You Kill the Donkey After It Has Ground the Grain? Your Son Returns to the Capital with an Army to Purge the Court

After transmigrating to Great Qian, Chu Yuan becomes the eldest legitimate son. He volunteers to guard the northern frontier for five years, building a 300,000-strong Snow Dragon Cavalry, undefeated in battle.

Who could have guessed that the old emperor would grow muddleheaded in his later years, fearing Chu Yuan’s achievements might overshadow him? He sends twelve successive golden edicts demanding that Chu Yuan surrender his military seal, then dispatches 30,000 imperial guards to surround his residence. He even sends a peerlessly beautiful woman to spy on him, hoping to “slaughter the donkey once the millstone is ground”!

Chu Yuan flies into a rage. “I treated you like Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and you’re playing Liu Bang? Only Han Xin would put up with this kind of humiliation. I’m not swallowing this!”

Ding! The One Emperor Throughout the Ages System awakens!

[Choice One: Surrender your military power. Reward: Cowardly Tortoise title!]

[Choice Two: Don the imperial robes. Reward: 100,000 heavily armored Ming-era Buddha Troops!]

Chu Yuan draws his sword with a cold laugh. “Send word to the three armies: Father has been bewitched by wicked Daoists. Follow me to the capital to show him filial devotion and purge the court of corrupt officials!”

When 300,000 cavalry arrive at the city gates, the old emperor panics and looks to his princes to fight to the death protecting him.

Instead, the second prince splits open the city gates with a single blow, while the third prince rushes out clutching a dragon robe he stitched through the night.

“Big Brother, you finally rebelled! Hurry and put this robe on. Your little brother just ironed it, and it’s still warm!”

Old Emperor: “???”