Coroner’s Diary is a 2025 Chinese mystery romance historical series which rapidly emerged as one of the genre-defining dramas of the year. Also known by its Chinese title 朝雪录 (Zhao Xue Lu) and adapted from Bu Yue Qian Zhuang’s highly acclaimed web novel, “The Powerful and Favored Coroner Imperial Concubine,” this series captivated viewers with its fusion of meticulous forensic science, court intrigue, and an emotionally charged tale of survival and justice.
Set during an era fraught with political upheaval, the narrative centers on Shen Wan, the only daughter of Shen Yi, a reputable minister of the Supreme Court. After her entire family is slaughtered under false accusations in the notorious Prince of Jin case, Shen Wan flees to Jingzhou disguised as Qin Wan, the ninth daughter of the Qin family. Once known as a gentle and seemingly weak character, she undergoes a powerful transformation, mastering both medicine and forensic investigation.
Qin Wan’s expertise extends beyond healing: her skills as an amateur coroner allow her to solve complex crimes, outwitting cunning relatives and overcoming deadly palace intrigue. As she pursues the truth, she encounters Yan Chi, the determined crown prince of King Rui. United by a common quest for justice—overturning the Prince of Jin’s wrongful charges—they return to the capital, gradually unraveling a series of mysterious cases. The discovery of a hidden skeleton reopens the Prince’s case, and as the investigation deepens, the two unearth secrets that threaten to upend the empire’s core. Their professional partnership evolves into a profound romantic bond, adding yet another layer of complexity to their fight for justice.
Coroner’s Diary stands out for its strong, nuanced female lead, as well as its intelligent narrative, which combines suspense, medical science, emotional character arcs, and romance. Its lush costume design, set construction based on historical research, and a talented main cast helped the show gain significant acclaim both domestically and abroad.
Coroner’s Diary Drama Information
- Japanese Title: 朝雪録〜女医復讐記〜 | Korean Title: 조설록 | Chinese Title: 朝雪录
- Genres: Mystery, Historical, Romance, Drama
- Episodes: 38
- Release Date: 2025
- Air Time: Weekly (China standard time)
- Directors: Li Hui Zhu, Deng Wei En
- Screenwriter: Zou Yue
- Adaptation: Based on Bu Yue Qian Zhuang’s novel “The Powerful and Favored Coroner Imperial Concubine”
- Production: iQIYI Original, local Chinese studios
- Main Cast: Landy Li (Li Landi), Ao Ruipeng, Yu Chengen, Shen Yujie, others
- Music: Official OST released post-launch YouTube OST
- Production Budget: Not disclosed (reported as high for period drama standards)
- Viewership Ratings: Top 10 of all-time on iQIYI for original Chinese dramas
- Age Rating: 15+
- Network: iQIYI (China/International); WeTV (global)
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Chiness Drama Coroner’s Diary Cast
Qin Wan / Shen Wan | Actor: Li Landi (child: Feng Mi) | Role: Daughter of Shen Yi, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, skilled in medicine and autopsy, seeking to clear her father’s name.
Yan Chi | Actor: Ao Ruipeng (child: Gong Juerui, dubbed: Zhang Fuzheng) | Role: Heir to Prince Rui, young marshal of the Shuoxi Army, solves cases with Qin Wan.
Yan Li | Actor: Yu Chengen (child: Lou Qinzhe) | Role: Heir to Prince Yi.
Yue Ning | Actor: Shen Yujie (child: Mao Yimo) | Role: Yongning Princess of the Anyang Marquis household, Qin Wan’s ally.
Yan Huai | Actor: Ren Zhong | Role: Emperor.
Grand Princess | Actor: Tian Niu | Role: Key royal figure, noble and kind, shows genuine care for Qin Wan.
Old Madame Qin | Actor: Wang Ji | Role: Qin An’s mother, outwardly kind but the mastermind behind the Qin family’s dark secrets.
Empress Dowager | Actor: Dai Chunrong (young: Zhang Yizhi) | Role: Powerful royal figure.
Feng Lingsu | Actor: Zeng Yongti | Role: Consort Su.
Yan Ze | Actor: Yang Shize (child: Ding Chenzhe, young: Wu Zijian) | Role: Yan Chi’s associate (details unclear).
Yan Zhen | Actor: Hu Yiyao (child: Gong Juerui) | Role: Yan Chi’s associate (details unclear).
Bai Feng | Actor: Cheng Hongxin | Role: Deputy general of the Shuoxi Army.
Lin | Actor: Zhu Yan | Role: Qin family member (details unclear).
