Reborn during the Hongwu era, Chen Jingwei, once a master surgeon in his previous life, had died suddenly at the operating table. He'd planned to keep to himself at an apothecary and lie flat in peace. But powerful figures framed him, his father was wrongly imprisoned, and his entire family was on the verge of being silenced. With nowhere else to turn, he tore down the imperial edict and defied the odds to save the critically ill Crown Prince's grandson. He diagnosed a hidden illness afflicting the Empress and used his unparalleled medical skills to shake up the Ming court. Knowing the truth behind the great Hongwu-era cases and seeing through the plots of powerful ministers to bring ruin to the court, the young physician wielded needles as blades and medicine as armor. He solved wrongful cases, cut out the rot, and exposed corruption. Step by step, in the blood-and-iron Hongwu era, he rose from a common street doctor to a formidable court power who stirred the Ming to its core.
