Bai Qi, Zhuge Liang, Ying Zheng, and three others reside within Zhu Shuo, who transmigrates into a prince pretending to be mad. Zhu Yuanzhang binds him to a prediction device and learns that the Crown Prince will die. When Zhu Shuo comes to pay his respects of his own accord, Zhu Yuanzhang is startled to see that one of the prediction options for him is “Great General,” with a tenure far longer than that of any imperial grandson. His gaze sharpens, and he suddenly demands to know whether the boy is hiding something.