Great Ming: I, Zhu Yunwen, Join Forces with Lan Yu to Rebel!

In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao passed away, and the Ming Empire entered its darkest hour.

Transmigrated as Zhu Yuntong, the legitimate imperial grandson of the Ming, he faced hellish difficulty from the start: his birth mother had died young, his stepmother Lady Lu was secretly setting him up for a fall, and his half-brother Zhu Yunwen was closing in at every turn, intent on seizing the throne.

Worse still, his Imperial Grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang was about to wield the butcher's knife to clear the way for the weak Zhu Yunwen. He was preparing the shocking Lan Yu Case, which would slaughter his own maternal uncle, Lan Yu, along with the Huai-Xi nobility!

Take a step back, and he would be imprisoned for life. Give an inch, and he would lose his head.

Faced with this fatal dead end, Zhu Yuntong flew into a rage.

If you won't leave me a way to live, then I'll turn this Ming dynasty upside down myself!

While Zhu Yunwen was still poring over the sages' classics and currying favor with fusty civil officials,

Zhu Yuntong strode into the Governor's Office, drew his long blade, and confronted Lan Yu.

“Uncle, Grandfather wants to kill you to clear the way for Zhu Yunwen. Let's rebel against this Ming dynasty!”

Lan Yu was aghast. “Your Highness, how do we rebel?”

Zhu Yuntong sneered. “Purge the court of corrupt officials, execute Lady Lu, and depose Yunwen! If he won't give me the throne, I'll take it myself!”

That day, outside the Fengtian Hall, iron armor gleamed, and blades flashed like snow.

Clad in heavy armor and gripping a bloodstained blade, Zhu Yuntong stood with the ferocious Lan Yu and a hundred thousand battle-hardened troops behind him, surrounding the imperial city.

The court officials trembled, and Zhu Yunwen collapsed to the ground in terror.

But Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, seated on the Dragon Throne, looked down at his murderous legitimate grandson and not only showed no anger, but burst into laughter.

“Good! Good! Good! Decisive and ruthless, just like a son of Zhu Chongba should be! I can rest easy entrusting the Ming realm to you!”