Great Ming: The Cool Taoist Is Actually the Emperor's Eldest Grandson!

... I am Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the Ming emperor. When I was eight, a master took me up the mountain, changed my name to Zhu Beixuan, and taught me the art of Purple Star astrology and the ways of emperors for ten years. Ten years later, I returned to the mortal world, carrying a storm of snow with me. This time, I won’t be the short-lived one. I’ll be the strongest support in all of the Ming dynasty! “Where did you wandering Daoist come from? Why don’t you kneel before the Son of Heaven?” “This humble Daoist kneels first to Heaven and Earth, then to my master. As for Your Majesty... I’m afraid if I kneel to you, I’ll shorten your life and bring ruin to the Ming dynasty!” In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao fell critically ill, and the imperial physicians were helpless. Zhu Yuanzhang was frantic, having people executed all over the city. Just then, a young Daoist in an old robe, with the bearing of an immortal descended to earth, swaggered into the execution ground. He used no medicine and took no pulse. He simply cast a divination with Purple Star astrology, then brought the Crown Prince back from the gates of death with a single needle! Overjoyed, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to reward him when a clink rang out. A jade pendant carved with a coiling dragon fell from the Daoist’s robe. Zhu Yuanzhang picked it up and burst into tears, his hands trembling like a leaf. “This... This is the keepsake Empress Ma left for Xiongying! You’re... my eldest grandson who died young?!”