The story revolves around the young Di Renjie (played by Fu Dalong), Wu Zetian (played by Wang Jing), and Linglong (played by Yang Mi). Through the emotional entanglement between the three for twenty years, the struggle for power between Li Tang and Zhou Wu is carefully depicted. Created by the production team of the "Detective Di Renjie" series of TV series, and continued to be directed by the famous producer Zhang Wenling, "Detective Di Renjie Prequel" once again hits hard, focusing on creating the story of Detective Di Renjie's youth. Unlike the previously launched "Detective Di Renjie" series of TV series, this series adds a lot of emotional entanglements of young people, and strengthens the emotional scenes. Of course, the interlocking exciting suspense story is still the biggest attraction of this TV series. The struggle for power between Zhou Wu and Li Tang is once again truly restored and reproduced, which is bound to continue to create a ratings myth in 2010.