In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Jinling City was shrouded in high pressure and fear. Jinyiwei's spies were everywhere, and the aftermath of the Hu Weiyong case was still unresolved. A later history professor who was unexpectedly reborn as Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor, relied on his ability to see through people's favorability. He struggled to survive among the covetous Zhu Yuanzhang, the kind but short-lived Zhu Biao, and the ambitious Zhu Di, determined to rewrite his own fate and protect the future of the Ming Dynasty.
