Great Ming: I Fled My Marriage to Xu Miaoyun for Three Years, Then Returned with a Child

In the sixth year of the Hongwu era of the Great Ming, Zhu Su, Prince of Wu, finally returned to Yingtian Prefecture after three years on the run from his arranged marriage to Xu Miaoyun, and began to accept the fate laid out for him.

From then on, he began a ten-year struggle for power with his father, the Hongwu Emperor.

One father enacted a plan to raise a tiger, while the other carried out a plan to slay a dragon. In the end, who would fall into whose trap?

In any case, years later, the old Zhu, whose power had been all but stripped away, was forced to abdicate the throne at the joint request of the civil and military officials. His fifth son, Zhu Su, succeeded him as emperor.

On the day of his coronation, however, the old Zhu refused to go to court, determined to preserve the last shred of his dignity. He claimed to be ill and lay in his room.

When Zhu Su came to see him, the old Zhu heard him call, "Father," and angrily snapped:

"What do you mean, 'Father'? So you still know I'm your father? I'm only in my fifties. Why are you making me step down?"

Watching Zhu Su walk away, the old Zhu sighed. "One moment's mistake, and in the end, I raised a tiger that became a threat..."

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