Father, I Truly Don't Want to Ascend the Throne

[A lazy prince + family comedy + father-son tug-of-war + empire-building + become emperor and die]

Transmigrated as Zhu Biao, Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, he gets bound to the Golden Age Slacker System: ascend the throne and be erased; refuse the throne and receive rewards by the handful.

Zhu Biao gets it instantly: the throne isn't just a hot seat, it's a death sentence!

And so, the entire court witnesses the most absurd scene in Ming history:

Zhu Yuanzhang (chasing him through three palace corridors with a sword, his mustache bristling with rage):

“Unfilial son! You are the only one who can take the throne!”

Zhu Biao (running circles around a pillar, crying real tears and snot):

“Father, I get dizzy at heights. I can't sit on the Dragon Throne!”

Empress Ma (marching in with a feather duster):

“Zhu Chongba, stop bullying my son!”

(She turns around and whacks Old Zhu first.)

The court officials (bowing their heads, shoulders shaking as they stifle their laughter): That's the fifth time this month. Want to bet on how many minutes the Crown Prince can escape for?

Later, Zhu Biao uses potatoes and sweet potatoes to end a famine, flintlock guns and volley fire to thrash the Northern Yuan, cowpox inoculation to eradicate smallpox, and Zheng He's treasure ships to sail the seas...

When all four seas have submitted and every nation comes to pay tribute,

Zhu Yuanzhang chases after Zhu Biao with a shoe sole, roaring:

“Biao'er! When are you finally going to agree to be emperor?!”

Zhu Biao (looking back): “Father, I'm feeling dizzy...”

If you like the domestic comedy of The Ming Dynasty, the hard-nosed alternate history of The Song of Shao Song, and a little madcap family drama about “Dad forcing his son into retirement”...

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