Great Ming: The Founding Emperor's Grandson, from Top Scholar to Holy Martial Emperor

In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao was critically ill.

I transmigrated as Zhu Biao's legitimate son, Zhu Yuntong.

I witnessed with my own eyes that the person who truly orchestrated Zhu Yunwen's appointment as Crown Prince was not Zhu Yuanzhang, but an utterly inconspicuous woman.

I was the legitimate grandson whom even my grandfather despised most.

Was I supposed to let the wheels of history follow their original course, crush me, and leave me in pieces?

Zhu Yuntong secretly took the imperial examinations.

At first, he only hoped to make the list. First, he could prove to his grandfather that his studies had paid off and change his grandfather's terrible impression of him, formed by listening to one side of the story. Second, with an academic title and a better standing in his grandfather's eyes, he could seek opportunities to get things done.

He would build up his own power. Once his fists were strong enough, he wouldn't fear Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Di!

But, without meaning to, he ended up outshining countless scholars and placing first in the highest imperial examination.

He became the first imperial grandson in all of history to achieve the top scholar's rank.

His name resounded throughout the land.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Ha ha! For eighteen generations, the Zhu family were all dirt-poor peasants, and now we have a grandson who placed first in the imperial examination! Ha ha..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.