Great Ming: The Crown Prince's Elder Brother Exposes My Dragon-Slaying Technique

In the eleventh year of the Hongzhi reign, Zhu Houwen transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as the Hongzhi Emperor's five-year-old second son by his principal wife.

Zhu Houwen should have died at the age of two, but thanks to the devoted care of his unreliable elder brother and crown prince, Zhu Houzhao, he survived against all odds.

Over the next three years, Zhu Houwen gained a wealth of knowledge and unexpectedly unlocked a System, obtaining the unparalleled skills needed to slay dragons and govern a nation.

Though his elder brother and crown prince, Zhu Houzhao, was unreliable, he treated Zhu Houwen exceptionally well. To repay him for saving his life, Zhu Houwen often secretly did his schoolwork for him and taught him everything he knew.

As Zhu Houzhao submitted one memorial after another on suppressing the Japanese pirates, governing the people, and replacing native chieftains with centrally appointed officials, the civil officials grew ever more pleased with the Ming crown prince, convinced that Zhu Houzhao would become a wise ruler.

Then one day, Zhu Houzhao suddenly told the assembled officials: "Bet you didn't see this coming! I didn't write those memorials. And I'm not the wise ruler, either. It's my younger brother!"

Zhu Houzhao: "Little brother, I've had to keep up this act for so long. Stop hiding. The officials all say you're a wise ruler. Come on out and take the throne!"

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