Other Coroner’s Diary Cast
Other Coroner’s Diary cast
Qin Xiang | Actor: Wang Junbi | Role: Fifth daughter of the Qin family.
Qin Shuang | Actor: Pan Junya | Role: Sixth daughter of the Qin family.
Qin Chaoyu | Actor: Chen Siyi | Role: Eighth daughter of the Qin family, prince consort candidate.
Qin Yan | Actor: Cui Shaoyang | Role: Third son of the Qin family, heir to Marquis Zhongyong.
Qin Li | Actor: Luo Zekai | Role: Second son of the Qin family.
Qin Chen | Actor: Tian Guangyu | Role: Eldest son of the Qin family, in love with Caihe.
Yao Xinlan | Actor: Li Jiaxin | Role: Qin Chen’s wife, second daughter of Jianzhou Prefect.
Qin An | Actor: Chen Guanning | Role: Qin Shu’s third brother.
Qin Liang | Actor: He Juncheng | Role: Qin Shu’s second brother.
Liu Chun | Actor: Wang Jing | Role: Liu family steward.
Liu | Actor: Liu Ruiqiao | Role: Eighth concubine of the Qin family.
Yang | Actor: Mei Baolai | Role: Second concubine of the Qin family, Caihe’s mother.
Zhao Shuhua | Actor: Li Sheng | Role: Empress.
Yue Qiong | Actor: Zheng Qi | Role: Anyang Marquis.
Yue Jia | Actor: Xu Haoxiang | Role: Heir to the Anyang Marquis household.
Yue Qing | Actor: Li Zhuoyang | Role: Second son of the Anyang Marquis household.
Song Rou | Actor: Xiao Yuanxi | Role: Has an affair with Wei Yanzhi, killed by him.
Wei Yanzhi | Actor: Li Daikun | Role: Song Rou’s childhood friend and lover.
Wei Qizhi | Actor: Qiang Yu | Role: Eldest legitimate son of the Wei family.
Huo Huaixin | Actor: Li Shipeng | Role: Jingzhou Prefect.
Xu He | Actor: Tang Haoyuan | Role: Coroner, studying autopsy techniques.
Huo Ning | Actor: Zhang Hongming | Role: Huo Huaixin’s son.
Madame Huo | Actor: Ma Ding | Role: Huo Huaixin’s wife.
Constable Qi | Actor: Qu Yicheng | Role: Leader of constables.
Qin Shu | Actor: Zhang Mingjian | Role: Marquis Zhongyong.
Hu | Actor: Hu Xiaoting | Role: Wife of Marquis Zhongyong.
Sun Haoyue | Actor: Ji Xiaobing | Role: Senior disciple of Medicine King Valley.
Bai Feiyan | Actor: Li Shuya | Role: Sun Haoyue’s associate (details unclear).
Bai Feijue | Actor: Wang Zihe | Role: True Bai Feijue.
Fake Bai Feijue | Actor: Liu Runming | Role: Impostor Bai Feijue.
Constable Song | Actor: Zhang Chenglang | Role: Leader of constables.
Xiao Songzi | Actor: Wang Hongli | Role: Servant at Baicao Garden.
Dong Shu | Actor: Liu Xiu | Role: Household servant.
Aunt Lin | Actor: Wang Zhiyuan | Role: Household servant.
Pang Fuliang | Actor: Zhou Yuan | Role: Richest merchant in the northwest.
Pang Steward | Actor: Qiao Fei | Role: Pang family steward.
Madame Pang | Actor: Yao Tong | Role: Pang Fuliang’s wife.
Pang Yiwen | Actor: Hao Yiran | Role: Eldest son of the Pang family.
Pang Jiayun | Actor: Jiang Lai | Role: Daughter of the Pang family.
Pang Jiayan | Actor: Li Muchen | Role: Son of the Pang family.
Liu Renli | Actor: Liu Yapeng | Role: Jianghuai Circuit Transport Commissioner and salt inspector.
Li Muyun | Actor: Cai Yida | Role: New Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, Shen Yi’s accuser.
Wang Huaiyu | Actor: Min Zheng | Role: Yuzhou Prefect.
Qingli | Actor: Hu Yilin | Role: Leader of the Shuangqing Troupe.
Qingxi | Actor: Zhang Dong | Role: Qingli’s mentor (details unclear).
Caihe | Actor: Sun Xuening | Role: Old Madame Qin’s maid, Yang’s daughter.
Lianye | Actor: Yu Wenxia | Role: Old Madame Qin’s second-class maid.
Wantang | Actor: Xu Yuhan | Role: Maid (details unclear).
Wanxing | Actor: Wu Jingxin | Role: Member of the young marshal’s Shadow Seven.
