He opens his eyes and finds himself transmigrated into the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming, in an era where the Qin, Han, Song, and Yuan dynasties all coexist. Empress Dowager Lü and his uncle, Zhu Yidan, have seized control of the court, leaving the emperor little more than a figurehead. A thousand arrows pierce his sedan chair. An assassin from the Red Cloud Cult strikes right in front of him, pinning his sleeve to a wooden wall. He has barely warmed the dragon throne, and already his life is nearly over.