Great Ming: Building a Thriving Clan, Starting with a Growing Family

“Then kill me, but I will not draft the edict.”

“Do you care nothing for your nine clans?”

“Even if you exterminate ten clans, so what!”

“As you wish. I will exterminate your ten clans!”

Zhu Di looked at the four words “Yan rebel usurps the throne” on the edict and flew into a rage, then ordered Fang Xiaoru's ten clans exterminated.

The protagonist, He Wuqí, is an orphan from one of the ten clans who escaped that slaughter. Raised by his four aunts, he learns the truth and sets his sights on restoring the family to prominence, making it his duty to carry on the family line.

“Auntie, I swear I'll kill that damn emperor and avenge the 873 members of the Fang family.”

“Revenge can wait. I've found you some lovely, well-mannered young women. Pick one, and we'll go straight to her home to propose.”

He Wuqí: “…”

Yikes, this way of restoring the family seems a little off, but it also makes perfect sense. Have I somehow fallen behind the times?