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690 A.D. Outside the Imperial Palace in Luoyang, a giant Buddhist stupa pagoda is under construction. On the date of its completion, China's first female Emperor, Wu Zetian (Carina Lau), will formally ascend the throne of the largest and most powerful country in the world. But a series of unexplained incidents are threatening Wu's rise to power. Over a period of eight years, seven men who were all her trusted subordinates have spontaneously combusted in public; all that remains are hardened black ash and skeletal bones. Clearly, the murderer is challenging her authority. Determined to solve the case before her ascension, she turns to an unlikely savior, Dee Renjie (Andy Lau). She appoints Dee Renjie as Chief Judge of the Empire, a prestigious position that he had declined when she had offered it to him eight years ago. She believes that only the intellectually cultivated Dee Renjie has the wisdom - and the martial arts - to uncover the conspiracy against her.

Assassins --- Assassins. --- Detective and mystery plays. --- Empresses --- Empresses. --- Murder --- Murder. --- Tang Dynasty (China). --- Wu hou, --- Di, Renjie, --- 618-907. --- China --- China. --- History