Great Ming: I’m the Sixth Brother, and Xu Miaoyun Forces Me to Marry from the Start

After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhao becomes Zhu Yuanzhang’s sixth legitimate son. His father is an emperor for the ages, his eldest brother is the perfect crown prince, and his fourth brother is the future Yongle Emperor who will stage a rebellion. Faced with this hellish competition, Zhu Zhao decisively chooses to lie flat and be a total slacker! Fight for the throne? Not even a dog would do that! Make a name for himself? Nothing beats chilled watermelon and a rocking chair! He secretly invents new things and opens shops, raking in money by the bucketload. All he wants is to be a carefree prince who can coast through life. Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang decides to arrange a marriage for Prince of Yan Zhu Di. Xu Miaoyun, daughter of the Ming Dynasty’s greatest meritorious official and the famous “Female Zhuge” of the capital, is the bride. Zhu Di refuses to marry her at all costs and drags Zhu Zhao to the imperial study to take the heat for him. Zhu Zhao expects to sit back and enjoy the show, but Xu Miaoyun makes a shocking declaration in front of the entire court: “Your Majesty, your servant will not marry Prince of Yan. Your servant wishes to marry… Sixth Prince Zhu Zhao!” Zhu Zhao is stunned. “Miss, you’ve got the wrong person! I’m a good-for-nothing! You’re supposed to be the destined match of the Yongle Emperor!” Xu Miaoyun presses closer and whispers sweetly in his ear. “Your Highness, your ‘Treasure Pavilion’ makes a fortune every day, and you drew the Ministry of War’s blueprints for the new repeating crossbow, didn’t you? What do you think will happen to your lie-flat lifestyle if I tell His Majesty?” Zhu Zhao: “???” Damn it! I hid everything so carefully, yet this woman has stripped me bare!