Building Infrastructure in the Great Ming: I Can Hear Everyone’s Inner Thoughts

After transmigrating as an abandoned consort in the Ming dynasty’s Cold Palace, Lin Zhaozhao awakens the ability to read minds.

Zhu Yuanzhang curses her in his thoughts for being crazy enough to build roads, then secretly uses her plans anyway.

Zhu Di schemes in secret to use her to seize the throne, but she terrifies him with details of the Jingnan Campaign.

Then the Yellow River floods and the Northern Yuan invades. The entire court drops to its knees:

“We beg Madam Zhaode to save us!”

Years later, Zhu Yuanzhang gazes over the Ming dynasty’s far-reaching network of roads and, with tears in his eyes, issues an imperial decree:

“From this day forth, she is to be named the Sagely Empress Zhaode. I fought for half this realm, and my daughter-in-law built the other half!”