Wanyu | Actor: Liu Yiling | Role: Maid (details unclear).
Xiuqin | Actor: Li Min | Role: Maid (details unclear).
Xiushu | Actor: Xia Qianyi | Role: Maid (details unclear).
Zheng Baishi | Actor: Chen Junan | Role: Details unclear.
Fuling | Actor: Wang Luqing | Role: Qin Wan’s maid.
Lvxiu | Actor: Yu Jiaqi | Role: Maid of the Anyang Marquis household.
Madame Shen Yi | Actor: Geng Liming | Role: Shen Wan’s mother.
Shen Yi | Actor: Zhao Bin | Role: Shen Wan’s father, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Prince Yu | Actor: Wang Jianxin | Role: Royal prince.
Princess Yu | Actor: Deng Yawen | Role: Prince Yu’s consort.
Prince Jin | Actor: Du Ziyang | Role: Royal prince, central figure in a case.
Consort Jin | Actor: Du Jiaren | Role: Royal consort.
Yan Lin | Actor: Ma Jinghan | Role: Prince Rui, Yan Chi’s father.
Chiness Drama Coroner’s Diary plot summary
Episode 1
On a rainy night at the capital’s dock, Shen Yi, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, along with his wife and daughter, is pursued by assassins. Shen Yi and his wife are fatally shot with arrows, and their friend Qin Liang dies protecting Shen Wan. Shen Wan escapes by jumping into the river, clutching her father’s letter, determined to uncover the truth behind the murder under the identity of Qin Liang’s deceased daughter, Qin Wan. Months later, Qin Wan and her maid Fuling enter Jingzhou City in mourning attire. The wife of Prefect Huo visits the Qin residence to dissolve the engagement between Qin Wan and her son Huo Ning. Old Madame Qin resists, but Qin Wan appears at the gate, claiming her father Qin Liang perished in a shipwreck and presenting his private seal to claim her place in the family. Old Madame Qin reluctantly allows her entry but deems her inauspicious, confining her and Fuling for a year. A year later, Qin Wan swears at Qin Liang’s grave to return to the capital to avenge her parents and Qin Liang. While in the city, she saves the gravely ill Grand Princess and is invited by the princess’s granddaughter Yue Ning to her mansion to express gratitude. There, Qin Wan meets Yan Chi, the young marshal of the Shuoxi Army and heir to Prince Rui. Yan Chi is wary of Qin Wan’s sudden appearance to treat his great-aunt. At the wedding of the Grand Princess’s grandson Yue Jia, the bride is found headless in her sedan chair.
Episode 2
The headless bride causes chaos, and Yan Chi takes control, promising to resolve the case. Wei Yanzhi, responsible for escorting the bride, suspects Yue Jia of the murder, nearly sparking a conflict. Qin Wan observes quietly, planning to gain the Grand Princess’s trust by solving the case. Yan Chi notices Qin Wan spying and allows her to inspect the bride’s body. Intrigued by her ability to perform autopsies, he orders his guard Bai Feng to investigate her background. Qin Wan volunteers to assist the Anyang Marquis’s household, and Yan Chi tests her skills by assigning her a murder case. Her precise determination of the cause of death impresses everyone, and Yan Chi permits her to join the headless bride case. Qin Wan and Yue Ning encounter Wei Yanzhi at the training ground, his behavior raising her suspicions. The Grand Princess, worried about her grandson’s involvement, faints from worsening health. Qin Wan boldly suggests a risky abdominal drainage procedure, and Yan Chi allows her to proceed.
Episode 3
Qin Wan successfully operates on the Grand Princess, but her avoidance of questions about Shen Yi catches Yan Chi’s attention. The Anyang Marquis invites Qin Wan to stay at the mansion to care for the Grand Princess. At night, Qin Wan and Fuling see a “headless ghost” in a wedding dress outside their window. Qin Wan and Yan Chi deduce someone is trying to scare her away from the autopsy. Qin Wan notes the ghost impersonator is left-handed, prompting Yan Chi to order Prefect Huo to screen all servants. Qin Wan insists on conducting the autopsy soon, and Yan Chi supports her. Yan Chi receives urgent news from the capital that Shen Yi and his wife’s bodies were found at the riverbed, but their daughter Shen Wan remains missing. He orders a continued search for her. Rumors spread among the Anyang Marquis’s servants that Qin Wan is a harbinger of misfortune, which she and Yan Chi believe is a ploy by the murderer to obstruct her investigation. Yan Chi arranges for her to perform the autopsy and gifts her a set of fine autopsy tools. At the mortuary, Qin Wan examines the headless corpse, concluding the victim was dressed in wedding attire and placed in the sedan after death. She also finds bite marks on the shoulder, suggesting the victim had a secret lover before marriage.
