The male protagonist transmigrates to the Great Ming dynasty and becomes Zhu Wenlin, the eldest legitimate son of Zhu Biao, the Crown Prince Yiwen, and Crown Princess Jingyi Chang Lingying.
He receives boundless love from Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Xiaoci Gao Ma Xiuying, Prince of Qin Zhu Shuang, Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, Prince of Yan Zhu Di, and Prince of Zhou Zhu Su.
But tragedy strikes when Zhu Wenlin, the eldest grandson of the emperor, dies of smallpox in the fifteenth year of Hongwu. He is buried on Mount Zhong and posthumously given the title Prince of Wu.
On the fourth day after Zhu Wenlin’s burial on Mount Zhong, the contemporary Guiguzi rescues him and takes him on as a disciple.