On the first day after I was reborn as Zhu Qizhen, I had a high fever and struggled to get up on the dragon bed.
The eunuch Wang Zhen came closer with a soup and medicine. I stared at the "life-saving medicine" he handed me and started sweating.
Historical memories of the previous life came flooding back - the Tumubao Incident, an army of 500,000 people was wiped out, the emperor was captured, and the fate of the Ming Dynasty was cut in half.
And this bowl of medicine was Wang Zhen's first step in controlling the young emperor.
I suddenly knocked over the medicine bowl and ordered hoarsely amid the sound of shattering porcelain: "Arrest Wang Zhen immediately and seal up his private house!"
Looking at Wang Zhen's stunned and twisted face, I coughed up blood and laughed out loud.
In this life, I must strike first to gain the upper hand.
