the exam, he met his imperial sister Princess Ziyu (played by He Lin), and he decided to use the royal power to fight