Episode 4
Using bite marks and white-toothed ants, Qin Wan deduces Song Rou, the victim, likely had a secret lover, though Prefect Huo doubts this and hesitates to allow an autopsy due to potential objections from Duke Song. The constables fail to find Song Rou’s head at the crime scene, leading Qin Wan to suspect the killer took it to conceal evidence. Yan Chi orders Wei Yanzhi to write to Duke Song for permission to dissect the body. Suspecting Wei Yanzhi, Qin Wan plans to use herself as bait at an upcoming garden lantern festival to lure the culprit. Meanwhile, Wei Yanzhi learns his brother Wei Qizhi has left the capital. At the festival, Qin Wan, Yue Ning, Wei Yanzhi, and Fuling enjoy the event, but Wei Yanzhi is drawn away by music. Qin Wan follows him alone, while Yan Chi, protecting her from the shadows, is separated by the crowd. She notices Wei Yanzhi’s odd behavior, and a lantern tower nearly crushes her, but Yan Chi saves her, getting injured. Qin Wan treats his wounds, deepening their bond. Yan Chi insists on the autopsy, but a fire breaks out at the mortuary that night, charring the body. Qin Wan persists, discovering the victim’s wide pelvis and tilted sacrum, indicating she was pregnant before death.
Episode 5
Qin Wan’s autopsy confirms Song Rou was pregnant before marriage, and questioning Wei Yanzhi points to Wei Qizhi, a left-handed man with a past affair with Song Rou, as the suspect. Qin Wan finds undigested paper scraps mixed with gold lacquer in Song Rou’s stomach, suggesting she swallowed a love letter to protect her lover. Still suspicious of Wei Yanzhi, Qin Wan visits him under the pretense of checking his cold, noticing a burning stove, open window, and heavy incense, which raises her suspicions. Wei Qizhi is arrested but denies guilt. During interrogation, Yan Chi and Qin Wan find Prefect Huo torturing him, angering them. Qin Wan learns Wei Qizhi is allergic to lacquer, ruling him out as the letter’s writer. He denies the affair, revealing another lover. Yan Chi and Qin Wan confirm Wei Yanzhi as the killer, apprehending him with evidence. Unrepentant, Wei Yanzhi is convicted. Qin Wan restores Song Rou’s body for dignity, earning Wei Qizhi’s gratitude. Yan Chi shifts his plan from joining the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Justice to investigate the Prince Jin case with Qin Wan’s help.
Episode 6
Qin Chen’s pregnant wife Yao Xinlan faces complications after returning from her family visit, and Qin Wan saves her, learning Yao suspects Qin Chen’s infidelity. Yan Chi offers to help Qin Wan return to the capital, delighting her. He notices someone spying on her courtyard and orders an investigation. Qin Li, the second son, follows Qin Wan and discovers the body of maid Lianye, screaming in shock. Qin Wan finds Lianye long dead with strangulation marks and a piece of purple bamboo in her skirt. She urges reporting the case, but steward Liu Chun dissuades her. Back in her room, Qin Li confesses he has syphilis and begs for treatment, which Qin Wan agrees to, asking about purple bamboo locations in the mansion. Searching the bamboo grove for clues, she is interrupted by Liu Chun. Old Madame Qin sends two maids to Qin Wan, likely to monitor her, and Qin Wan tasks Fuling with watching them. At the mansion’s pharmacy, Qin Wan finds the Eighth Concubine’s prescription also treats syphilis, though Qin Li insists he contracted it outside. Sixth daughter Qin Shuang, upset over confinement, attempts suicide, falls into a dry well near the flower trellis, and claims to see human bones, but her mother Lin and Liu Chun deny it, raising Qin Wan’s suspicions.
Episode 7
Yan Chi is appointed as an investigating censor in the Ministry of Justice and asks Anyang Marquis Yue Qiong to secure a reliable identity for Qin Wan to investigate the Prince Jin case in the capital. The Eighth Concubine is murdered, and Yan Chi enlists Qin Wan’s help. They find the body was moved, suggesting an insider. Questioning the maids who found the body reveals their lies, and Old Madame Qin admits she had them move it from the flower trellis to conceal a late-night tryst. Investigating the trellis near the bamboo grove, Yan Chi and Qin Wan suspect a familiar culprit. Coroner Xu He reports possible syphilis symptoms on the Eighth Concubine’s body. Yan Chi and Qin Wan discuss the case in a carriage, deciding to examine all male household members to identify her lover. Yao Xinlan’s condition worsens, and Qin Wan discovers musk in her medicine. Old Madame Qin faints in anger upon learning of the male inspections. Treating her, Qin Wan is questioned about the killer, responding that they’re still at large. Qin Chen warns Qin Wan to be cautious and seek him if in trouble.
