The Zhu Family Code: A Sea of Righteousness Without Bounds

The protagonist, Ye Xun, also known as Ye Tianyu, lives during one of the Ming Dynasty’s rare eras of peace and prosperity. As a youth, he indulges himself without restraint and uses his formidable martial arts skills to dominate the region, earning the nickname “Little Tyrant of the Capital.” After upheaval strikes his family, he has no choice but to rein in his temper and shoulder the burden of supporting them. He also honors his father’s wishes by taking the imperial examinations and pursuing an honorable career, determined to become an upright gentleman like his “idol, big brother,” who is disciplined, prudent, and openhearted. But things do not go as he hopes. The young stepmother he married for his father’s sake turns out to be unreasonable and domineering. She finds fault with him at every turn, constantly picks fights, makes life difficult for him, and even resorts to family discipline at the drop of a hat. With his father threatening to take his own life, Ye Xun can only endure it... An old secret, hidden for many years, will send his life on a tumultuous course...

His first steps in officialdom are full of twists and turns. He meets someone who stirs his heart, only to find that his love is unrequited. And there is also his troublesome childhood friend, forever getting into one scrape after another, along with a confidant caught in a tangled web of love and hate... Though he struggles through bitter storms, he continues to turn toward the light. Is his fate unavoidable, or is it the work of human hands? Through hardship and adversity, laughter and anger, he grows and writes the story of a man’s coming of age.