Zhu Yunwen wakes to find himself back on the day Prince of Yan Zhu Di arrived in the capital for an audience.
In his previous life, he mishandled the campaign to curb the princes. Jinchuan Gate fell, the imperial palace went up in flames, and the world was remade by the Jingnan Campaign.
In this life, the Prince of Yan refuses to bow in court, and every official in the hall waits for him to fly into a rage and kill his uncle.
Zhu Yunwen merely smiles and says, “Uncle Four, you must be tired after such a long journey. Stay in Nanjing for seven more days.”
Over those seven days, he does not rush to kill Zhu Di. Instead, he uses the Prince of Yan as a blade, forcing the secret network in Nanjing, the grain routes from Beiping, the imperial clan's private letters, and the old accounts of the nobility to reveal themselves one by one.
Zhu Di thinks he is the hunter, Yao Guangxiao thinks Jianwen is guarding against Yan, and the court believes the emperor is weak.
Only when the first hidden web is torn apart does everyone understand: this time, Jianwen intends to destroy not one Prince of Yan, but the old order that keeps giving rise to Jingnan rebellions.
