Great Ming: I Became a White Deer, and the Old Emperor Hailed Me as an Auspicious Sign

[Historical what-if + transmigration to the Ming Dynasty + beloved white deer + light political intrigue + ensemble cast + healing + auspicious pet]

Lin Zhaoning, a female PhD in Ming history, transmigrates, but not as a princess or a court official.

Instead, she becomes a white deer fawn with no antlers yet, appearing out of nowhere beside a dry well in the imperial garden in the fourteenth year of the Hongwu reign.

The aftermath of the Hu Weiyong case is still unfolding. Zhu Yuanzhang is on a killing spree, and the civil and military officials tremble in despair.

Lin Zhaoning yawns, takes a little step forward, and bounds into the arms of the imperial grandson, Zhu Yunwen, letting out a young deer's bleat.

Zhu Yuanzhang: This is an auspicious sign from Heaven! A living totem of the Ming Dynasty's fortune! Name her “Ruiling”!

No mother deer? The empress will raise her herself!

Someone poisoned her? I'll execute ten generations of his family!

From then on, the Forbidden City undergoes a dramatic change:

Zhu Yuanzhang stops killing people indiscriminately and spends every day inspecting the white deer's feed bowl. “Ruiling ate one bite less grass today. Has the Ministry of Revenue been embezzling the feed money?”

Crown Prince Zhu Biao is no longer depressed. To groom the white deer, he even dares to argue with the arrogant generals.

Prince of Yan Zhu Di stops plotting rebellion and joins a group of imperial grandsons to form the “Deer Protection Alliance.” They fight tooth and nail over who gets to raise the white deer.

Lin Zhaoning only wants to save Empress Ma and Zhu Biao, but she cannot speak or write. All she can do is rub up against people, refuse food and kick over bowls, or block the imperial brush to “spoil” the future like crazy.

She casually kicks over a dish and exposes the culprit who poisoned Empress Ma; casually blocks the imperial brush and saves an innocent person caught up in a major case; casually calls out toward the north and puts an end to the border crisis.

Lin Zhaoning: I'm really just a deer who can't talk. Please stop imagining that everything is Heaven's will!