Episode 8
Qin An, distressed by the Eighth Concubine’s case, worsens his syphilis. Qin Wan finds a maid from his courtyard took musk from the pharmacy for delirium, though he shows no such symptoms. Yan Chi suspects the missing Liu Chun as the killer, but Qin Wan believes he’s framed and urges finding him. Ghostly lights appear in the bamboo grove, prompting Yan Chi to search it, uncovering a sealed well with its demon-suppressing stone removed. They find Liu Chun’s body inside, killed by strangulation from behind, matching the Eighth Concubine’s murder. Yan Chi theorizes the killer lured Liu Chun to hide there before strangling him. Digging deeper, they find a skull and bones, which Old Madame Qin claims belong to Concubine Yang, who died by suicide eight years ago. Yan Chi and Qin Wan find traces of staged ghostly lights, suspecting Yang’s death isn’t as simple as claimed. Qin Wan guides Yan Chi and Xu He in reconstructing the bones, revealing Yang died aged 20-30 from a fall, having borne a child. Bai Feng learns Yang’s former servants were dismissed by Old Madame Qin, prompting Yan Chi to question others.
Episode 9
Yan Chi and Huo Huai interrogate Lin, learning Yang bore a child. Qin Chen blocks further well investigations. Yan Chi pressures the ailing Qin An, who reveals Yang was trafficked into the mansion. Qin Wan finds an extra palm bone among the remains, suggesting another victim, but Old Madame Qin reseals the well. Yan Chi reopens it, uncovering multiple teenage girls’ skeletons. Old Madame Qin panics, ordering Qin Chen to send Qin An away, but Constable Qi stops them. Qin Wan’s examination reveals the victims suffered prolonged abuse. Qin Li tells Qin Wan that Qin An kept a courtyard for girls, later sealed, suspecting these are the well’s victims.
Episode 10
Qin An’s condition deteriorates from poisoning, suggesting an attempt to silence him. Yan Chi and Qin Wan link the poisoning to prior mansion murders, possibly revenge by victims’ families. They uncover thirteen skeletons and review missing persons records, finding details of a Yang family fire and Yang’s two daughters. Suspecting Yang’s eldest daughter as the culprit or mastermind, they search for her. In the mansion garden, they deduce moving the demon-suppressing stone was the killer’s first act of revenge. Qin Wan discovers a method to move the stone using bamboo, feasible for two people, even a woman. Qin An confesses to buying girls through Qingyuan Pawnshop, prompting Yan Chi to seal it and search for Yang’s daughter. Qin Wan learns from Qin Li that Qin Chen has an affair with Old Madame Qin’s maid Caihe, likely Yang’s daughter. Yan Chi deduces Caihe’s identity via her colorblind husband. Qin Wan confronts Qin Chen about Caihe’s vengeful acts, including poisoning Yao Xinlan, which he refuses to believe. Meanwhile, Caihe lures Yao Xinlan to the Buddhist hall.
Episode 11
Qin Chen tries to strangle Qin Wan but is stopped by maid Wanxing, Yan Chi’s secret protector. Caihe sets the Buddhist hall ablaze to kill Old Madame Qin and Yao Xinlan. Qin Chen saves the pregnant Yao Xinlan but fails to rescue Old Madame Qin, who dies. Caihe admits to manipulating Qin Chen and perishes with him in the fire. Yao Xinlan gives birth to a daughter and leaves the Qin mansion. The mansion’s assets are confiscated, and the family relocates to a rural estate. Yan Chi pursues Qingyuan Pawnshop’s mastermind and asks Qin Wan to help clear Prince Jin’s name, thrilling her as her father Shen Yi died due to this case. She agrees. Outside a Jingzhou pharmacy, a farmer seeks help for a drowning boy, leading Qin Wan to meet her senior brother Sun Muqing from Medicine King Valley, who nearly calls her “Shen Wan.” She pulls him aside, and a jealous Yan Chi orders Bai Feng to investigate Sun Muqing, questioning Qin Wan’s feelings for him, which she denies as beyond friendship. Qin Yan, heir to Marquis Zhongyong, arrives to escort Qin Wan and her sisters to the capital, exciting Qin Xiang and Qin Shuang, and giving Qin Wan her chance to return.
