Modern young man Zhu Chen accidentally traveled through time and became the ten-year-old Prince Ding Zhu Cihuan, the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. He was horrified to find that he was living in the darkest era of the late Ming Dynasty, only a few years away from his father's suicide in Meishan, the fall of Beijing, and the sinking of China. As a prince who mysteriously disappeared in history, he started out in an embarrassing situation like a "deposed prince". His mother's family was weak and he was like a transparent person in the crisis-ridden Forbidden City, receiving cold looks and potential murderous intentions.
The only warmth and protection came from his nominal "aunt" - the nineteen-year-old Shen Qingyi, the younger sister of the concubine Shen. This smart and tenacious girl volunteered to enter the palace to take care of her young nephew due to the early death of her sister. As a palace maid, she became Zhu Cihuan's only support and barrier in the palace. With her thin shoulders, she withstood countless open and hidden arrows for him.
Zhu Cihuan, who has knowledge of future history and modern thinking, knows very well that there is only one way to die in the palace. He must use the advantage of "prophet" to find a chance of survival in a desperate situation before the enemy notices. Relying on his transcendent understanding of historical details, scientific and technological principles, and economic laws, he began a thrilling "survival in a secret room" and "entrepreneurship within the palace walls."
He combined modern national concepts, military systems, and scientific and technological ideas with the realities of the late Ming Dynasty to launch a profound social change in the land south of the Yangtze River. His love with Shen Qingyi will also break through the shackles of all secular ethics and become a legend in the baptism of blood and fire. He not only wants to defeat foreign enemies, but also defeat the decadence of an era, and use knowledge and faith to ignite a new fire for China...
