In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor, returned from a narrow escape. His eight-year-old body contained a mature soul from later generations. Lu's panic, the cold arrows in the palace, and the undercurrent in the court have all become obstacles to his survival. Having experienced death, he understands the urgency of survival. As a child, he holds the butcher's knife. Faced with the calculations of his clan, the unpredictability of the courtiers, and the intrigues of the harem, he works step by step, breaks the situation with ruthlessness, and establishes his authority with killings. He vows to kill through the palace walls, shock the officials, and live his own way of life in this treacherous Ming Dynasty.