Episode 12
Yan Chi realizes Marquis Zhongyong may use the Qin daughters’ marriages to gain influence and urges Prefect Huo to wrap up the pawnshop case so he can travel with Qin Wan to the capital. Qin Wan bids farewell to the Grand Princess, who adopts her as a granddaughter to protect her marriage from the Marquis’s interference. Yue Ning requests to accompany Qin Wan to the capital for protection, and the Grand Princess agrees. Disappointed that Yan Chi may stay in Jingzhou, Qin Wan departs with Qin Yan’s group. Due to weather, they stop at a hostile village where recent murders make locals wary of outsiders, blaming them for demonic events. Villagers demand they leave, but Sun Haoyue and Sun Muqing, Medicine King Valley doctors, intervene, inviting Qin Wan’s group to stay at Baicao Garden. Qin Wan, grateful but puzzled by recent events, especially the Feng family granddaughter’s death, suspects supernatural involvement. In a snowy Baicao Garden, Qin Wan sees a mysterious man locked in a room, and servant Dong Shu explains he has hysteria and is confined for safety.
Episode 13
Qin Wan and Sun Muqing find servant Xiao Songzi crying after chasing a thief who damaged the herb garden instead of stealing medicine. Yue Ning discovers disemboweled dead cats in the plum garden, baffling Qin Wan. The next morning, they learn Xiao Songzi was murdered. Qin Wan finds he was brutally tortured, likely by the previous day’s thief. With Baicao Garden’s remote location delaying officials for two days, Qin Wan searches for clues to prevent further crimes. Yan Chi and Bai Feng arrive exhausted and collapse from cold; Qin Wan and Sun Muqing treat them, with Qin Wan personally nursing Yan Chi, deepening their bond. Constable Song’s sloppy investigation frustrates Qin Wan, and he insults her as a woman who should embroider, prompting Yan Chi’s rebuke. Examining Xiao Songzi’s body, Qin Wan suspects a premeditated act. Yan Chi and Bai Feng locate the crime scene, theorizing Xiao Songzi witnessed the culprit’s actions and was killed for it. Yan Chi decides to protect Sun Haoyue, suspecting he’s the true target.
Episode 14
Qin Yan and steward Zhou discuss Yan Chi and Qin Wan’s relationship, hoping to use her to align Yan Chi with Marquis Zhongyong’s household. Qin Wan learns Qin Xiang may have an affair with Sun Haoyue’s brother-in-law Bai Feijue but can’t intervene. Another servant, Dacheng, is stabbed but saved by the group. The culprit flees to the women’s quarters, taking Qin Xiang hostage, claiming Sun Haoyue killed his daughter and demanding a life-for-life exchange. Qin Wan and Yan Chi try to negotiate, but Bai Feijue shoots the culprit dead, raising Qin Wan’s suspicions. Linking the dead cats to recent demonic rumors, she requests to delay Qin Yan’s return to the capital for further investigation. Qin Xiang, thinking Bai Feijue’s departure is for their marriage, finds a farewell letter and drug powder in his gift. She drugs a maid’s tea and leaves to find him. Qin Wan and Qin Yan pursue them, learning from an innkeeper that Qin Xiang is likely still in Baicao Garden and in danger. Qin Wan and Yue Ning confront Sun Haoyue at Renxin Court, falling unconscious from his drug.
Episode 15
Yan Chi and Bai Feng fail to find Qin Xiang in the forest and return to Baicao Garden. Qin Wan and Yue Ning awaken in a basement, discovering Sun Haoyue’s horrific experiments. Yan Chi, learning of Qin Wan’s disappearance, raids Renxin Court, finding most people, including Dong Shu and Sun Haoyue, gone. Qin Wan and Yue Ning find a drugged Qin Xiang and escape the basement, pursued by Bai Feijue. Threatening their hearts, they kill him and escape. Yan Chi and Bai Feng find a water-powered stone door in Bai Feiyan’s room. Qin Wan’s group reaches a stone door, revealing Sun Haoyue and a deceased Bai Feiyan. Sun Haoyue, insisting she’s only ill, planned heart transplants, killing many. Exposed, he triggers a collapse. Yue Ning and Qin Xiang escape, but Qin Wan is swept away by floodwaters. Yan Chi dives in to save her, and in the underground chamber, they confess their feelings. Yan Chi proposes, but Qin Wan, touched, declines. Bai Feng interrupts their moment.
