The Sky Screen Says I'm the Heir of an Emperor with No Descendants

Upcoming: Transmigrating into the Eighties as a Fake Returning Tycoon - Novel blurb follows - After transmigrating to ancient times, Ling Ge gets bound to a Nation-Building System. In just a few years, he grows from a helpless orphan into a fearsome general renowned along the border, and is even adopted as the marshal's son. Just then, the border army is rewarded for quelling a rebellion, and the marshal receives an imperial order to return to court. With his distinguished military record, Ling Ge naturally has to accompany his adoptive father to the capital to attend an audience with the emperor. Throughout history, the relationship between military power and imperial authority has always been delicate. At court, the emperor first alternates between favor and threat in his dealings with the marshal. Then, worried that Ling Ge might grow arrogant on the strength of his achievements, the emperor decides to give him a warning, too. But just then, a sky screen suddenly appears above the imperial palace: [Hey, everyone! In today's video, I'm going to talk about the Shengwu Emperor, a figure you've all been asking to hear about!] [As everyone knows, the Shengwu Emperor was the sixth emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty!] Seeing the expressions of the civil and military officials change, Ling Ge grins, thinking that things are about to get interesting. The current emperor is the fifth ruler of the Great Sheng Dynasty. Though advanced in years, he has no sons or daughters. His two nephews, meanwhile, have spent the past few years courting influential figures and fighting each other at court to seize the throne, wishing they could grind each other to dust. [Anyone who's read the history books knows that the Shengwu Emperor was renowned as a ruthless, authoritarian ruler! Today, let's start by looking back at the most serious mistake he made in his life!] Ling Ge: ...I'm doomed. From that description, he sounds like a tyrant! The amusement vanishes from Ling Ge's eyes, and he starts planning an escape route. The two princes vying for the throne also feel their hearts skip a beat. They hurriedly pray to every god they can think of, hoping that the Shengwu Emperor will turn out to be their rival. [The biggest mistake of the Shengwu Emperor's life was promoting high-yield crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes, which produce 2,000 jin per mu. As a result, some people now have so much food they're spending all day barking like wild dogs online!] [That's right, I'm talking about the brainless haters of the Shengwu Emperor! You ungrateful bastards who've forgotten your ancestors...] On the sky screen, the hot-tempered streamer keeps spewing curses, while Emperor Shengzhao and the civil and military officials below are in an uproar. The Minister of Revenue's pupils contract. His voice trembles with excitement: "Two thousand jin per mu? Heaven truly blesses the common people of Great Sheng!" After speaking, he remembers last year's severe drought, the plains of Guanzhong strewn with starving corpses and bones piled like mountains, and can't help bursting into tears and sobbing in grief. Meanwhile, Ling Ge stares blankly at the sweet potato seedlings in his System inventory. He has just claimed them as his latest reward from the Nation-Building System. · [In five thousand years of history, there has been no one like him. He deserves to be called the greatest sage-emperor of all time!] [The emperor with the highest combat strength in history! He united the Central Plains, quelled the Japanese rebellions, and made every foreign people bow before him!] As the sky screen continues revealing secrets, more and more people inside and outside the court are won over by the Shengwu Emperor's charisma and become his loyal supporters. [He was the emperor's only son, yet he ended up a beggar among the common people. Despite a life full of hardships, he eventually ascended the throne and reclaimed the position that had always rightfully belonged to him!] When the sky screen says that the Shengwu Emperor is descended from the current emperor, all the officials and Emperor Shengzhao's two nephews are instantly dumbfounded. Emperor Shengzhao, who thought he had no surviving heirs, is so thrilled that he slams his hand on the table and bursts into uproarious laughter: "Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Heaven has not treated me unfairly! I have such a magnificent son!" Every faction turns the land upside down in its desperate search for the Shengwu Emperor, who grew up among the common people, but they come up empty-handed. Then, on the day Ling Ge is ordered to return to the border, the sky screen broadcasts: [They meet without knowing who the other is, and their first meeting is also their last. In the twenty-fifth year of Taian, the Shengwu Emperor Ling Ge follows his adoptive father, the marshal, into the palace to meet his biological father, Emperor Shengzhao. No one expects that after this trip to the capital, the father and son will be parted by death and never meet again!] Upon hearing this, Emperor Shengzhao's face changes. He hurries to the city gates with the imperial guards. When the officials arrive shortly after, they see that Emperor Shengzhao has personally placed the twelve-strand crown on Ling Ge's head and publicly issued an edict abdicating the throne in his favor. Ling Ge: ...This throne came far too easily, practically like picking it up off the ground. Emperor Shengzhao, however, pats Ling Ge on the shoulder with a satisfied expression. "My child, our family's throne has finally been waiting for you to inherit it!" · This is a fictional, alternate-world story. The blurb and ideas have been screenshotted: March 14, 2025. Details in the blurb may be adjusted as inspiration strikes. · There are villains of all genders and ages. Please don't make accusations. · No baseless claims of plagiarism. If you have evidence, feel free to report it directly to Jinjiang. Theme: Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it