The Minister of Justice of the Grand Court

Su Moyi is the Minister of the Grand Court of Judicial Review, the highest judicial authority in the empire. As the official in charge of retrying major criminal cases, reviewing death sentences, and presiding over politically sensitive trials, he holds the power of life and death in his hands and answers directly to the emperor. Su Moyi is famed in the capital for his immaculate bearing—like a clear breeze beneath a bright moon—and is the secret dream of countless noblewomen. Yet behind that refined exterior lies a terrifying reputation: a ruthless judicial official who fears neither gods nor ghosts, the most feared interrogator in the empire. In court, the words he hears most often are...