Episode 16
Learning Marquis Zhongyong plans to offer his niece as a concubine to Prince Yu, Yan Chi heads to Yuzhou to stop it, promising to protect Qin Wan. Prince Yi’s heir Yan Li also attends Prince Yu’s birthday banquet. Qin Yan’s group arrives at the mansion of Yuzhou’s richest man, Pang Fuliang, whose son Pang Yiwen’s lecherous gaze unsettles Qin Wan. Yan Li drags Yan Chi to Tianxiang Tower, where Qin Wan, misled by Yue Ning, thinks they visited a brothel and gets upset. Yan Chi coldly rejects the dancers, jokingly asking Yan Li to dance. Yan Li learns Yan Chi loves Qin Wan and warns him to respect her. Yan Chi spots Li Muyun, Shen Yi’s accuser and now Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, on the guest list, fearing Qin Wan’s reaction. Qin Yan and Pang Fuliang discuss salt transport, with Pang suggesting ties with Liu Renli. Liu Renli secretly warns Madame Qin against provoking Pang and notes Qingli as a threat. Yan Chi visits Qin Wan, flustered when she questions his brothel visit, insisting he was unaware.
Episode 17
At Prince Yu’s garden banquet, Qin Wan locks eyes with Li Muyun, struggling to control her emotions. Li Muyun leaves early, greeting Yan Chi coldly. Qin Yan and Pang Fuliang suspect Liu Renli’s sudden exit ties to the Qingyuan Pawnshop case. Yan Li extracts from Bai Feng that Qin Wan can perform autopsies. During the Shuangqing Troupe’s “Mulian Rescues His Mother,” Qingli, playing Mulian, is shot dead by Yang Ying as the ghost king, causing chaos. Prince Yu faints, and Qin Wan saves him. Yan Chi seals the scene, arrests Yang Ying, and summons Prefect Wang Huaiyu for questioning. In the mortuary, Yan Chi and Qin Wan find the arrow was pure iron, not wood-wrapped, suggesting a planned attack exploiting the performance. They suspect the entire troupe. Wang Huaiyu’s torture of Yang Ying is stopped by Qin Wan, and Yan Chi demands a retrial. Yan Li and Yue Ning, drunk at a brothel, agree to marry to avoid their troubles.
Episode 18
Qin Wan and Fuling hear “Mulian Rescues His Mother” in Qinghui Garden, witnessing Pang Yiwen abusing his stepbrother Pang Jiayan, whose mother is the second wife. Yan Chi learns Pang Fuliang and Liu Renli are from Dingzhou and investigates Qinghui Garden. News arrives of Madame Qin’s suicide, a friend of Pang, Liu, and former troupe leader Qingyun, suggesting complex ties. Yan Chi suspects murder, implicating Pang and Liu. Liu questions Pang about Qingyun’s death, which he denies. Qin Wan finds Madame Qin was fed mandrake-laced wine, causing unconsciousness. Bai Feng finds cloth matching Madame Qin’s dress outside Pang’s study, prompting Yan Chi to question him. Liu, despairing, prepares to flee. Pang Yiwen tries to harass Qin Wan but is stopped by Yue Ning and Yan Li, who warns him off.
Episode 19
Yan Li has Pang Yiwen beaten to vent Qin Wan’s anger, but Pang insists she treat him, allowing her to torment him with acupuncture. Yan Li and Yue Ning visit Yunshao Lane to probe Pang and the troupe. Maid Qingniang asks Qin Wan to treat Madame Pang, revealing her abuse by Pang Fuliang, which she endures for her children. Yan Chi links Qingyun, Pang, and Liu to a decade-old gold heist. Qin Wan and Yue Ning save Pang Jiayun from a sudden seizure, discovering she sang “Mulian Rescues His Mother.” In Pang’s study, Qin Wan finds him stabbed and doused with tung oil, killed by flaming arrows. Trapped, she’s rescued by Yan Chi. Their autopsy links the deaths of Pang and three others to General Zhang’s family from the heist, suspecting Qingxi’s disciple Qinghuan, now Qingniang, as the killer.
Episode 20
Qin Wan’s group leaves Pang’s mansion for the capital, where a woman is brutally murdered. In the Eastern Palace, Prince Yan Che frets over the case. Marquis Zhongyong Qin Shu recommends Qin Wan, citing her success in Jingzhou and Yuzhou. Qin Wan’s family arrives, and Qin Shu praises her, eyeing her for the prince to boost their status, despite his daughter Qin Chaoyu being a prince consort candidate. Hu fears Qin Wan’s prominence, but Qin Chaoyu is confident. Qin Shu asks Qin Wan to solve the women’s murders, and she agrees. Prince Cheng Yan Qi monitors Qin Shu to thwart his aid to the prince. Disguised as a man, Qin Wan examines three female victims at the mortuary, suspecting a single killer. Yan Qi interrupts her autopsy, but Yan Chi protects her identity. They hypothesize a tailor as the killer, and Yan Chi maps the suspect’s range for the capital authorities to search.
Episode 21 (mislabeled as Episode 16)
Yan Chi takes Qin Wan to Yan Li’s Prince Yi mansion to evade Yan Qi. Yan Li’s mother, Madame Yan, gifts Qin Wan a wooden hairpin, a token from her and Prince Yi Yan Han, a former subordinate of Fu Chengye who died saving the emperor, earning the title Prince Yi. Qin Wan vows to protect Yan Chi. Yan Chi and Zhan Yang find a wedding dress contract at Su’s Porridge Shop, pinpointing the victims’ dining spot, and plan to raid Jinyi Pavilion. At the Chongming Hall banquet, Qin Wan and Yue Ning draw attention. Qin Wan’s medical and intellectual prowess impress Emperor Yan Huai, sparking Qin Chaoyu’s jealousy. Yan Chi reveals the civilian women’s murders stemmed from the killer’s envy of high-born brides, relieving Yan Che. The Empress Dowager collapses in Funing Palace, in critical condition.
Episode 22
Emperor Yan Huai promotes Yan Chi to Assistant Minister of Justice and visits the ailing Empress Dowager. On recommendations, he assigns Qin Wan to treat her. Qin Wan diagnoses brain wind invasion and blood vessel compression, proposing strong medicine, which the emperor approves. Using Medicine King Valley’s Golden Needle Eight Methods, Qin Wan stabilizes the Empress Dowager. The emperor grants her a token for palace access. In a carriage, Yan Chi warns Qin Wan about the rivalry between the Empress and Consort Su. Marquis Zhongyong’s household receives imperial rewards, delighting Fuling but fueling Qin Xiang’s jealousy. At the New Year’s court, Qin Wan and Yue Ning attract attention. At Chongming Hall, Beidai’s Yuan siblings and Xihan’s Prince Liu Yun attend, offering Princess Yan Zhen a ruby and a white fox with a control bell, respectively.
Episode 23
Beidai Princess Yuan Wu proposes to Yan Chi publicly, but he rejects her, leaving her heartbroken. Qin Wan is taken by Marquis Zhongyong’s coachman, and Yan Chi’s pursuit is stopped by Yue Ning. Qin Chaoyu and Hu urge Qin Wan to marry Prince Cheng or a Beidai/Xihan prince, but she refuses. Qin Wan and Yan Chi share a kiss by the lake, enraging Yuan Wu, who plots to kill her. Yan Chi reveals his plan to stay in the capital for the Shuoxi Army. Qin Shu scolds Qin Chaoyu for sending Qin Wan to deliver wine to the prince, ordering her to copy the “Female Precepts” in confinement. Qin Wan plans to leave the Qin mansion to avoid suspicion. Treating the Empress Dowager, she advises rest, and the emperor allows Yue Ning to join a郊游. The emperor, disappointed by Prince Yan Sui’s silence, discusses Prince Yan Che’s recklessness with Yan Chi, fearing diplomatic tensions.
Episode 24
Yuan Wu lures Qin Wan to a valley and attacks her; she escapes but falls into a ravine. Yan Chi persuades Emperor Yan Huai to appoint Qin Wan as his aide. Beidai Prince Yuan Hong vanishes, and Yan Chi leads a search. Yuan Rui suspects Liu Yun, leading to conflict. Qin Wan, injured in the forest, leaves clues that Yan Chi finds. Yan Li and Bai Feng search marshes for Yuan Hong. Yan Chi finds Qin Wan unconscious in a cave, nursing her with wild onion soup and woven shoes. Yuan Hong is found gravely injured, and Qin Wan, treating him, finds beast bait in his hair, suspecting it was used to destroy evidence. Yan Chi and Yan Li find Yuan Hong’s knife and bait, confirming an attack. Qin Wan warns of ongoing danger until the culprit is caught. Yan Chi’s capture plan gains Yan Che’s support. Yan Li and Yue Ning find Beidai General Xu Chang with a poison pill outside Yuan Hong’s room.
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C Drama Coroner’s Diary review 2025
It is a masterpiece of the Chinese mystery romance that was released in 2025, about Shim Wan’s journey to revenge, love, and truth surrounding the Jin Wang incident. The drama has gained high expectations among Chinese drama fans for its splendid visual beauty and delicate storytelling. It is the so-called Chinese version of the female Sherlock detective mystery romance.
The process of Shim Wan, the heroine with outstanding medical skills and leadership, growing up in a complex palace conspiracy and revealing the truth provided both tension and emotion. It is a fun drama that solves a mysterious incident that unfolds with a romance with Prince Young-ji, and the colorful costumes and set designs unique to Chinese local dramas also added to the charm of the work.
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